THE GREATEST PHARAOHS PART 2 (1350 B.C. - 30 B.C.)
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THE GREATEST PHARAOHS PART 2: (1350 B.C. - 30 B.C.)
The history of Egypt through the eyes of its most influential rulers
2006, 85 mins
By the year 1350 B.C. the Egyptian civilisation was around 2,000 years old and had been ruled by eighty-seven Pharaohs. It was in this year that the strangest of rulers, Akhenaten, emerged to become king. His radical belief of worshipping one god rocked Egypt to its core.
The burden of restoring Egypt's confidence fell on a boy just ten years old, Tutankhamun, but at the age of twenty he suddenly died, perhaps murdered.
The next Pharaoh of influence was Horemheb, a military scholar, he reigned for thirty years but failed to heir a son. Instead, he nominated his trusted vizier, Ramses I, for the job. This began one of the greatest periods in Egyptian history.
Ramses's son, Seti, meaning 'God of Storms and War' lived up to his belligerent name. He was a mighty warrior. The unearthing of his tomb in 1881 revealed a remarkable collection of over 160 mummies known as the "royal cache". His death in 1279 B.C. marked the reign of Ramses II whose unmatched vision and confidence would leave an indelible mark on the country.
Over the next 800 years, nearly seventy rulers would govern Egypt. In 333B.C. Alexander the Great pushed out the Persians and became Pharaoh, but the final attempt to restore Egypt ended up in the hands of Cleopatra. When she took her own life, she brought to a close one of the greatest civiliastions in human history.
The burden of restoring Egypt's confidence fell on a boy just ten years old, Tutankhamun, but at the age of twenty he suddenly died, perhaps murdered.
The next Pharaoh of influence was Horemheb, a military scholar, he reigned for thirty years but failed to heir a son. Instead, he nominated his trusted vizier, Ramses I, for the job. This began one of the greatest periods in Egyptian history.
Ramses's son, Seti, meaning 'God of Storms and War' lived up to his belligerent name. He was a mighty warrior. The unearthing of his tomb in 1881 revealed a remarkable collection of over 160 mummies known as the "royal cache". His death in 1279 B.C. marked the reign of Ramses II whose unmatched vision and confidence would leave an indelible mark on the country.
Over the next 800 years, nearly seventy rulers would govern Egypt. In 333B.C. Alexander the Great pushed out the Persians and became Pharaoh, but the final attempt to restore Egypt ended up in the hands of Cleopatra. When she took her own life, she brought to a close one of the greatest civiliastions in human history.
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