The history of ancient Egypt

Part 1. Disc 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

Disc 2. 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. Disc 3. 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

Disc 4. 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. Disc 5. 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

Disc 6. 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. Disc 7. Lecture 37 Dynasty XXII: Egypt united ; Lecture 38 Dynasty XXV: The Nubians have their day ; Lecture 39 Dynasty XXVI: The Saite period ; Lecture 40 Dynasty XXVII: The Persians ; Lecture 41 Dynasties XXVIII to XXXI: The beginning of the end ; Lecture 42 Alexander the Great

Disc 8. 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.