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Ancient Egypt (Bob Brier)
The Great Courses
1 recommender · 1 thread · recommended in 1 year, 2026 · score 1.0
A lecture series by Egyptologist Bob Brier covering ancient Egyptian history, society, and culture, including how Egyptians were depicted and how their civilization developed over millennia.
Commenters describe it as mind-blowing and point to its lessons on how ancient Egyptians portrayed neighboring peoples.
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20062026
"The year 2024 is closer in time to Cleopatra than the Egyptian queen’s life was to the construction of the pyramids."
It's truly astonishing how old Egypt is. The sphinx is 4500 years old! I listened to Bob Brier's course on ancient Egypt (from TGC) and it was mind-blowing.
Bob Brier’s “The Great Courses” lecture series on ancient Egypt. Nubians were painted dark and Libyans were always shown with a feather in their headgear and blue eyes.