April 2, 1972 • 19m
From the British Museum's 1972 Tutankhamun exhibition, Cyril Aldred introduces a programme on the role of the pharaoh, one of the ...Read more
April 9, 1972 • 19m
Cyril Aldred explores how all the striking achievements of the ancient Egyptians were based upon the farming of the narrow zone of...Read more
April 16, 1972 • 19m
In 1954, road clearing around the Great Pyramid of Gizeh revealed the incredibly well-preserved remains of the royal ship of Cheop...Read more
April 23, 1972
Along the banks of the Nile stand some of the most spectacular buildings in the world - the temples of ancient Egypt. The great ga...Read more
April 30, 1972 • 19m
Mummies are the best-known relics of the ancient Egyptian civilisation. Together with the elaborate tombs of the pharaohs, they ha...Read more
May 7, 1972 • 19m
When the horse-drawn chariot was introduced in the 18th century BC, it created a larger revolution in warfare than did the inventi...Read more
May 14, 1972 • 19m
It was the officials of the palace, a sort of privy council, who helped the pharaoh to govern. They controlled the revenue of the ...Read more
May 21, 1972 • 19m
Hieroglyphs are among the most easily recognisable features of ancient Egyptian culture. With their eyes, hands, animal figures an...Read more
May 28, 1972 • 19m
The ancient Egyptians did not have any science in the modern sense. Though they had some knowledge of mathematics and chemistry, t...Read more
June 4, 1972 • 19m
From the famous 1972 Tutankhamun Exhibition at the British Museum, Cyril Aldred explores the role of artists in ancient Egypt, not...Read more
June 11, 1972 • 19m
Cyril Aldred explores how important the army had become in New Kingdom times - Tutankhamun's two immediate successors on the thron...Read more
June 18, 1972 • 19m
Cyril Aldred explores the strange and exotic religion of the ancient Egyptians. Many of the numerous Egyptian gods took animal for...Read more
June 25, 1972 • 19m
The final programme of the series looks at Tutankhamun himself. Although the discovery of his treasure-filled tomb made this king ...Read more