Ancient Egypt. Lecture 6 of 6. Foreign Pharaohs.

LECTURE 6 OF 6: Foreign Pharaohs. From the sixth century BC Egypt came to be ruled by pharaohs of foreign extraction, who regarded the Nile Valley as little more than breadbaskets for the empires. Two glorious achievements awaited ancient Egypt: Alexandria and Christian monasticism. A lecture by Dr. William J. Neidinger.