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Ancient Egypt

A faded color photograph on a scrapbook page shows the Great Sphinx of Giza in warm sunlight, with pyramids visible behind it under a blue sky

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Episode 6Was the Great Sphinx built by a lost civilisation?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An older person with long grey hair sits smiling in a chair, surrounded by vases of colourful flowers.

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"The ancient past is utterly weird": Mary Beard on 50 years of studying the Romans. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A close-up of an ancient Egyptian stone relief carving of a female figure in profile, wearing a striped headdress. The image has warm amber and brown tones against a dark background. Bold dark text reading "SUNDAY SERIES" appears at the top, with "THE WORLD OF CLEOPATRA" in bold white text on a dark banner directly below it (Photo via Getty)

Ancient Egypt

Series 8 The World of Cleopatra. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Close-up of an actress portraying Cleopatra in a film or television production. She wears dramatic ancient Egyptian-style eye makeup with bold teal and black kohl liner, a black braided wig with gold cuff adornments, and gold earrings. The image is in full colour with warm and teal tones. Bold white text reading "CLEOPATRA" appears at the top, and "EPISODE FOUR" is displayed in dark bold text in the lower left corner (Photo via Getty)

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Episode 4Cleopatra’s death – and cultural afterlife. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Promotional thumbnail for "Cleopatra: Episode Three" featuring a close-up of an ancient coin showing a profile portrait of a figure with curly hair and Greek inscription around the edge. The image is tinted in warm amber and orange tones against a solid orange background. Bold white text reading "CLEOPATRA" appears at the top, and "EPISODE THREE" is displayed in dark bold text in the lower left corner (Photo via Getty)

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Episode 3Why Cleopatra was more than a bewitching beauty. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Promotional thumbnail for "Cleopatra: Episode Two" featuring a close-up of an ancient Egyptian statue of a female figure in profile, wearing an elaborate vulture headdress with a cobra (uraeus) at the front and a layered wig. The image is tinted in warm amber and orange tones against a solid orange background. Bold white text reading "CLEOPATRA" appears at the top, and "EPISODE TWO" is displayed in dark bold text in the lower left corner (Photo via Getty)

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Episode 2Cleopatra’s bloody rise to power. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The image shows a detailed ancient stone bas-relief carving of a female figure in profile, depicting elaborately braided hair and a beaded headdress, rendered in warm golden-brown tones against a dark background. The title 'CLEOPATRA' appears in bold white text at the top, with 'EPISODE ONE' in a black box at the bottom left. (Photo via Getty)

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Episode 1Young Cleopatra: the making of a queen. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A close-up of an ancient Egyptian stone relief carving of a female figure in profile, wearing a traditiona headdress. The image has warm amber and brown tones. Bold white text reading "CLEOPATRA" appears at the top, and "BEYOND THE PODCAST" is displayed in a banner with an arrow at the bottom (Photo via Getty)

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Beyond the podcastThe World of Cleopatra

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Would you eat a mummy to cure a disease?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Ancient Egyptian wall painting showing a seated scribe writing on a papyrus scroll,.

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3,100 years ago, ancient Egyptian workers defeated a God-King – without using any weapons

This statue depicts Hatshepsut carved with the masculine features traditionally associated with Egyptian kingship. By adopting male dress and iconography, Hatshepsut reinforced her legitimacy as pharaoh.

Ancient Egypt

Long before Cleopatra, another female pharaoh redefined ancient Egyptian power

A composite image of an ancient Egyptian cat statue against a red hieroglyphic backdrop.

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Did the ancient Egyptians really love cats? The dark truth might break your heart

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Why are we OBSESSED with the ancient Egyptians?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Episode 4The DARK secrets behind ancient Egyptian worship. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Hatshepsut: life of the week. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Episode 3What the ancient Egyptians REALLY thought about the pyramids. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Episode 2Reconstructing daily life in Ancient Egypt. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Episode 1Why the Ancient Egyptians WEREN'T ancient. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

This bas-relief fragment from the Ptolemaic period portrays Cleopatra VII, the last active ruler of ancient Egypt. As both a Greek-speaking monarch and a pharaoh, Cleopatra embodied the cultural fusion of Hellenistic Egypt

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On the steps of a sacred temple, Cleopatra's feud with her sister came to a blood-soaked end

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Paint your own pot, like an ancient Etruscan. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Cleopatra testing poison on slaves.

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QuizHow much do you know about Cleopatra?

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Drink, dance, death: wine in ancient Egypt. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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From excess soil to resurrection: the many ways Egyptians used wine. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Cleopatra, Julius Caesar and Mark Antony: how the last pharaoh's love affairs shaped Ancient Egypt's fate

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A history of the BibleWho wrote it and when?

Ancient Egyptian pyramids against a purple starry sky

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ConspiracyWere the pyramids built by aliens?

The Narmer Palette

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“The first historical document in the world”: what exactly is on the Narmer Palette?

Mural from the Tombs of the Nobles.

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QuizHow much do you know about Ancient Egypt?

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Mysterious mummification myths. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Ancient Egyptian warfare: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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