• 2013
  • 1h 56m
Life and Death in the Valley of the Kings

Summary Dr. Joann Fletcher investigates in this set of two documentaries, what life and death were like for the normal person 3500 years ago in Egypt. View more details

  • 2013
  • 1h 56m

Life and Death in the Valley of the Kings

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Joann Fletcher

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7.8

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Genres : Documentary

Release date : Mar 21, 2013

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Official sites : Official Site

Language : English

Production companies : Lion Television

Summary Dr. Joann Fletcher investigates in this set of two documentaries, what life and death were like for the normal person 3500 years ago in Egypt. View more details

Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : Mar 21, 2013

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Official sites : Official Site

Language : English

Production companies : Lion Television

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Joann Fletcher in Life and Death in the Valley of the Kings (2013)

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Episode 1 • Mar 21, 2013
Life
Between the Nile and the necropolis in the valley of the Kings, thousands of Ancient Egypt's best artisans lived and worked, usually the rest of their lives, with their families and some servants or apprentices, often succeeded by their sons, building and decorating elaborate graves for the Pharaonic dynasty and its rich, mighty entourage. The town also had an almost complete network of logistics and so onto feed and supply the tomb builders and provide various services, almost a complete city, with its own police and administration, medicine and daily cult. Their lives, somewhat privileged, are exceptionally well end extensively documented, not in the least by pottery fragments used to write daily messages and private records.
Episode 2 • Mar 28, 2013
Death
Dr Joann Fletcher looks at the mysterious world of the ancient Egyptian afterlife and reveals a strange and mysterious world. To them life was just a dress rehearsal for the perfect afterlife they were trying to reach. Joann clambers into rarely visited tombs, explores a treasure trove of long-buried objects and examines spectacular mummies to discover just why the Egyptians spent a fortune preparing for death - and what they hoped to find when they got there.
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