The history of ancient Egypt. part 1-4
(Audio)

Part I: Introduction ; Prehistoric Egypt ; Ancient Egyptian thought ; Napoleon and the beginnings of Egyptology ; The Rosetta Stone and much more ; The first nation in history ; The rise of the old kingdom ; Sneferu the pyramid builder ; The Great Pyramid of Giza ; The end of the old kingdom ; The first intermediate period ; The middle kingdom, Dynasty XI.

Part II. The middle kingdom, Dynasty XII ; The second intermediate period ; Joseph in Egypt ; The beginning of the new kingdom, the fabulous XVIIIth Dynasty ; Queen Hatshepsut ; Obelisks ; Tuthnosis III, King at last ; The fabulous XVIIIth Dynasty rolls on ; Akhenaten, the heretic Pharaoh ; The discovery of Tutankhamen's tomb ; The murder of Tutankhamen, a theory ; Medicine, the necessary art.

Part III. The end of Dynasty XVIII ; Mummification, how we know what we know ; What mummies tell us ; Making a modern mummy ; Dynasty XIX begins ; Ramses the Great, the early years ; Ramses the Great, the later years ; The Exodus, did it happen? ; The decline of Dynasty XIX ; Dynasty XX, the decline continues ; Ancient Egyptian magic ; Dynasty XXI, Egypt divided.

Part IV. Dynasty XXII, Egypt united ; Dynasty XXV, The Nubians have their day ; Dynasty XXVI, The Saite period ; Dynasty XXVII, the Persians ; Dynasties XXVIII to XXXI, the beginning of the end ; Alexander the Great ; The first Ptolemies ; The middle Ptolemies, the decline ; Animal mummies ; Cleopatra's family ; Cleopatra, the last Ptolemy ; The grand finale.