18. Egypt - Fall of the Pharaohs
[AUDIO ONLY, VIDEO COMING SOON]
Far in the distance, three colossal shapes tower over the desert horizon…
In this episode, we travel to the Nile Valley, and tell the story of one of the most iconic cultures ever produced by humankind - the civilizations of ancient Egypt. I want to show how this series of related cultures grew up in the floodplains of their great river, and built some of the most enduring and recognizable structures in the world. And I want to tell the story of what happened to bring the age of the Pharaohs finally and cataclysmically to an end.
Credits:
Michael Hajiantonis
Nick Denton
Paul Casselle
Alexandra Boulton
Tom Marshall-Lee
Rhy Brignell
Peter Walters
Lachlan Lucas
Narrated and produced by Paul Cooper
Sound engineering by Alexey Sibikin
Readings in Arabic by Nassim El-Boujjoufi
Readings in reconstructed ancient Egyptian by Seqnenra (Mohammad Habib) and Doha Abd Allah Amin
Music by Kevin Macleod
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Dear Lord, I've just come home from a long hike and spent half the time thinking about this new episode. The best podcast ever.
LOL! I Hope you still enjoyed the hike! 🤣😂🤣
The best days are whenever there is a new fall of civilizations podcast - THANK YOU!!!
Agreed!
Ikr
let’s gooooii
Woo whoo!🎉😊
Facts.
I'm a Historian myself and I absolutely love this channel. As a blind person, I particularly enjoy the little sound effects here and there, thunderstorms, waterfalls, people marching through the desert... it really transports me through time into that world. There's another history-related channel I really enjoy called Geschichtsfenster. That guy focuses on the European Middle Ages, especially the HRE. His episodes are always very specific and go into great detail. For example he can easily spend 2 hours talking about the diet of peasants or women's fashion in late medieval Germany. By contrast, Paul takes the bird's eye approach, covering millennia and thousands of square kilometers in a single episode. Paul's videos are also very refined, using professional voice actors etc., while Andrej from Geschichtsfenster basically just presents sources and lectures without much editing, so it feels like sitting in an university seminar. Both styles have their charme in my opinion and I like to switch back and forth between them because they complement each other so well.
Thanks my friend, yes I will always ensure it is an audio show first.
Is the podcast you mention in English ?
Mr historian, can you tell me something, a little truth, about artival of the thieves from medina bring eygept allahs messages? I would appreciate it. I am not impartial, please u be!
The piano intro’s haunting melancholy is perfect. It sounds like a fallen civilization saying “remember us”.
That hit
I do agree! It’s so beautiful it gives me chills!
This. The intro music is perfection. Simple but effective.
Sounds like "Into my arms" by Nick Cave.
It’s truly a haunting banger
This is not the best history series on youtube. This is the best history series of all media. Ever.
It's absolutely top notch. Glad someone is still making content like this. :)
I completely agree with this OP. The podcasts and videos of Fall Of Civilizations are without a doubt the highest quality of all that exist. I'm proud that I was 1 of the first to say this, and I'm very glad so many others have joined me. It would grieve me greatly if Paul wasn't getting the credit he is due, so I'm SO very glad that he is being credited as the Master that he is! I can't wait for him to finish the video of this one, but that will take a LOT of time. That's ok though, because it takes time to create the masterpeices that are Paul's hallmark. I'll be so excited to see it, when it comes, so the waiting will be hard, but it will be so worth it! Thank you so much Paul, for the wonderful work that you do! I know that it's painstaking, but your fans love you for it! I hope you get joy from knowing how much joy you give us! ❤❤❤
For real
That title would go to Dan Carlin's hardcorehistory, but yeah this is certainly way up there.
Totally agree!
I was literally checking the channel last night for any new uploads……I must have sensed this moment was close at hand!!! All the chaos and horror of the world can be forgotten for the next almost 4 glorious hours! Sigh!!!!!!! 🙏❤️ thank you, you have no idea!!! ❤️🙏
I’m as excited as you. I’m chuckling to myself about your escaping “all the chaos and horror of the world” - by listening to the lulling tale of the chaos and horror of another time and place. I grok you, - and it’s kinda funny. 😊
I’ve relistened to the audio episodes and only on Monday finished the 17th episode. Was wondering when he’d release a new one and boy am I glad to see that we weren’t so far away from it haha
me too!! I’ve been relistening like crazy the past week, it’s like i felt it coming
@@court6389Same here! It’s like feeling a disturbance in the force
Me too, I was starting to think about this channel a lot and I had a feeling they were going to drop a masterpiece soon. Anything that takes 8 months for Paul Cooper to make is going to be glorious
*just realize, have you EVER heard Paul do an ad-read in any of these many hour-long videos? Nope, me neither. Donate to this man , he is gold*
Yes, I refuse all sponsorship and advertising offers.
@@FallofCivilizations🥲👍
I’m really looking forward to your book release I have already pre-ordered it. Thank you for thank you for all the work you do you make fantastic, professional, beautiful important and informative content.
@@FallofCivilizationsYou are an original.
@@marg716 thanks my friend
Thank you, Paul . I listen and re-listen to your podcasts while I’m on dialysis. You have no idea how you help my get through some pretty tough days . Please don’t ever stop producing these quality historical stories . 😊
wishing you all the strength and health in the world
Thank you 🙏
Hello, from little old New Zealand 🇳🇿 they’re amazing podcasts aren’t they. I’m sorry you’re going through tough days. May many blessings fall upon you 💐
@@firequeen7872 indeed, they are amazing podcasts, so mush time must be spend on this quality production, thanks for your well wishes, that's much appreciated.
Hands down the best channel to exist on KZhead. It's not just a barrage of information, it's an immersive journey through time and landscape. Thank you so much Paul, amazing work, wishing you all the success with the new book!
Couldn't have days it better myself
1000%
Couldn't agree more that's why I've been donating for over 👍2 years and now emperor status woot
Best channels put out content more than every 7 months 😁
@@Hunter_Nebid allegedly
This is the only channel on KZhead who's viewers have waited centuries for the stories and history to be told. Ironic that a channel about ancient history never gets old. Well done. Cheers from the States!
It's those last 7 months that are the hardest. ;-)
I can't wait centures if i'm not centuries-years-old
@@jimgore1278 Just like marriage. The 1st hundred years are the hardest, after that it's all gravy.
Yes
This and Oversimplified.
These episodes always leave a lasting thought in me. The Sumerian episode still pops into my mind every now and then.
For me it’s everyday
Sumerians is probably my favorite
@@chadrowe8452 It such deep history. It's almost like an alien planet. Mammoths were still around when those guys were building cities.
The Greenland Vikings, Roman Britain and Carthage wander through my mind periodically. I’m glad to read this is something that’s shared with others. It’s surely a sign of the masterful manner with which these stories are regaled.
Dude, this is a master work. Incredible. Egypt is a romantic topic and I knew you would need to basically cover all the mini-apocalypses those civilizations experienced. It would not be enough to simply cover the very end. Thank you for all the hard work you put into this, not just the script, but the little touches in the sounds and mastering it properly so I wasn't struggling to hear you. CivFall-senpai, we are not worthy!
Thanks my friend!
As many have said before, this is the greatest series of history presentations ever produced. I recommend it to everyone i know that is remotely interested in history. Thank you for your work and please never stop making these.
I second this statement completely. EVER PRODUCED!
Second to schawepunkt who has like 2 thousand 1 hour and a half history videos made by just him
@@sophie_arkenstone1484 totally agree, this channel is the youtube's arkenstone :)
I've tried to find other history podcasts to fill in while I wait for these episodes, but it's all dissatisfying after this. The only one who compares is Dan Carlin.
@@hermioneziggeraut7617 I would look at my previous comment
Well my life just got brighter. I listen to these shows on repeat.
Me too. If Paul only knew how many times he’s lulled me to sleep ❤.
@@kckc4955 welcome to the club
@@kckc4955me too! Then people in my dreams are talking about The Summarians 😅
I listen to the fish with teeth bite down on freckles only
Dr. Cooper, as a passionate former student of the Classics, your documentaries are truly singular among a sea of lower-quality "content." Thank you for the work required to bring this information to life.
I always seem to be brought to the verge of tears by the end of these episodes. Please, never stop what you're doing.
You should know everything has to come to an end by now 😂 I agree though
It's the weight of the stories told here, the countless lives of the people who lived these histories, it's too deep for words really. The poems at the end always capture that sense so well though.
Finally the hour has arrived.... it's been ages since we last heard of any update but the wait is worth everything...The video version of this podcast would be breathtaking for sure... You're the greatest KZhead narrator...May you achieve more in this field Paul
@@JojoJacquesTarot indeed
Him and Voices of the Past/History of the Earth are the ultimate narration duo.
It's been a while since we've had one of these
The four hours have arrived. Might be the longest one yet
@@Gstrangeman96legit been listening to these guys before bed for the past 2 years
Oh my goodness I have officially become a history nerd. That moment when a new Fall of Civilizations Podcast drops and you just end up staring in delight at your screen. THANK YOU!!!
Goosebumps, all over, the poetic parallels in the end at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="230">3:50</a>:00 crossing eons of time. Words forgotten, but the human connection remain. I always love this channel for the way you weaved history into a relatable narrative. It really helps drive home that these aren't just names and dates in a book, but people who once lived.
Sometimes left to wonder how those talented, often doomed poets & artists can hit me in the chest and freeze me before their utterly perfect phrases, songs, expressions. That poet was tapped into the wavelength, no doubt.
Man that first voice actor...so much feeling in his narration...truly a master of his craft.
Hits it out of the park with **4 hours** of Egypt? I’m in disbelief! That extremely high bar has been raised once again by Paul and the entire team. Insane!!! Can’t wait for the accompanying visuals!!!
This is, by far, the best channel on KZhead. It blows my mind that you make this content available to people for free. These are such important stories. I really can't put into words how amazing these videos are.
This channel produces the finest historical content on any medium available today. I have not found any programming more compelling, interesting, informative and entertaining anywhere ever.
Thanks Sidney, very kind
@@FallofCivilizationsplease do a video about American Indians. Especially on the Comanche
@@FallofCivilizationsvery true great work and thank you
Okay your coverage about cats! "And for the cats? It is perhaps something that they have never quite forgotten" had me giggling!
The writing of "Egypt: Fall of the Pharaohs" podcast is completely amazing. It is so clear and compelling that once I started listening I was happily hooked! That meticulous research went into making this presentation is obvious. Ancient hieroglyphics are given new life through dramatic readings, while the narrator provides a concise and interesting discourse on this fascinating period in human history. I have listened to and enjoyed several other "Fall of Civilization" podcasts and they are all wonderful. But there is something special about this one... perhaps it is the glamour of ancient Egypt and its bygone pharaohs. I just know it is an excellent production and source of information. Many thanks to the creator for his hard work, creativity and commitment to historical accuracy.
Thank you Jacqueline, very kind of you
it was probably the longest gap between episodes, indicative of the volume of work required to attain the usual high standard we have come to expect from this channel,Early predictions for next episode we explore the downfall of our own times.
I've been checking your channel every single day eagerly awaiting your next video, and it's Egypt!!! You've absolutely made my day, dropping everything I'm doing and listening immediately I can't wait! I've always been obsessed with history, but you truly have an incredible gift for weaving the tales of these civilizations and delivering them in the most unique and beautiful storytelling format I've ever heard in my life. I listen to your channel every single day and it never gets old, thank you for sharing your talent with all of us on here I know we all appreciate it beyond words!
I’m addicted to Fall of Civilizations! I listen to them over and over! Thank you for the wonderful work.
You are a master storyteller, Paul, a true Seanchaí of history. When I listen to your voice, I’m there, and I grieve to know that ordinary people, like me, lived, loved, died and were forgotten. Your work is exceptional and I am very grateful to you for making it available. I can’t imagine the weeks of work that you and your team into every episode. Thank you. ❤
Thanks my friend, very kind of you
Sweet. I often have trouble sleeping because of anxiety but your Fall of Civilizations podcast always calms me down when im having a hard night and allows me to sleep after an hour or so. Thanks so much for the great content.
Same. Not anxiety but over active brain…calms me…
Seeing a new video from this channel is like a gift every time!
Egypt always keeps me in awe. A civilization ancient even by the standards of other ancient societies like Rome and Greece. It truly is mind-boggling how far back that land's history stretches 😊
Cleopatra is closer in time to us, than she is to those who built the pyramids. It’s an incomprehensible span of time.
OH MY GOODNESS A NEW FOC PODCAST!!! EGYPT!!! AND 4 HOURS!!!!!!! I’m ecstatic. Thank you Paul 🙏
Best thing about this Podcast series is the level of interest it evokes about the civilization it covers. While it doesn't go into the details, the fantastically (almost always emotionally) presented overview guarantees the listener to research more and reach for those academic journals and books. Please never stop making these!
Everytime I hear that piano... Goosebumps! Thank you for the best content on YT! ❤
I listen to these podcasts almost every night to fall asleep. I suffer from a lot of anxiety, but this series is so soothing and amazingly researched at the same time. So excited about a new episode! Please never stop making these ❤
My child like excitement at a new upload is obscene given my four decades on this earth. Thanks mate. Your documentaries are amazing
Six decades in myself so I understand.On my third rewatch.
The smile on my face when I saw this in my subscription feed. You're my favourite content creator. Not only has your fall of civilisation series shown me that education can bring joy, but it has been my greatest comfort in some of my darkest momments. Thank you and anyone who has contributed to these masterpieces The immersive level of detail presented in these are truly art.
I agree, man, the way you can just get elevated an lost in his descriptions about the past makes you feel like you're there, so you're not here in the current situation.
Same here, these episodes have been comfort in tough times
Immersive?
Been expecting the next great episode!!!!!!! FANTASTIC!!!!!
Not only the best history presentation series ever made, as so many have said, but the most beautiful main theme of any history presentation as well. Every note feels heavy and deep with meaning.
Absolute gold on so many levels: incredible research, captivating storytelling, immersive soundtrack… my favorite podcast and youtube channel by a mile.
Yeeey!🎉 What an unexpected birthday present! Thank you!
Aww happy birthday!! Super cool prezzie! Enjoy dude!! ❤
Happy birthday many happy returns 🎉
Happy Birthday!
Happy birthday internet stranger!!
My thanks to all four of you!
Yes!!! So excited to listen to this later tonight! I've literally listened to all of your podcasts and most of them at least twice. Thank you so much, Paul. You are by far the best. I appreciate all of your hard work and dedication!
This series is exceptional. That piano in the intro gives me chills. Its so perfect. As a musician who makes music for media, its utterly perfect.
This guy makes hands down my favorite history content across all media. Every time a new episode drops it makes my day (or maybe a couple days, depending on how long it takes me to finish the episode)
You never know if you've seen the last 1. Thanks for another 1 mate this channel is the best of its kind.
I just assume there will always be another one. Well worth the wait each time.
I live for these podcasts😭 Definitely my favorite KZhead channel, I can’t tell you how many times I’ve rewatched all the others just waiting for a new one lol. Thank you for all the work you put into these ❤
Same
I'm dying waiting in anticipation for the live camera shots and graphics version to be released!
Oh yeah, I'm pumped for this. Fall of Civilisations is one of only a select few channels that I have notifications switched on. And Egypt & the Pharaohs 😮
This is my favorite podcast not just because it's informative but because Paul Cooper's voice is mesmerizing.
I can't express my gratitude in words. Thank you again and again for making time travel real
Nice, been a minute, and this will be the grandest trip down the Nile. Stoked.
Y’all’ve made flu day fun! Thanks Fall of Civ - Best podcast ever!
Man, I've been following from the first two episodes. It has been amazing to watch this fine craftsmanship pull in more and more eager viewers. Here's one comment for the algorithm.
Thanks George, very kind
bro, i fall asleep to these. your voice is so calming, it's like an informative sleeping pill. thank you,
Instant LIKE. You guys just made my day, I've been a little depressed/stressed lately and your beautiful documentaries are so soothing for someone that loves history. Thank you! 🙏🏻
I have a special interest in ancient Egypt. I can die happy now that Fall of Civilizations has covered it. Thank you all for everything you do.
There is something about Egypt that calls to many like no other
I just hope this man and his team are living comfortably. Sharing knowledge like this is a gift to the people. I have a busy schedule and these videos allow me to learn about my favorite subject on the go for free. I don't have to buy books or dedicate days to reading through one. Also, they break the information down so it is easy to visualize and understand. Thank you so much for your hard work.
The timelines of Ancient Egypt blow my mind. It was ancient by the time the Greeks and Romans came around. Cleopatra is closer to us in time than the Great Pyramids were to her.
YES! I literally said out loud, not 30 minutes ago, “I wonder if we’ll ever get another Fall of Civ episode?” And, here we are, sipping tea, and staring blissfully at the screen and feeling like this was exactly what I needed (over 2-3 sessions, most likely).
Seeing this show up in my feed while getting ready for bed is the one thing positive in an otherwise disappointing day. I truly appreciate the work you do Paul. I can't offer enough praise.
I love the fact that no matter how much I have learned about most of the civilizations already, I always learn more from these podcasts.
Man I have been falling asleep to this the last couple of months. I appreciate your work.
My greatest surprise of the week was seeing a new video of yours posted. Thank you.
Listening to Spotify today at work, and a fall of civilizations episode starts playing… I think wth, Spotify doesn’t replay old episodes that have already been played. Then I looked at it and said… “18? There’s no way that’s new” and I am visibly shocked that this dropped today. Hopefully it won’t be years to listen to another of these masterpieces. I am lucky that I found these when there was already 17 in the catalog available to binge. Thanks Paul cooper for one of my most cherished podcasts that gets me through a tough work day out in the world.
welcome friend! you're in for a ride! discovered him randomly at the height of quarantine, having ran out of things watch and listen to, helped process the whole affair better
This is absolutely the best podcast out there! Thank you so much for the quality. This episode was particularly beautiful and thought provoking,what a great tribute to a captivating and mysterious civilization.I really just cannot give enough accolades.
You and Carlin are legitimately the best historical content creators I've come across. This cannot be an easy task. I appreciate your hard work so much dude!!
I was just listening to an older favorite earlier this week and wondering when a new podcast would drop, and here it is!! 💯💯💯
It is in times like these that I would like to say "Thank you, Paul Cooper"!
My 6th grade teacher, Ms. Grant absolutely loved ancient Egypt and passed that love along to me. She is an amazing teacher!
THANK YOU PAUL.For taking us on a voyage through time again. Peace be with you and all of the people behind the scenes who help make this possible.
I can not describe how happy and excited I became as the thumbnail from this video showed up in my YT feed seconds ago :,)
Paul, you host the best history podcast out there, and it isn't even close! These long form podcasts are the next best thing to having a TARDIS.
Another fantastic addition! Can't wait to watch again with visuals. Very much look forward to the book as well. Please continue chronicling our very own demises... perhaps we'll collectively learn something!?
The one podcast I actively listen to instead of sleeping to, these are genuinely a delight to listen to and I go on rants to everyone I talk to for the next week about all the things I learned. Thank you for putting in the work and making this amazing content!
The music that plays at the end of the introduction (<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="470">7:50</a>) is so fitting to the genre. Every time i hear it is so moving and thought provoking. Every episode 10/10. Thank you.
It has become one of the most moving pieces of music that I hear, stirring excitement for the journey through stunning cultures that the peerless narrative evokes.
102 comments in 12 minutes, you love to see all this support for a channel as amazing as this one!!
Yes! It's wonderful that Paul gets all of the love he truly deserves for the huge amount of time and effort that he puts into making these masterpeices!
Simply said, the best way to catch up with history on YT. It's one thing to tell a story and another to reach your imagination. Really well done with great attention to detail. Just as well as another impressive reminder on how even the biggest empires can fall, just in those very days. Well done Paul, keep the flame alight!
Four hours and is worth every minute of it. Will watch again if the illustrated version is uploaded.
I truly hope so. The only thing more awesome than pyramids are pyramids in 4k
I've been checking back day in and day out for the last 2 weeks hoping for a new episode, so thankful to see it's ancient Egypt too!
The ONLY channel I have notifications on for ❤
Dear Paul, you have my brobdingnagian gratitude, respect, and admiration for your efforts and munificence in sharing with us. With every video, and Patreon receipt, I feel proud to contribute my small part - you're a human UNESCO treasure.
you can never fully comprehend your destiny and destination until you fathom the past and what has led you to your chosen path and decisions, this is why some of us love history and cannot express gratitude enough for the immense work and research you do, Paul Cooper, and all for free for us. Thank You so much or as they say in Australia, Thanks heaps!!
It's hard to explain how fond I am of this podcast, the quality and immersion is without equal. Can't wait to hear this story again when the video version comes out!
I watch it with my kids I've got them all into history in some way because of you and fall of civilizations.... So I thank you.... Not only are you a fantastic narrator but you're able to take a topic us history buffs have heard a million times over and bring us through it from a completely different approach.... Cheers from Canada Paul we look forward to your every pod as and video
Your work is beyond anything thats on MSM...We thank you profusely...
I am so thrilled that this appeared today! I was afraid that maybe will the April Fall book release that was it for the series. Thank the gods, the force or the programmer in charge for giving us this to lighten up our dismal world!
No way, what a lovely surprise
One of the most interesting 'Succession' stories in history is the Ptolemaic dynasty after Alexander. Looking forward to an episode on Alexander and his generals. Great work.
I keep falling asleep at the same spot but I keep starting at the beginning bc I don't want to miss anything.
My friend and I were rewatching/listening to all the previous episodes as we were having withdraws! Thanks Paul for keeping history Alive!!! You are a legend!!
Thank you for a new wonderful video!
I've never once chosen this video. But I'm happy to wake up to this man's voice.
To me this is the real History Channel! I really appreciate all the time you take working on these video's.
I check your channel regularly for new uploads and to think the day after my vacation a new one arrives. I'll have to make time in the next week to sit and listen to this with no interruptions. Something about these videos require time alone to think and reflect on the epic stories you tell. Nothing on KZhead or any other media has even come close to making me feel the way your content does. A perfect mix of human emotion and historical knowledge allowing me to transport my mind back in time to these places of wonder and rich history. Thank you for all you do and thank you for allowing me to peer through this window you create, right into the heart of our shared human past. So excited for the journey this time to Egypt. One I have been waiting for the most. And will be looking forward to whatever else you create in the future. I am poor so cannot financially support right now but I can always give a view and a like to such an amazing channel and wish you nothing but success!!!!!
Cannot wait to watch this on my commute to work! Thank you for all your hard work with these episodes!
You and your team's work is so refreshing. I hear a lot of the same notes from old favorite series such as Engineering an Empire or Secrets of Archaeology, but FINALLY... a content hero goes into granular detail ALONG with the well known high points. Thank you so, so very much. My pedantic love for minutiae is so very satisfied and it feels great! I always look forward to what you produce next.
Thank you, that's very kind
I want to thank you for this. I've been listening to this channel to get through episodes of cluster headaches. It is calming and mellow and helps me keep my sanity during intense pain.
Hope you feel better soon!
Commenting for the interaction! Thank you for the work you do!
Sweet! Can't wait for the video edited with the visuals as well as audio
My favorite bedtime stories is this Chanel. Cannot wait for the video on Egypt