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Great Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt / Bob Brier.

Brier, Bob. (Author). Teaching Company. (Added Author).

Summary:

Professor Brier delivers twelve lectures on the leaders of ancient Egypt. In recounting the lives and accomplishments of the pharoahs of Egypt, his lectures present a history of Egypt spreading over thirty centuries.

Record details

ISBN: 1565859669
Physical Description: 6 audio discs (approximately 360 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (59 pages ; 22 cm).
Publisher: Chantilly, VA : Teaching Co., [2004]

Content descriptions

General Note:	In container (23 cm.). Compact disc.
Formatted Contents Note:	lecture 1. King Narmer, the unification of Egypt -- lecture 2. Sneferu, the pyramid builder -- lecture 3. Hatshepsut, female pharaoh -- lecture 4. Akhenaten, heretic pharaoh -- lecture 5. Tutankhamen, the lost pharaoh -- lecture 6. Tutankhamen, a murder theory -- lecture 7. Rameses the Great, the early years -- lecture 8. Rameses the Great, the twilight years -- lecture 9. The great Nubians, Egypt restored -- lecture 10. Alexander the Great, anatomy of a legend -- lecture 11. The first ptolemies, Greek greatness -- lecture 12. Cleopatra, the last pharaoh.
Participant or Performer Note:	Taught by Bob Brier, professor of Egyptology, Long Island University.