The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt in 13 Minutes

Cleopatra lived closer in time to the Moon landing than to the building of the Great Pyramid. This is the whole story of ancient Egypt in about thirteen minutes: how the Nile built a state, how the pyramids rose and the Old Kingdom fell apart, how Egypt became an empire under Hatshepsut, Thutmose III and Ramesses II, how foreign rulers took over, how the last queen lost the country, and how the old writing fell silent for 1,400 years. CHAPTERS 0:00 Introduction 0:40 The Gift of the Nile 1:57 The Pyramid Age 3:02 When the Nile Failed 4:02 The Reunited Land 5:09 The Invaders 6:06 The Empire 7:19 Ramesses and the Sea Peoples 8:40 The Long Twilight 9:59 The Last Queen 11:26 The Long Silence SOURCES Toby Wilkinson, The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt (Random House, 2010) Ian Shaw (ed.), The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt (Oxford University Press, 2000) Marc Van De Mieroop, A History of Ancient Egypt (Wiley-Blackwell, 2011) Mark Lehner, The Complete Pyramids (Thames & Hudson, 1997); Pierre Tallet, "The Diary of Merer" (Wadi al-Jarf papyri) Eric H. Cline, 1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed (Princeton University Press, 2014) Primary and ancient: Autobiography of Ankhtifi (Mo'alla); Turin King List; Rosetta Stone (British Museum); Plutarch, Life of Antony; Procopius, Wars (on Philae) World History Encyclopedia: Ancient Egypt, Old Kingdom, Hatshepsut, Ramesses II, Battle of Kadesh, Cleopatra VII, Philae Wikipedia (as an overview, checked against the above): Cleopatra, Nectanebo II, Philae, Rosetta Stone All images are credited in the pinned comment. Maps and counters are custom animations. The voice is AI-generated. The music is self-generated. #AncientEgypt #Pharaohs #History