Ancient Egypt: From The First Dynasty to Cleopatra

Dan Snow's History Hit June 5, 2025
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British Historian and TV presenter Dan Snow gives you a deep dive into history's defining moments. Every Thursday Dan and his expert guests delve into the rise and fall of the greatest empires, what really happened in the Titanic's last moments, who were the best and worst rulers and make sense of why the world is the way it is. 🎧 Get more Dan Snow's History Hit with our audio podcast, releasing new episodes every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, wherever you get your podcasts. Dan Snow's History Hit - a podcast by History Hit, the world's best history channel and creators of award-winning podcasts The Ancients, Gone Medieval, and Betwixt the Sheets. Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts. Sign up at https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe.

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Everything you ever wanted to know about Ancient Egypt. Dan is joined by Dr Campbell Price, Curator of Egypt and Sudan at the Manchester Museum, as they embark on a whistlestop tour through the history of this iconic kingdom that lasted for millennia. 0:00 - The Birth of Ancient Egypt: Unification & Dynasty 1 6:05 - The Age of Pyramids: Building the Old Kingdom 16:24 - Collapse & Rebirth: Egypt's Middle Kingdom 28:06 - Egypt's Golden Age: The Mighty New Kingdom 37:14 - The Long Decline: From Sea Peoples to Alexander the Great 41:02 - The Last Pharaoh: Cleopatra & The Roman Conquest Produced by James Hickmann, Mariana Des Forges, edited by Natija Grauzinyte and the channel manager is Vilde Øksnes. You can find more Dan Snow's History Hit on the audio podcast here: https://podfollow.com/dan-snows-history-hit/view Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts. Sign up at https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe. All music from Epidemic Sounds.