The History of Egypt: A Soothing Journey

Explore the comprehensive history of Egypt, from the once-green Sahara to the museums beside the pyramids. Experience serene storytelling with hand-painted illustrations across fourteen chapters. Drifting into sleep is encouraged as each chapter unfolds quietly. You can also check out our podcast playlist for more.

0:00: Introduction1:44: The Swimmers in the Desert4:05: The Stones of Nabta Playa6:18: The Rains Leave8:36: The River's Calendar10:54: Black Land, Red Land13:10: The Narmer Palette15:32: Kings Before the Kings17:49: Pictures That Are Sounds20:02: Menes and the White Walls22:20: The First Bureaucracy24:31: Djoser's Staircase26:51: Sneferu's Mistakes29:12: The Great Pyramid31:30: The Diary of Merer33:42: Who Really Built It36:20: The Longest Reign38:43: The Four Point Two Kiloyear Event40:51: Power to the Provinces43:07: The World Turned Upside Down45:37: Kings Are Gods While the River Rises47:50: The Classical Tongue50:14: Taming the Faiyum52:29: Be a Scribe54:44: Rulers of Foreign Lands57:11: What the Hyksos Left Behind59:27: The Woman Who Became King1:01:50: The Voyage to Punt1:04:11: The Erasure1:06:24: One God, One City1:08:48: The Amarna Letters1:10:58: The Boy King1:13:28: Wonderful Things1:15:53: Ramesses the Great1:18:12: The First Peace Treaty1:20:27: The First Strike1:22:52: Priests and Libyans1:25:18: The Black Pharaohs1:27:48: Sailing Around Africa1:30:18: Persia Arrives1:32:35: The Last Native Pharaoh1:34:57: The Oracle at Siwa1:37:21: The Library and the Lighthouse1:39:37: Measuring the Earth with a Shadow1:41:51: Greek Kings in Pharaoh's Clothes1:44:08: Cleopatra1:46:27: The Emperor's Private Province1:48:58: Letters from the Rubbish Heap1:51:22: The First Monks1:53:44: The Last Hieroglyph1:56:04: The Long Silence1:58:20: Amr and Fustat2:00:53: Egypt Loses the Language War2:03:10: The Nilometer of Roda2:05:26: The Victorious City2:07:54: The Scientist Who Tried to Tame the Nile2:10:16: The Tree of Pearls2:12:38: Slave-Soldiers Who Became Kings2:14:55: The Mother of the World2:17:22: Coffee and the Ottomans2:19:45: The Quiet Centuries2:22:04: An Army of Scholars2:24:52: A Stone in a Wall2:27:01: I've Got It2:29:28: White Gold2:31:46: The Canal That Cost a Country2:34:22: An Egyptian Rules Egypt2:36:48: The Year the Flood Stopped2:39:12: Moving a Mountain2:41:44: The Dam Upstream2:44:11: Everything Under One Roof #Egypt #history #Sahara #pyramids #narration #chapters #ancient #monuments #civilization See show notes: https://inlet.fm/absolute-sleep/episodes/6ac3136a395295918f532875 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices