History of Ancient Egypt, Great Courses Teaching Co 48 Lectures 12 VHS

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Comes with 4 Transcript Guidebooks The History of Ancient Egypt • By: Bob Brier, The Great Courses • Narrated by: Bob Brier • Series: The Great Courses: Ancient History • Length: 24 hrs and 25 mins • Categories: History Ancient Egyptian civilization is so grand our minds sometimes have difficulty adjusting to it. It lasted 3,000 years, longer than any other on the planet. Its Great Pyramid of Cheops was the tallest building in the world until well into the 19th century and remains the only Ancient Wonder still standing. And it was the most technologically advanced of the ancient civilizations, with the medical knowledge that made Egyptian physicians the most famous in the world. Yet even after deciphering its hieroglyphs, and marveling at its scarabs, mummies, obelisks, and sphinxes, Egyptian civilization remains one of history’s most mysterious, as “other” as it is extraordinary. This chronological survey presents the complete history of ancient Egypt’s three great Kingdoms: the Old Kingdom, when the pyramids were built and Egypt became a nation under the supreme rule of the pharaoh and the rules of Egyptian art were established; the Middle Kingdom, when Egypt was a nation fighting to restore its greatness; and the New Kingdom, when all the names we know today-Hatshepsut, Tutankhamen, Ramses the Great, Cleopatra, and others-first appeared. Professor Brier’s 48 lectures glisten with the kind of vivid anecdotes and human glimpses that make this ancient world breathe again. “The fun of history is in the details,” he notes. “Knowing that Ramses the Great was crippled by arthritis for the last decade of his long life makes us more sympathetic to the boastful monarch who fathered more than 100 children. If we understand what it was like to be a miner sent to the turquoise mines in the Sinai mountains in the summer, we will feel a kinship with our long-dead counterparts.” About Bob Brier, Ph.D. Dr. Bob Brier is an Egyptologist and Senior Research Fellow at the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University. He earned his bachelor's degree from Hunter College and Ph.D. in Philosophy from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Professor Brier has twice been selected as a Fulbright Scholar and has received Long Island University's David Newton Award for Teaching Excellence in recognition of his achievements as a lecturer. He has served as Director of the National Endowment for the Humanities' Egyptology Today program. In 1994, Dr. Brier became the first person in 2,000 years to mummify a human cadaver in the ancient Egyptian style. This research was the subject of a National Geographic television special, Mr. Mummy. Dr. Brier is also the host of The Learning Channel's series The Great Egyptians. Professor Brier is the author of Ancient Egyptian Magic (1980), Egyptian Mummies (1994), Encyclopedia of Mummies (1998), The Murder of Tutankhamen: A True Story (1998), Daily Life in Ancient Egypt (1999), and numerous scholarly articles. Details Title The history of ancient Egypt Responsibility Bob Brier. Author Brier, Bob. Teaching Company. Subjects Egypt -- History -- To 640 A.D Egypt -- Civilization -- To 332 B.C Published Chantilly, VA : Teaching Co., c1999. Physical Description 8 videodiscs (ca. 1440 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 4 course guidebooks (22 cm.) + 4 transcript/guidebooks (22 cm.) video file DVD video Contents Pt. 1. Lecture 1. Introduction ; Lecture 2. Prehistoric Egypt ; Lecture 3. Ancient Egyptian thought ; Lecture 4. Napoleon and the beginnings of Egyptology ; Lecture 5. The Rosetta Stone, and much more ; Lecture 6. The first nation in history ; Lecture 7. The rise of the Old Kingdom ; Lecture 8. Sneferu, the pyramid builder ; Lecture 9. The Great Pyramid of Giza ; Lecture 10. The end of the Old Kingdom ; Lecture 11. The First Intermediate Period ; Lecture 12. The Middle Kingdom, Dynasty XI -- Pt. 2. Lecture 13. The Middle Kingdom, Dynasty XII ; Lecture 14. The Second Intermediate Period ; Lecture 15. Joseph in Egyp