Egypt

For many decades, archaeological excavations and scientific expeditions throughout the entire region have been attempting to solve the mystery of what held the Empire by the Nile together for so long. The four-part series Planet Egypt delves deep into crucial periods in the history of the Pharaohs. The documentary depicts the founding of the Empire under King Narmer, the rise of Egypt to a world power under Thutmose III, the revolution during the reign of Akhenaten and the enormous surge in construction activity under Pharaoh Ramses the Great.

Teams of Egyptologists hunting Egypt's lost treasures in the Valley of the Kings.

hile the graphic art of Ancient Egypt is very familiar, little is known about the artists, the scribes. Who were they? How important were they to the society of the Pharaohs? From Saqqara to the Valley of Kings enjoy this look at the lives of the first "historians" in the human record.