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18. Egypt - Fall of the Pharaohs

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.

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Thank you to everyone for your patience in waiting for this episode. I really hoped to get it out before the end of last year, but as always there are unintended delays. Between a death in my wife's family and the coming of our first child, it has been quite a crazy year, but I'd like to thank everyone who's stuck with the show regardless. The new episode is available to play through Patreon above, and will come to all other public channels next week. As always, if you spot anything that doesn't sound right, give me a shout and let me know.

Thank you once again for all of your support.


Paul

Comments

Aaron Hernandez

YES!!!!! I KNEW AN EPISODE WAS COMING SOON THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS GIFT

Hainbach

Oh this is exciting, can’t wait to listen. Congratulations on the kid, and condolences. Patreon is there to support you in times like these.

Will Ward

Yessss thank you Paul, going to start now! If you see this, I’d had a question. Which is, have you ever considered having your episodes translated to other languages. I wouldn’t really know, but I’d *imagine* that’d be relatively easy compared to the massive work that must go into researching and writing and editing and etc. Seems like you’d just need a person who had enough expertise in English and whatever other language, plus good narration skills. I ask partly because I feel like your show could do well for speakers of other languages as well, given the universality of its scope. And, for my own interest, I’m learning Spanish and have listened to every episode of your show so many times, and I’d love if it was something I could put on in Spanish and work on my listening skills. Thank you so much for your work!

Joey Trujillo-Rendon

This is gonna be an episode worthy of the gods, thanks for putting such great content.

Kate

Yay!!! Can’t wait to listen. The longer the episode the better 😂Also, congratulations on the new baby

Tatiana

So excited to listen! And congrats on your little one!

Умный Кот

Am sooo excited. Thank you so much, Paul. Can't wait for the video version!

steveL

I’m cancelling my plans today.

DaveSunday

Excellent! Been wondering what the next episode was going to be on. I don't think I've ever listened to anything that moves me quite like this podcast does.

Meir Kahn

BBC, CNN and SKY didn't broadcast first day when South Africa presented its arguments. Only second day when israhell was defending itself. We need more independent, first hand sources like your channel to spread knowledge with sincerity. Never forget how there was more international outrage manufactured by corporate zionist legacy media propagandists about 40 fake babies than 15,000 real ones. Legacy networks have zero credibility and 100% culpability.

Seth Miller

Ohh man I am so pumped for this! Thank you for all the awesome content!

Meir Kahn

By the way, the bibliography is impressive!

Thomas Flannery

I was just thinking when is Egypt coming!!

Wendy Rule

Oh wow! How exciting!!!

Fred Spero

So excited. Watched each one and listened a combined 10 times each. Always pick up something new.

Javier Vazquez

Excellent. Thabks Paul. Any ideas when is the video version released?

Bart van Riel

Oh my, almost 4 hrs of quality history exposition! Thank you and congratulations with the new life in your family.

Abu Azog

Huzzah! Thank you sir, can't WAIT to get lost in this episode!

Greg W

YES!!!

Scott H-F

You guys are AWESOME! Thank you SO much for your hard work!! Time to re-listen 14x in a row!

Natalie Doig

Really looking forward to listening to this tonight. Thank you for all your hard work and congratulations on the new baby!

Chidi Jenkins-Johnston

This made my day, looking forward to listening to it tonight. Congratulations on your first child 🙌🏽

Detrio91

New FoC and Oversimplified in the same day! Excellent. This is a nice long one too. Thanks for all the hard work!!

Sydney

🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻

Nate Chocron

Congrats on your first child!

Above Average Dave

Thanks as always, Paul! Hope you are well and God bless. Love your work!

Chris Smith

I saw '3:58' and figured it was a four minute trailer or something and then remembered who I'm dealing with 😄

NickO

Woohoo!

Laurie Larsen

AT LAST!!! EGYPT!!! Oh Thank you Paul MM Cooper and Team

John Stephens

One of the best documentaries on ancient Egypt I ever heard.

John Stephens

Oh I almost forgot, just in time for Total War's Pharaohs big update.

Philip Parsons

So glad for each new episode. I most enjoy the way you open each episode, really sets up your narrative superbly. Thanks for all your hard work.

Kiran Singh

perfect news for a rainy saturday!

Ritka

I just rewatched the Inca and Han episodes yesterday, and now I have the good fortune to listen to one about Egypt!!!

Torkild Skovbjerg Sørensen

Congratulation on the little one! Life is never going to be the same again. Enjoy! Meanwhile I am looking forward to four hours with one of my favourite storytellers.

Andrew Berrocal

I just knew the sands of time hour glass post on X was hinting at Egypt.

Tim Tripp

This was great. I am on my second listen. I did notice that at about 2:15:00 you say ‘intercepted a secret message carrying a secret message.’

Kenneth

Fantastic! I've only been a Patron for a few months (post-episode 17)> Generally how long is there between audio and video releases? I tend to get much more immersed in the video, but since this is the first episode release I've been present for rather than watching old video archives consecutively, I may not have the patience to wait! Thank you for your incredible work, Paul.

Sammyfein

Thank you Paul!! Christmas has come again a month later 😄

Ari Curtis

Brilliant work. I recently discovered this podcast, and it is such a gift to the world. If only we learned and taught history this way, maybe the world would be a different place...

André Hahn

Um, is there a private rss feed for subscribers? 😅 I can’t find any on my subscription page (where I normally get the link to my private rss feed on my other subscriptions)

REAGAN STEELE

This came as a big surprise. Thank you for this. Two questions: when will this be available on YouTube and did this new material make it into your new book?

Fall of Civilizations Podcast

I hope you enjoy! I will say that a 4 hour video usually takes about 8 weeks, although I am outsourcing some of the more time consuming elements like map animations this time, so we'll see. At that length, every stage (footage, sfx, quality control) just takes so much longer...

Fall of Civilizations Podcast

Thank you! Yes, it will be coming to YouTube in audio next week, and in video maybe in 8 weeks' time. The Egypt chapter will not be in the book, as it was already a bit "ancient heavy". But perhaps there will be a second edition!

Joe Haneke

I appreciate all the hard work, time, and quality you put into each of your episodes. Thank you for all the attention to detail and thoughtfulness each episode you make!

Justin Blackman

Thank you Mr. Cooper, excellent as always. I remember gypsies in the UK describing the same hedgehog cooking method.

AndrewHammond

Thank you, Paul. Fall of Civ has brought me so much joy these last few years and the effort you go to to make it feel so authentic is incredible. I can't wait for the book.

E

I love all your videos. Very interesting and informative.

Rúnar Þórarinsson

Thanks - I've been looking forward to this enormously. Listened two times minimum to everything, some episodes even more often. It's sometimes even used as my "sleep audio" Extremely well read and a comfortable listen :)

Mary Roberts

Looking forward to getting into this starting tomorrow!

Strobex

Always excited when your work comes out. I am looking forward to working my way through it!

Vetrano

Absolutely fantastic work again, Paul. Just pre-ordered the new book (U.S.), July can't come soon enough!

Jake Orr

This was excellent, thanks for teaching us about Egypt!

Juan Francisco Moreno

Fascinante. Thanks for yet another enthralling episode. I hope more come in the future. Cheers.

Dean

Fantastic episode! I was hooked from the first second, until the last. The poem at the end. I was sitting, listening sort of stunned at its beauty and power. A truly beautiful way to end this episode Thanks for taking me on this journey. (Voice actors were brilliant) Well done guys Keep up the good work

Jamie Shows

I am way too broke to be spending money on YouTube content, but your videos are that well produced. I have never spent money on any other YouTuber, but your podcasts and videos are of unique quality. I'm just a factory worker, and a lot of nights I'm too tired and exhausted to read, but I cannot tell you how much joy it was to hear of the history of Carthage, and of the Rapa Nui. Obviously, very sad what they suffered, but joy in at least developing some knowledge of their fate. If we're to democratize knowledge, we have to be patrons to its teachers.

Ron Thorrsen

I believe doing this kind of work--spending hundreds of hours creating the works you do--can only come from a true love of history and internal compulsion to help us understand and appreciate it the way you do. To me, that's worth every penny, and I'm alright waiting for these, be it a month or a year. Thank you.

penelope roberts

These comments are proof that there are not enough superlatives in the English language to lavish on these podcasts. Thrilling, action packed, soaring. But packed with understanding and depth. And that’s just a first reaction. Last year, social security cut off our pensions and have not restored them yet, but every penny of my meager subscription returns 100 fold. If we get our pensions back, I will be upping my subscription and hope you never run out of inspiration or subjects.

Pablo Montero

Congratulations on another fabulous piece of work. Congratulations too on fatherhood and the book! I hope you will record all your works in media that can be discovered by the Paul Cooper's 1000s of years from now :)

Josh Smith

Superb again Paul. Thank you and your team for the all time you spend, casting light on these prescious stories of humanities distant past. I'm really looking forward to your book (I just pre-ordered). Note: I always love the poems you find to wrap up the series. The first time I ever listened I was laying on the couch in the sunshine, listening to the episode about the Sumerians, and I dozed off at some point. I awoke to the poem about Enkidu's dream of the afterlife. I was so struck by it, I went back and reslistened and haven't missed an episode since. Keep it up!

REAGAN STEELE

Do you have any plans for a book signing?

Jacob Jones

Been meaning to become a patron for a minute (been listening since the release of Episode 1), finally pulled the trigger, and I plan on staying with you for the long haul, Paul. Can't wait to get my hands on your book. Hopefully the top tier will pay you back for all of the years, relistens, genuine tears cried over that Easter Island episode, and the heaps of knowledge I've gained. Occasionally I find something, and I just wish every piece of media that humans made was of such high quality, Fall of Civilizations is 100% the standard of that feeling for myself. Sorry for the ramble, half a decade of extreme graciousness as neatly summed up as I can manage. ♥️

derek a.f.

I recently turned a good friend onto your podcast which I hadn't listened to in a few years and became infatuated all over again. Such high replay value as each episode is brimming with rich content that inspires further reading. Keep up the brilliant work!

Jean Brubeck

Latest episode is just superb and so worth the wait. I have told so many people about your podcast and your upcoming book. Thank you and I look forward to more episode.

Dasloops

Amazing work! Can’t wait to see the video version. I love all the maps and 3D models of cities you use. They really bring it to life and allow me to orient where this all happened. Thank you!

John Sweeney

How are the wife and baby doing? Well, I hope.

scott kominski

I pre-ordered your book and just signed up to be a member this is my favorite podcast just trying to show my support in some way to keep it going

Wayne Dawson

Really thought-provoking listening to this. I never realized how much time was involved. It's so humbling when I consider that we've been around maybe some 250 years; a blip in Egyptian history. Even such a monumental culture of such a vast extent can fall prey to misfortune.

Matt Eklom

I've been listening to your podcast for several years now, and it's been a great comfort during my long drives commuting between worksites. Glad to finally be a part of the Patreon. Whether or not you know it, your work helped me through a dark part of my life, and I thank you for the histories.

Chell Mendiola

Congrats on your baby! Episode 18 was well worth the wait. I love this podcast.

Patrick Oh!

So glad to see the newest episode today after a pregnant pause 😉— on Egypt! There’s something about your opening theme tune, the bass keys of the piano, that makes me feel sad as if we are at a memorial as witnesses. . And we are- to an entire people and culture. I become sad but in a good way! Yes I’ve shed tears too. Oh, the humanity!

Stephen Nix

Love your work and congrats on the birth of your first child! Have a 2 year old and 8 week old right now at home, so much work but so much fulfillment. Out of curiosity, any timeline for the release of the video?

Adam Gerson

“On the day of her death Cleopatra stood at the height of more than 3000 years of Egyptian history. To her The Great Pyramid of Giza was now more than 2500 years old. Meaning that she lived closer to our time than to the building of the great pyramid.” One word for this episode: Masterpiece.

Rúnar Þórarinsson

Can't wait for the video. Can. Not Wait. My favourite podcast.

M Harper Doherty

Yet another amazing episode. I keep meeting more and more people who know about FOC and that's super exciting. We're all super eager for the video but happy to wait, seeing as you have a life and such things shouldn't be rushed, of course. Great job and thanks to everyone involved!

Kendji

Really liked this one!

Dee Casta

Awesomeness and it’s so cute

Dee Casta

The entire world has changed since he left

Paul Casey

That was very well done. I have used that info to help debunk all the crackpot theories I hear. For instance, "how could the pyramids have been built without aliens" ha-ha. The diary of the master of the ship that sailed up and down the Nile with pyramid blocks was fascinating.

Dean

Hey guys. Commented before regarding Ozymandias and following poem. Paul they hit hard. Yes like I can’t explain. Your work is so good. Away offshore on Tuesday and bringing your book. Gonna be my past time. You and your team are so good. Love every episode x