A Day In The Life Of A Normal Person In Ancient Egypt | Life And Death In The Valley Of The Kings

Joann Fletcher examines the extraordinary preparation ordinary Egyptians would have made for the afterlife. Discover the enormous cost, effort and time that would have gone into securing your passage into the afterlife in Ancient Egypt. Odyssey is your journey into the world of Ancient History; from the dawn of Mesopotamia to the fall of Rome. We'll be bringing you only the best documentaries that journey into the mysteries and ruins of worlds long lost.

We all know about the mummies of ancient Egypt, but what about Peru? Doctor Joann Fletcher investigates an enigmatic Peruvian mummy as the team try to work out who this person was and how they lived. Odyssey is your journey into the world of Ancient History; from the dawn of Mesopotamia to the fall of Rome. We'll be bringing you only the best documentaries that journey into the mysteries and ruins of worlds long lost. Subsribe so you don't miss out!

Between the Nile and the necropolis in the Valley of the Kings, thousands of Ancient Egypt's best artisans lived and worked, usually the rest of their lives, with their families and some servants or apprentices, often succeeded by their sons, building and decorating elaborate graves for the Pharaonic dynasty and its rich, mighty entourage. The town also had an almost complete network of logistics and so onto feed and supply the tomb builders and provide various services, almost a complete city, with its own police and administration, medicine and daily cult. Their lives, somewhat privileged, are exceptionally well end extensively documented, not in the least by pottery fragments used to write daily messages and private records.

In the tombs that ancient Egyptians prepared for their deaths, they left a record of how they lived more than 3000 years ago, today. But the full meaning of many of the images remains a mystery. In almost every Egyptian tome one image stands out; the blue lotus.

Deep beneath a man-made mountain in Shaanxi, China, lies a tomb more massive than the pyramids of Egypt. Guarded by an silent army of 8,000 life-sized Terracotta Warriors, this is the final resting place of Qin Shi Huang—China’s first and most ruthless emperor. Yet, more than 50 years after its accidental discovery by a local farmer, the inner burial chamber remains completely unopened. Odyssey is your journey into the world of Ancient History; from the dawn of Mesopotamia to the fall of Rome. We'll be bringing you only the best documentaries that journey into the mysteries and ruins of worlds long lost. :european_castle: You can now become a History Hit member right here on the original video platform! Join for access to a new exclusive documentary every week, and access to over 160+ of our documentaries presented by world renowned historians like Dan Snow, Eleanor Janega, Tristan Hughes, Mary Beard, Matt Lewis and more. Odyssey is part of the History Hit Network. For

Few Pharaohs are more controversial than Akhanaten. The mysterious figure who, along with his Queen Nefertiti, completely changed Egypt and the religion that bound the kingdom together. Odyssey is your journey into the world of Ancient History; from the dawn of Mesopotamia to the fall of Rome. We'll be bringing you only the best documentaries that journey into the mysteries and ruins of worlds long lost.