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Author(s): Angus, David
Reader(s): Boulton, Nicholas
Label: Naxos AudioBooks
Genre: Junior History
Period: Contemporary
Catalogue No: NA0052
Barcode: 9781843795001
Release Date: 04/2012
ANGUS, D.: Ancient Egypt - The Glory of the Pharaohs (Unabridged)
Ancient Egypt – The Glory of the Pharaohs tells us about civilisation under the pharaohs, of mysterious statues and tombs, incredible obelisks, the pyramids and the Sphinx. In this recording, the ancient Egyptian kingdom is brought to life in a way that fuels the listener’s imagination, teaching and entertaining in equal measure.
Tracklist
Disc 1
Angus, David - Author
Boulton, Nicholas (Reader)
|  | 1 | Hail to thee, O Nile! | 04:38 |
Boulton, Nicholas (Reader)
| | 2 | Archaeological excavations have shown… | 07:19 |
Boulton, Nicholas (Reader)
| | 3 | In the beginning there was no sky… | 05:17 |
Boulton, Nicholas (Reader)
| | 4 | The cleverest of these new beings… | 05:11 |
Boulton, Nicholas (Reader)
| | 5 | In those days when Gods and men walked the earth… | 06:10 |
Boulton, Nicholas (Reader)
| | 6 | While Sekhmet slept, Ra Atum went out… | 07:17 |
Boulton, Nicholas (Reader)
| | 7 | Now as the years passed… | 04:23 |
Boulton, Nicholas (Reader)
| | 8 | When Isis learned of the murder of her beloved lord… | 06:18 |
Boulton, Nicholas (Reader)
| | 9 | When Isis returned from Ra Atum… | 04:14 |
Boulton, Nicholas (Reader)
| | 10 | In the one day when Osiris had been allowed to come back… | 03:42 |
Boulton, Nicholas (Reader)
| | 11 | All the while Isis seethed with anger… | 06:16 |
Boulton, Nicholas (Reader)
| | 12 | It is not known exactly when the two kingdoms… | 05:26 |
Boulton, Nicholas (Reader)
| | 13 | A new city named Memphis was built on the border… | 04:57 |
Boulton, Nicholas (Reader)
Disc 2
| | 1 | In his History of Egypt, Manetho says… | 06:49 |
Boulton, Nicholas (Reader)
| | 2 | All the actions that a person performed in life… | 04:50 |
Boulton, Nicholas (Reader)
| | 3 | For the next thousand years all pharaohs were buried… | 03:43 |
Boulton, Nicholas (Reader)
| | 4 | One of the greatest problems in the early days… | 05:35 |
Boulton, Nicholas (Reader)
| | 5 | The rule of the Old Kingdom lasted nearly 500 years. | 06:09 |
Boulton, Nicholas (Reader)
| | 6 | Amenemhet's pyramid is particularly fascinating… | 06:06 |
Boulton, Nicholas (Reader)
| | 7 | One of thE Major differences with the previous eras… | 07:26 |
Boulton, Nicholas (Reader)
| | 8 | Ramesses XI, who ruled from 1098 to 1070 BCE… | 07:01 |
Boulton, Nicholas (Reader)
| | 9 | In 1400 BCE the three pyramids at Giza… | 06:04 |
Boulton, Nicholas (Reader)
| | 10 | The Ptolemies ruled for the next 300 years… | 06:10 |
Boulton, Nicholas (Reader)
| | 11 | Then at the end of the 18th century… | 06:18 |
Boulton, Nicholas (Reader)
| | 12 | Young sent his findings to a French scholar in Paris… | 06:15 |
Boulton, Nicholas (Reader)
| | 13 | But the growth of this new science could not replace… | 02:10 |
Boulton, Nicholas (Reader)
Total Playing Time: 02:25:44