I’ve been tracking down 30 treasures that deserve to be celebrated not as antiquities but also as genuine masterpieces of art. Alastair Sooke, Treasures of Ancient Egypt III
The great temple Abu Simbel: it’s art that tries in a weird way to beat you up. ibid.
One of the most powerful pharaohs in history – King Akhenaten ... Akhenaten set out to build his personal paradise. Akhenaten founded a completely new religion – his cult was dedicated to the worship of the solar disc and to the king himself. At his side Queen Nefertiti. Akhenaten & Nefertiti – The Royal Gods of Egypt, Discovery History 2014
One of the greatest political reversals in Egyptian history. ibid.
Legend has it that its first female pharaoh – Queen Hatshepsut – had ambitions far beyond these shores – her aim to conquer the sea. The Pharaoh Who Conquered the Sea, BBC 2010
She governed for more than twenty years during a period of relative peace and prosperity. But after her death Hatshepsut’s memory was deliberately and savagely destroyed. ibid.
In 1992 a German forensic team made an extraordinary discovery: inside seven three-thousand year-old Egyptian mummies they found evidence of what appeared to be a drug not present in Egypt until the late nineteenth century – cocaine. A shocking hoax or is the impossible true? Weird or What? s1e3: Cocaine Mummies, Discovery 2010
Did the cultures interact? Could the Egyptians have travelled to Peru? ibid.
There is no trace of the ancient Egyptians in South America at that time. ibid.
By the late 1800s cocaine was introduced into Europe commonly used as a medicine. Was it possible these mummies somehow became contaminated? ... Brief contact couldn’t produce the same results ... so the mystery lives on. ibid.
In 1922 Egyptologist Howard Carter made the archaeological discovery of a lifetime – the undisturbed tomb of an ancient Pharaoh. Tutankhamun: The Mystery of the Burnt Mummy, Channel 4 2013
The boy-king’s mummy may have mysteriously burnt, perhaps even spontaneously combusted. ibid.
Tutankhamun’s injuries are consistent with being run over by a heavy narrow wheel. ibid.
Tutankhamun’s mummification was hurried and botched – why? ibid.
At the height of its power this mighty empire collapsed. Why Ancient Egypt Fell, Youtube 2012
It was destroyed by a force far greater. ibid.
This sudden halt in construction is one of the great enigmas of history. ibid.
80% of the villages and cities in the delta were abruptly abandoned at around the same time as the Egyptians had stopped building pyramids. ibid.
What if something had happened to the Nile? ibid.
Without the floods there would have been no food and famine would have followed. ibid.
A drought of epic proportions destroyed the old kingdom of ancient Egypt. ibid.
Egypt: a land of buried treasures, unanswered questions, spectacular finds. A secluded valley holds sixty-three tombs, networks of tunnels and chambers cut to hold the bodies and the wealth of Egypt’s rulers. Valley of the Kings, National Geographic
The pharaohs of Egypt were brought here to be buried. ibid.
The Valley of the Kings lay undiscovered until the nineteenth century and the coming of the first modern Egyptologists. ibid.
A manmade underworld of staggering complexity. ibid.
An entire village just for tomb workers. ibid.
Only that of Tutankhamun was found intact. ibid.
We all die ... Their vision of death required an arduous journey, a struggle to make it through a dangerous underworld. Their only guide: collections of powerful spells called the Books of the Dead. Egypt Underworld, National Geographic 2009
Each gate is guarded by writhing serpents. ibid.
Seti’s tomb is cut into the rock of the Valley of the Kings and ascends through multiple levels. ibid.
Some archaeologists believe they’ve found just 1% of this once great empire. Beneath Egyptian sands lie lost cities, forgotten tombs, even buried pyramids. Egypt’s Lost Cities, BBC 2013
Satellite technology has changed everything. ibid.
It was a paradise on Earth. Akhenaten and Nefertiti ruled over Egypt bringing peace and good fortune. The royal couple adored one another ... Yet the dream ended in disaster. All monuments to these Sun Pharaoh, History 2014
When Akhenaten came to the throne in 1378 B.C. he started a religious revolution. ibid.
Egypt’s most famous pharaoh Tutankhamun died at nineteen. A tragedy and an enduring mystery. Unsolved History: Who Killed Tutankhamun? s1e16, ID 2003
Ay killed again. ibid.
Howard Carter first cracked King Tut’s tomb in 1923. Several members of his team died five years in, the first victims of the purported Pharaoh’s curse. Since then those who have gotten too curious about Tut’s tomb have met frequently tragic ends. Destination Truth s3e3, Skyfy 2009
Locals pointing to a powerful re-emergence of the Pharaoh’s curse. ibid.
The Egyptian Museum stands on the square; it is the heart of Egypt. The bearer of its heritage. In the chaos of the revolution the museum’s unique collection was looted. Imagine ... The Museum on Liberation Square, BBC 2011
It houses 160,000 treasures from Egypt’s ancient civilisation. The age of the pharaohs began five millennia ago. ibid.
The treasures of Tutankhamun’s tomb are here. ibid.
Luckily, in the looting these items weren’t touched. But 54 items were taken of which 23 have been recovered. ibid.
The thieves broke in on the night of January 28th. ibid.
The students rallied round. ibid.
Antiquities from Egypt were routinely shipped out and many are now to be found in museums in the West. ibid.
The sites were very vulnerable during the revolution. ibid.
Nasser’s revolution didn’t have the success it hoped for. ibid.
The army is not admitting or denying their actions. But for the time being they are in charge. ibid.
And the Lord was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian. Genesis 39:2
And it came to pass from the time that he had made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that the Lord blessed the Egyptian’s house for Joseph’s sake; and the blessing of the Lord was upon all that he had in the house, and in the field. Genesis 39:5
And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume the land;
And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine following; for it shall be very grievous.
And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; it is because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass. Genesis 41:30-32
And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt. Genesis 41:41
And the famine was over all the face of the earth: and Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt. Genesis 41:56
And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine prevailed over them: so the land became Pharaoh’s. Genesis 47:20
And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour:
And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in mortar, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour. Exodus 1:13&14