PBS America (Freeview) Saturday

Part one of two. Joann Fletcher examines the lives of ordinary Egyptian citizens 3,500 years ago, beginning by exploring how people dressed and what they ate

Part two of two. Joann Fletcher examines the Ancient Egyptian attitude to death, looking at why they spent a fortune preparing for it and what they hoped to find in the afterlife

Part one of two. The Tomb of the Warriors, a mass grave dating to the fall of the Old Kingdom, when political infighting and a changing climate brought down the Egyptian Empire

Part two of two. The Tomb of the Warriors, near Luxor in southern Egypt, which contains over 60 mummified bodies, all of which had suffered violent deaths

Following the discovery of a skeleton that archaeologists believe to be the sister of Cleopatra VII, Neil Oliver examines the reign of the ruthless Egyptian queen

Professor Joann Fletcher examines the lives and reigns of four of ancient Egypt's most powerful female rulers, exploring what it was like to be a woman of influence in those times

Part one of two. Joann Fletcher examines the lives of ordinary Egyptian citizens 3,500 years ago, beginning by exploring how people dressed and what they ate

Part two of two. Joann Fletcher examines the Ancient Egyptian attitude to death, looking at why they spent a fortune preparing for it and what they hoped to find in the afterlife

Following the discovery of a skeleton that archaeologists believe to be the sister of Cleopatra VII, Neil Oliver examines the reign of the ruthless Egyptian queen