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Egypt

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3 brown pyramids, 1 large, 1 medium, and 1 small, with brown dirt surrounding them. Caption. "The pyramids remain an enigma."

Still image from: Crash Course World History: Ancient Egypt

Gold Egyptian relief depicts a woman kneeling and reaching out a hand to touch a boy. Both are wearing ornate Egyptian clothing and headdresses. Caption. And they loved getting dressed up.

Digital architectural rendering. Aerial view of grassy fields surrounding an ancient Egyptian city by the water.

Shadow on a wall of an Egyptian tomb. Caption. The burials were plundered, goods removed.

Wide shot of an Egyptian temple rising out of the desert with trees and grasslands in the foreground. Caption. A powerful river civilization emerged.

Wide shot of 3 Egyptian pyramids at sundown. Caption. The oldest pyramid was more than 25 centuries old.

Unfinished pencil sketch of King Tut facing us with blank eyes as the artist draws his headdress.

Man in a white turban stands behind a man opening a gated door of an ancient mud brick building. Another person in a brimmed hat stands back next to pile of mud bricks.

Still image from: King Tut for Kids

Black and white frame of a woman lounging on a couch and holding up a sword. She wears a crown and a flowy dress.

Angled street view of the entrance of the Metropolitan Museum of Art at night. A lit-up water fountain is in front of the ornate Roman-style columns and archways, which are also lit up.

Person wearing a costume that resembles King Tutankhamen as a boy, seated on a throne. Caption. They control the boy and are the hidden rulers.

Closeup of rows of painted hieroglyphics carved into stone. Caption. Egyptians had more than 2,000 characters of hieroglyphs.

Closeup of an ancient line drawing on parchment. Spanish caption. Hemos aprendido mucho acera de las civilizaciones antiguas.

Title card on rusty brown background reads, "Pharaoh is a title that refers to the rulers of ancient Egypt." Caption. What is a pharaoh?

Closeup of an ancient Egyptian relief sculpture. Spanish caption. El primer faraón de Egipto fue el rey Narmer.

Egyptians walking and traveling by cart in a busy open air market. Caption. Squeeze by pedestrians with their donkey-pulled carts.

Color illustration of ancient Egyptian people standing in a garden with water running through it. Text on image reads, "Irrigation system. Shaduf." Caption. Which let them grow more crops.

Color illustration of fish swimming in water next to a green platform with water running through it. Text on image reads, "Sistema de riego. Shaduf." Spanish caption. Narrador. Los egipcios necesitaron mucho ingenio.

Man with dark hair and green cardigan holds a pink bowl while selecting potatoes from a vegetable stand. A man with a white turban walks by in the foreground. Caption. The colorful fruits and vegetables on display.

C, G, I rendering of a tan pyramid being built using several modern cranes with a mountain range in the background.

Man crouches, looks down at an archaeological dig site. Caption: Narrator. Mark Lehner is professor of Egyptian archaeology.

Blurry photo of a group of people huddled and crouched down on the ground, surrounded by people standing above them. Caption. And positioned 500 tanks on the east bank.