Ancient Egypt - Life and Death in the Valley of the Kings

Presented by Egyptologist Dr Joann Fletcher who goes on a fascinating journey in search of people like us, not the great Pharaohs, but the ordinary people who built and populated this incredible place, creating a remarkable way of life. Dr Joann explores their homes, workplaces and temples. The programme originally aired on BBC2 and we meet Kha and Meryt, an architect and his wife who lived just outside the Valley of the Kings. They left behind a treasure trove of information; their extraordinary tomb, full of objects from their lives and deaths - from make-up to death-masks, loaves of bread to life-like figurines, even the tools Kha used at work in the royal tombs. Joann Fletcher uses this to travel into the remarkable world of these Ancient Egyptians,.

Documentary

Ancient Egypt - Life and Death in the Valley of the Kings

Documentary

Created By: Joann Fletcher
First Aired on: Mar 22, 2013
Popularity: 3.6319: 4 votes
Networks: (GB)
Production: Lion Television (GB)BBC (GB)
Status: Ended: Show Ended

Seasons & episodes

Total 1 seasons, 2 episodes

Season 1

Dr Joann Fletcher asks what everyday life was like in ancient Egypt for ordinary people.

Aired 12 years ago

2 Episodes

Episode 1Life60 min
Egyptologist Dr Joann Fletcher discovers what life was really like for ordinary Egyptians 3,500 years ago, during the height of the incredible civilisation of ancient Egypt. Joann explores how people lived during this time, from the tightly packed houses and villages of the common people, to the clothes they wore and the food they ate. She discovers the ordinary Egyptians' love of poetry and their enthusiasm for interior design, as well as what it was like working in the most famous cemetery on Earth - the Valley of the Kings.
Episode 2Death60 min
This episode reveals a strange and mysterious world - the ancient Egyptian afterlife. To them life was just a dress rehearsal for the perfect afterlife they were trying to reach. Joann clambers into rarely visited tombs, explores a treasure trove of long-buried objects and examines spectacular mummies to discover just why the Egyptians spent a fortune preparing for death - and what they hoped to find when they got there.