“Great Mythologies of the World” S:1 E:17 Myths of the Pharaohs

S:1 E:17 Myths of the Pharaohs The pharaohs themselves played a vital role in Egyptian culture: maintaining cosmic order throughout the land. Investigate the lives and deaths (and possible afterlives) of several of ancient Egypt’s 330 pharaohs, including King Amenhotep IV, who tried to become a supreme god, and Cleopatra, the civilization’s last pharaoh.