18. Egypt - Fall of the Pharaohs

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/YpKej05RgsY Far in the distance, three colossal shapes tower over the desert horizon… In this episode, we travel to the Nile Valley, and tell the story of one of the most iconic cultures ever produced by humankind – the civilizations of ancient Egypt. I want to show how this series of related cultures grew up in the floodplains of their great river, and built some of the most enduring and recognizable structures in the world. And I want to tell the story of what happened to bring the age of the Pharaohs finally and cataclysmically to an end. Credits: Michael Hajiantonis Nick Denton Paul Casselle Alexandra Boulton Tom Marshall-Lee Rhy Brignell Peter Walters Lachlan Lucas Narrated and produced by Paul Cooper Sound engineering by Alexey Sibikin Readings in Arabic by Nassim El-Boujjoufi Readings in reconstructed ancient Egyptian by Seqnenra (Mohammad Habib) and Doha Abd Allah Amin Music by Kevin Macleod Fall of Civilizations: Stories of Greatness and Decline Coming April 2024 Some more pre-order links: *UK* Waterstones: https://waterstones.com/book/fall-of-civilizations/paul-cooper//9780715655009 UK Amazon: https://amazon.co.uk/Fall-Civilizations-Stories-Greatness-Decline/dp/0715655000/ref=asc_df_0715655000 *US* Barnes & Noble: https://barnesandnoble.com/w/fall-of-civilizations-paul-cooper/1144475652 US Amazon: https://amazon.com/Fall-Civilizations-Stories-Greatness-Decline/dp/1335013415 *International* Blackwell's: https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Fall-of-Civilizations-by-Paul-Cooper/9780715655009 Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT6Y5JJPKe_JDMivpKgVXew/join Books on Ancient Egypt: UK: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/fallofcivilizations US: https://bookshop.org/shop/fallofcivilizations Affiliate links, purchases support the show. 0:00 Intro 9:25 The Nile 29:42 Unification by Narmer 44:52 Djoser and the Step Pyramid 49:11 The Age of Pyramids 1:03:10 Khufu and Pyramid Construction 1:14:07 Decline of the Old Kingdom Tomb 1:31:18 The Middle Kingdom 1:48:25 Feline friends 2:06:13 The Hyksos Invasion 2:19:33 Hatshepsut 2:20:39 Akhenaten’s Religious Revolution 2:36:45 Ramesses II and Kadesh 3:09:50 Fall of the Empire Begins 3:19:32 Rise of the High Priests 3:24:36 Nubian Revival 3:34:24 Assyrian Conquest 3:40:52 Foreign Rule 3:44:23 Last of the Hieroglyphs 3:47:45 Ozymandias and the Harper’s Song