Ancient Egyptian thought --
Napoleon and the beginnings of Egyptology --
The Rosetta Stone, and much more --
The first nation in history --
The rise of the Old Kingdom --
Sneferu, the pyramid builder --
The Great Pyramid of Giza --
The end of the Old Kingdom --
The First Intermediate Period --
The Middle Kingdom, Dynasty XI --
pt. 2. The Middle Kingdom, Dynasty XII --
The Second Intermediate Period --
The beginning of the New Kingdom: the fabulous XVIIIth Dynasty --
Tuthmosis III, King at last --
The fabulous XVIIIth Dynasty rolls on --
Akhenaten, the heretic pharaoh --
The discovery of Tutankhamen's tomb --
The murder of Tutankhamen, a theory --
Medicine, the necessary art --
pt. 3. The end of Dynasty XVIII --
Mummification, how we know what we know --
Ramses the Great, the early years --
Ramses the Great, the later years --
The exodus, did it happen --
The decline of Dynasty XIX --
Dynasty XX, the decline continues --
Ancient Egyptian magic --
Dynasty XXI, Egypt divided --
pt. 4. Dynasty XXII, Egypt united --
Dynasty XXV, the Nubians have their day --
Dynasty XXVI, the Saite period --
Dynasty XXVII, the Persians --
Dynasties XXVIII to XXXI, the beginning of the end --
The middle Ptolemies, the decline --
Cleopatra, the last Ptolemy --