Egypt's New Kingdom, the peak of its monumental building and international power, ended in the aftermath of the Bronze Age Collapse. Once again, Egypt fragmented into multiple smaller states. Yet millions of people still lived and died under the rule of those claiming the mantle of the ancient pharaohs, and Egypt in the Third Intermediate Period was far from a backwater.
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Egypt's New Kingdom: Empire, Religious Change, and the Tomb of Tutankhamun
The Rise of Egypt's New Kingdom
Lost Landscapes of the Ancient Pacific: Interview with Professor Mike Carson
Encore: Chivalry and Knighthood in Medieval Europe
The Coolest Archaeological Site in the World: Interview with Professor Chantal Conneller on Star Carr and the Mesolithic
The Polynesians and the Pacific: Interview with Professor Patrick Vinton Kirch
The Austronesian Expansion, Part 2
The Austronesian Expansion, Part 1
How Did Civilizations in the Andes Deal with Environmental Upheaval? Interview with Professor Jason Nesbitt
Human Sacrifice, Oracle Bones, and Shang China: Interview with Professor Rod Campbell
The Beginnings of Civilization in the Andes: The Mounds of Norte Chico
The Rise of the Olmecs
Migration, Ancient DNA, and European Prehistory: Interview with Kristian Kristiansen
The Steppes of Central Asia in the Bronze Age: Interview with Professor Michael Frachetti
Indo-Aryans, the Rigveda, and a World on the Move
The World of the Indo-Iranians
What was the Indus Valley Civilization? Interview with Dr. Adam Green
Languages of the World in 1200 BC
Kathryn de Luna on Africa, Bantu, and Historical Linguistics
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