Immortal Egypt with Joann Fletcher

Egyptologist Joann Fletcher travels to significant sites in North Africa to explore the extraordinary ancient Egyptian civilisation over time. The presenter discusses how the people of Egypt created their society, beginning as primitive farmers to becoming pyramid builders and why tomb robbery was considered the worst crime. In the first episode, Fletcher visits Qurta, upper Egypt, where the earliest rock art in the area was discovered. Dated to approximately 20,000 years ago, the etchings demonstrate how Egyptians calculated taxes and used writing methods.