All Seasons

Season 1

• S01E01 Introduction

  • The Great Courses

• S01E02 Prehistoric Egypt

  • The Great Courses

• S01E03 Ancient Egyptian Thought

  • The Great Courses

• S01E04 Napoleon and the Beginnings of Egyptology

  • The Great Courses

• S01E05 The Rosetta Stone and Much More

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• S01E06 The First Nation in History

  • The Great Courses

• S01E07 The Rise of the Old Kingdom

  • The Great Courses

• S01E08 Sneferu, the Pyramid Builder

  • The Great Courses

• S01E09 The Great Pyramid of Giza

  • The Great Courses

• S01E10 The End of the Old Kingdom

  • The Great Courses

• S01E11 The First Intermediate Period

  • The Great Courses

• S01E12 The Middle Kingdom: Dynasty XI

  • The Great Courses

• S01E13 The Middle Kingdom: Dynasty XII

  • The Great Courses

• S01E14 The Second Intermediate Period

  • The Great Courses

• S01E15 Joseph in Egypt

  • The Great Courses

• S01E16 The Beginning of the New Kingdom: The Fabulous XVIIIth Dynasty

  • The Great Courses

• S01E17 Queen Hatshepsut

  • The Great Courses

• S01E18 Obelisks

  • The Great Courses

• S01E19 Tuthmosis III: King at Last

  • The Great Courses

• S01E20 The Fabulous XVIIIth Dynasty Rolls On

  • The Great Courses

• S01E21 Akhenaten the Heretic Pharaoh

  • The Great Courses

• S01E22 The Discovery of Tutankhamen's Tomb

  • The Great Courses

• S01E23 The Murder of Tutankhamen: A Theory

  • The Great Courses

  Was Tutankhamen the victim of foul play? Do his mummified remains hold clues? Who might have wanted him dead, and why? Sift the physical and circumstantial evidence for this intriguing hypothesis and form your own conclusion.

• S01E24 Medicine: The Necessary Art

  • The Great Courses

• S01E25 The End of Dynasty XVIII

  • The Great Courses

• S01E26 Mummification: How We Know What We Know

  • The Great Courses

• S01E27 What Mummies Tell Us

  • The Great Courses

• S01E28 Making a Modern Mummy

  • The Great Courses

• S01E29 Dynasty XIX Begins

  • The Great Courses

• S01E30 Ramses the Great: The Early Years

  • The Great Courses

• S01E31 Ramses the Great: The Later Years

  • The Great Courses

• S01E32 The Exodus: Did It Happen?

  • The Great Courses

• S01E33 The Decline of Dynasty XIX

  • January 1, 1999
  • The Great Courses

  Short reigns and a lack of major building projects betray the beginnings of Egypt's long slide from greatness.

• S01E34 Dynasty XX: The Decline Continues

  • The Great Courses

• S01E35 Ancient Egyptian Magic

  • The Great Courses

• S01E36 Dynasty XXI: Egypt Divided

  • The Great Courses

• S01E37 Dynasty XXII: Egypt United

  • The Great Courses

• S01E38 Dynasty XXV: The Nubians Have Their Day

  • The Great Courses

• S01E39 Dynasty XXVI: The Saite Period

  • The Great Courses

• S01E40 Dynasty XXVII: The Persians

  • The Great Courses

• S01E41 Dynasties XXVIII-XXXI: The Beginning of the End

  • The Great Courses

• S01E42 Alexander the Great

  • The Great Courses

• S01E43 The First Ptolemies

  • The Great Courses

• S01E44 The Middle Ptolemies: The Decline

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• S01E45 Animal Mummies

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• S01E46 Cleopatra's Family

  • The Great Courses

• S01E47 Cleopatra: The Last Ptolemy

  • The Great Courses

• S01E48 The Grand Finale

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