The history of ancient Egypt

Part 1. Lecture 1. Introduction

Lecture 2. Prehistoric Egypt

Lecture 3. Ancient Egyptian thought

Lecture 4. Napoleon and the beginnings of Egyptology

Lecture 5. The Rosetta Stone, and much more

Lecture 6. The first nation in history

Lecture 7. The rise of the Old Kingdom

Lecture 8. Sneferu, the pyramid builder

Lecture 9. The Great Pyramid of Giza

Lecture 10. The end of the Old Kingdom

Lecture 11. The first intermediate period

Lecture 12. The Middle Kingdom, Dynasty XI.

Part 2. Lecture 13. The Middle Kingdom- Dynasty XII

Lecture 14. The second intermediate period

Lecture 15. Joseph in Egypt

Lecture 16. The beginning of the New Kingdom- the fabulous XVIIIth Dynasty

Lecture 17. Queen Hatshepsut

Lecture 18. Obelisks

Lecture 19. Tuthmosis III- king at last

Lecture 20. The fabulous XVIIIth Dynasty rolls on

Lecture 21. Akhenaten the heretic pharaoh

Lecture 22. The discovery of Tutankhamen's tomb

Lecture 23. The murder of Tutankhamen- a theory

Lecture 24. Medicine- the necessary art.

Part 3. Lecture 25. The end of Dynasty XVIII

Lecture 26. Mummification- how we know what we know

Lecture 27. What mummies tell us

Lecture 28. Making a modern mummy

Lecture 29. Dynasty XIX begins

Lecture 30. Ramses the Great- the early years

Lecture 31. Ramses the Great- the later years

Lecture 32. The Exodus- did it happen?

Lecture 33. The decline of Dynasty XIX

Lecture 34. Dynasty XX- the decline continues

Lecture 35. Ancient Egyptian magic

Lecture 36. Dynasty XXI- Egypt divided.

Part 4. Lecture 37. Dynasty XXII- Egypt united

Lecture 38. Dynasty XXV- the Nubians have their day

Lecture 39. Dynasty XXVI- the Saite period

Lecture 40. The Persians

Lecture 41. Dynasties XXVIII to XXXI- the beginning of the end

Lecture 42. Alexander the Great

Lecture 43. The first Ptolemies

Lecture 44. The middle Ptolemies- the decline

Lecture 45. Animal mummies

Lecture 46. Cleopatra's family

Lecture 47. Cleopatra- the last Ptolemy

Lecture 48. The grand finale.