Tutankhamun's Egypt
Tutankhamun's Egypt is a TV show on BBC4. Documentary series written by Cyril Aldred exploring the mysterious and remote culture during the time of Tutankhamun, Egypt's boy king. The program has been available since 2025. A total of 3 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in January 2025.
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Tutankhamun's Egypt
Cyril Aldred explores how the 1954 discovery of the remains of the royal ship of Cheops proved that a nation which was built round the Nile had to be a nation of sailors.
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Cyril Aldred explores how all the striking achievements of the ancient Egyptians were based upon the farming of the narrow zone of fertile land along the banks of the Nile.
From the British Museum's 1972 Tutankhamun exhibition, Cyril Aldred introduces a programme on the role of the pharaoh, one of the most distinctive aspects of ancient Egyptian civilisation.