Pharaohs at War

Season 1

2025 · 4 episodes · 3h 16m in all

Each episode explores a decisive clash that forged pharaonic power and sparked cultural exchanges that helped build one of the greatest empires in history.

Episodes

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   1. Thutmose III - The Battle of Meggido

   28 Aug 2025 · 49 min

   Founded the legend of the most warlike of pharaohs, Thutmose III, who reinvented warfare for millennia to come.

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   2. Ramses II - The Battle of Qadesh

   28 Aug 2025 · 49 min

   A battle worthy of Hollywood that founded the glory of Ramses II when he faces the king Muwatalli II at Qadesh.

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   3. Ptolemy IV - The Battle of Raphia

   28 Aug 2025 · 49 min

   When Pharoah Ptolemy IV confronts Antiochos the Great at Raphia, that's 100,000 men from all Mediterranean clash with dramatic consequences.

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   4. Cleopatra - The Battle of Actium

   28 Aug 2025 · 49 min

   To regain the power and glory of the pharaohs Cleopatra defies Octavian in one of the greatest naval battles of Antiquity: the battle of Actium. Which leads to the downfall of Cleopatra and the Egyptian Empire, and the advent of Octavian as emperor.