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.
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Timeline
00:00:Introduction
01:44:The Swimmers in the Desert
04:05:The Stones of Nabta Playa
06:18:The Rains Leave
08:36:The River's Calendar
10:54:Black Land, Red Land
13:10:The Narmer Palette
15:32:Kings Before the Kings
17:49:Pictures That Are Sounds
20:02:Menes and the White Walls
22:20:The First Bureaucracy
24:31:Djoser's Staircase
26:51:Sneferu's Mistakes
29:12:The Great Pyramid
31:30:The Diary of Merer
33:42:Who Really Built It
36:20:The Longest Reign
38:43:The Four Point Two Kiloyear Event
40:51:Power to the Provinces
43:07:The World Turned Upside Down
45:37:Kings Are Gods While the River Rises
47:50:The Classical Tongue
50:14:Taming the Faiyum
52:29:Be a Scribe
54:44:Rulers of Foreign Lands
57:11:What the Hyksos Left Behind
59:27:The Woman Who Became King
01:01:50:The Voyage to Punt
01:04:11:The Erasure
01:06:24:One God, One City
01:08:48:The Amarna Letters
01:10:58:The Boy King
01:13:28:Wonderful Things
01:15:53:Ramesses the Great
01:18:12:The First Peace Treaty
01:20:27:The First Strike
01:22:52:Priests and Libyans
01:25:18:The Black Pharaohs
01:27:48:Sailing Around Africa
01:30:18:Persia Arrives
01:32:35:The Last Native Pharaoh
01:34:57:The Oracle at Siwa
01:37:21:The Library and the Lighthouse
01:39:37:Measuring the Earth with a Shadow
01:41:51:Greek Kings in Pharaoh's Clothes
01:44:08:Cleopatra
01:46:27:The Emperor's Private Province
01:48:58:Letters from the Rubbish Heap
01:51:22:The First Monks
01:53:44:The Last Hieroglyph
01:56:04:The Long Silence
01:58:20:Amr and Fustat
02:00:53:Egypt Loses the Language War
02:03:10:The Nilometer of Roda
02:05:26:The Victorious City
02:07:54:The Scientist Who Tried to Tame the Nile
02:10:16:The Tree of Pearls
02:12:38:Slave-Soldiers Who Became Kings
02:14:55:The Mother of the World
02:17:22:Coffee and the Ottomans
02:19:45:The Quiet Centuries
02:22:04:An Army of Scholars
02:24:52:A Stone in a Wall
02:27:01:I've Got It
02:29:28:White Gold
02:31:46:The Canal That Cost a Country
02:34:22:An Egyptian Rules Egypt
02:36:48:The Year the Flood Stopped
02:39:12:Moving a Mountain
02:41:44:The Dam Upstream
02:44:11:Everything Under One Roof