Ancient Egyptians

Name: Ancient Egyptians
Genre: Drama
Released: 2003
Rating: 7.8
Cast: Bernard Hill, Alain Aswani, Jeremy Sisto, Ron Fehmiu, Noureddine Ayari

★ 7.8 164 votes 2003–present 1 seasons · 4 episodes Ended Channel 4

Drama

Starring

Bernard HillAlain AswaniJeremy SistoRon FehmiuNoureddine AyariOmar Azzouzi

Starring

Bernard HillAlain AswaniJeremy SistoRon FehmiuNoureddine AyariOmar Azzouzi

Ratings per Episode

Votes per Episode

	E1	E2	E3	E4
S1	7.6	7.5	7.3	8.1

About

Each of the four separate episodes -rather independent chapters- presents some of the findings of Egyptology, largely in the form of realistically presented docudrama, a splendid spectacle by peplum-standards, yet unusually true and hence surprising for non-specialist viewers in various details. Remarkable is the revealed contrast between the image-building clichés presented by the official, mostly monumental sources, glorifying deified pharaohs' glorious reign and triumphs and 'celestial' deities, and the more mundane reality, deduced largely from other archaeological findings, showing more human vices, misery, crime