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2700 – 2500 BCE: The Third and Fourth Dynasties Old Kingdom (Episode 1-24)

Mini: Menkaure’s Lost and Found

Restoration, Recovery, Wreckage.Around 2520 BCE, King Men-kau-ra ruled Egypt. In his time, royal artists produced high quality sculpture and art; and builders constructed another magnificent pyramid at Giza. But while…

2700 – 2500 BCE: The Third and Fourth Dynasties Old Kingdom (Episode 1-24)

Mini: 30 Years of Khufu?

The Great Pyramid: New Information.For centuries, popular perceptions of the Great Pyramid’s construction have hinged on Herodotos reference to “twenty years.” While historians have debated that, hard evidence on the…

2700 – 2500 BCE: The Third and Fourth Dynasties Old Kingdom (Episode 1-24)

Mini: The Mystery & Treasures of Hetep-Heres

A crime scene with no crime.In 1925, archaeologists working at Giza uncovered a remarkable monument. The tomb chamber of Queen Hetep-Heres (c.2630-2580 BCE) contained a wealth of beautiful, high-quality items.…

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Napoleon in Egypt

With Grey History: The French Revolution and NapoleonIn 1798, an army of soldiers and scientists invaded Egypt. At their head, the young general Napoleon Bonaparte. The French Expedition had an…

1303 – 1292 BCE: Sety I (19th Dynasty, Part 3) New Kingdom, Part 4 (160 – 200)

Interview: Sety I, Builder Warrior Father

With Peter BrandKarnak, Abydos, foreign wars, and prince Ramesses. In this interview, Prof. Peter Brand joins us once again to explore the life, reign, and legacy of Sety I. We…

1303 – 1292 BCE: Sety I (19th Dynasty, Part 3) New Kingdom, Part 4 (160 – 200)

190: Omm Sety

Guardian of Abydos.Dorothy Eady, Bulbul Abd el-Meguid, Omm Sety… A woman of three names, multiple lives, and a lifelong devotion to Egyptology. From the 1950s to 1981, Omm Sety was…

1303 – 1292 BCE: Sety I (19th Dynasty, Part 3) New Kingdom, Part 4 (160 – 200)

189: For the Ancestors

Sety at Abydos (Part 4).Finishing our tour of Sety’s Great Temple at Abydos, we explore a few more sanctuaries and facilities. Then, we discuss the monument overall. Sety invested huge…

1303 – 1292 BCE: Sety I (19th Dynasty, Part 3) New Kingdom, Part 4 (160 – 200)

188: The Osireion

Sety at Abydos (Part 3).The Osireion is an intriguing monument, one that attracts a huge amount of debate, discussion, and speculation. Its discovery was unexpected, its excavation was an enormous…

1303 – 1292 BCE: Sety I (19th Dynasty, Part 3) New Kingdom, Part 4 (160 – 200)

187: The Abydos King List

Sety at Abydos (Part 2). Having toured the first part of Sety’s Temple at Abydos, we continue our exploration. Today, we discuss one of the monument’s most famous features: a…

1303 – 1292 BCE: Sety I (19th Dynasty, Part 3) New Kingdom, Part 4 (160 – 200)

186: Sety at Abydos

Part 1. In the ancient city and necropolis of Abydos (Egyptian Abdju), pharaoh Sety I commissioned a magnificent temple. Today, this monument is one of the finest in the country,…