The Road to the Pyramids
Joann Fletcher explains how ancient Egypt's story fits together. In the first episode, she goes in search of the building blocks of Egyptian civilisation.
In the first episode, Professor Joann Fletcher goes in search of the building blocks of Egyptian civilisation and finds out what made ancient Egypt the incredible civilisation that it was.
Joann sees how people here changed, in just a few centuries, from primitive farmers to pyramid builders and finds the early evidence for Egypt's amazing gods and obsession with death and the afterlife.
On her search, Joann travels almost 20,000 years back in time to discover north Africa's earliest rock art, she discovers how the first writing was used to calculate taxes and explores one of the first stone structures on earth - Egypt's first pyramid. Joann ends her journey in the largest monument of them all - the Great Pyramid. Here, she explains how Egypt had now reached a pinnacle - the ultimate society, creating one of the wonders of the ancient world.
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The Great Pyramid
Duration: 01:33
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Egypt's earliest calendar
Duration: 01:56
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00:38They Might Be Giants
Man, It's So Loud In Here
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Joann Fletcher |
| Writer | Joann Fletcher |
| Series Producer | Caterina Turroni |
| Expert | Richard Redding |
| Director | Ian A Hunt |
| Producer | Ian A Hunt |
| Director | Sophie Elwin Harris |
| Producer | Sophie Elwin Harris |
| Executive Producer | Gillian Mosely |
| Executive Producer | Bill Locke |
| Production Manager | Chrissie Barlow |
| Production Coordinator | Katie King |
| Assistant Producer | Georgina Stewart |
| Researcher | Harpreet Gill |
| Production Company | Lion Television |
Broadcasts
Mon 4 Jan 2016 21:00- Thu 7 Jan 2016 00:05BBC Two except Scotland & Wales
- Mon 11 Jan 2016 00:35BBC Two Wales
- Wed 20 Jan 2016 01:05BBC Two except Scotland
- Wed 20 Jan 2016 01:35BBC Two Scotland
- Tue 6 Mar 2018 20:00
- Wed 9 Jan 2019 23:00
- Fri 9 Aug 2019 01:30
- Mon 31 Oct 2022 20:00
- Tue 1 Nov 2022 02:45
- Wed 12 Jul 2023 21:00
- Thu 13 Jul 2023 01:30
BBC News: Egypt Timeline
A chronology of key events in Egypt.