Ancient Egypt - Life and Death in the Valley of the Kings

Mar 22, 2013 (en) Documentary [60] Min
  • First Air Date
    Mar 22, 2013
  • Production
    Lion Television, BBC
  • Rotten tomato
    88%
  • Original title
    Ancient Egypt - Life and Death in the Valley of the Kings
  • Release
    Mar 22, 2013
  • en
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Overview

Presented by Egyptologist Dr Joann Fletcher who goes on a fascinating journey in search of people like us, not the great Pharaohs, but the ordinary people who built and populated this incredible place, creating a remarkable way of life. Dr Joann explores their homes, workplaces and temples. The programme originally aired on BBC2 and we meet Kha and Meryt, an architect and his wife who lived just outside the Valley of the Kings. They left behind a treasure trove of information; their extraordinary tomb, full of objects from their lives and deaths - from make-up to death-masks, loaves of bread to life-like figurines, even the tools Kha used at work in the royal tombs. Joann Fletcher uses this to travel into the remarkable world of these Ancient Egyptians,.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Gillian Mosely, Caterina Turroni

    Producer

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Casts

  1. Joann Fletcher

    Self - Presenter

Full Casts & Crew

Casts : 1 / Crews : 8

Season 1 ( 2013-03-22)

Dr Joann Fletcher asks what everyday life was like in ancient Egypt for ordinary people.

Life

Episode: 1

Death

Episode: 2
Mar 22, 2013 (en)
Documentary
[60] Min
  • First Air Date Mar 22, 2013
  • Production
    Lion Television, BBC
  • Rotten tomato 88%
Original Title Ancient Egypt - Life and Death in the Valley of the Kings
en

Overview

Presented by Egyptologist Dr Joann Fletcher who goes on a fascinating journey in search of people like us, not the great Pharaohs, but the ordinary people who built and populated this incredible place, creating a remarkable way of life. Dr Joann explores their homes, workplaces and temples. The programme originally aired on BBC2 and we meet Kha and Meryt, an architect and his wife who lived just outside the Valley of the Kings. They left behind a treasure trove of information; their extraordinary tomb, full of objects from their lives and deaths - from make-up to death-masks, loaves of bread to life-like figurines, even the tools Kha used at work in the royal tombs. Joann Fletcher uses this to travel into the remarkable world of these Ancient Egyptians,.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Gillian Mosely, Caterina Turroni

    Producer