Episodes

8 episodes in this season

The Invisible Science

48 min

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The Old Kingdom and The Still Older Kingdom

51 min

Descent

55 min

The Temple In Man

47 min

Navigating The Afterlife

55 min

Legacy

55 min

Illumination

49 min

Cosmology

55 min

Magical Egypt

TV Series

200151m5.0

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The Old Kingdom and The Still Older Kingdom

Season 1 · Episode 2 · Jan 1, 2001

John Anthony West explores architectural anomalies and other evidence of an advanced civilization predating the ancient Egyptians. Across Egypt, the many architectural, engineering, artistic and scientific wonders still defy explaination. The mysterious Oserion appears to already have been an ancient ruin when it was "uncovered" by Seti I during the construction of the Temple of Abydos in first Dynasty. New developments in the "age-of-the-sphinx" debate. In the Cairo museum is a stella which describes reparations to the great sphinx performed by the Father of the traditionally credited builder. Does the great sphinx conseal its own date of construction in the age of Leo?

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Magical Egypt

TV Series

200151m5.0

Documentary

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The Old Kingdom and The Still Older Kingdom

Season 1 · Episode 2 · Jan 1, 2001

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