Private Lives of the Pharaohs

Series Summary

For nearly three thousand years, Ancient Egypt was the greatest civilisation on earth, adhering to one religion, one language and one evolving history. But what we know about Ancient Egyptian culture has been pieced together from astonishingly little information, leaving many mysteries unexplained.

However, in addition to the records and inscriptions the Egyptians left behind, along with artefacts, tombs, and temples, they also left another astonishing treasury of information that has only now become possible to decipher: their dead.

Leading experts are applying new forensic techniques to investigate some of the greatest mysteries of Ancient Egypt. Their findings offer dramatic insight into the extraordinary stories obscured by past misinterpretations - tales of power and intrigue, love, passion and madness.

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