Synopsis

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

First Air Date: 2025-08-28

Last Air Date: 2025-08-28

Number of Seasons: 1

Number of Episodes: 4

Networks: Sky History

Top Cast

Dr. Eric Cline as N/A
Israel Finkelstein as N/A

Seasons

None (2025)

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:

Ep. 1: Thutmose III - The Battle of Meggido (2025-08-28)

Founded the legend of the most warlike of pharaohs, Thutmose III, who reinvented warfare for millennia to come.
Ep. 2: Ramses II - The Battle of Qadesh (2025-08-28)

A battle worthy of Hollywood that founded the glory of Ramses II when he faces the king Muwatalli II at Qadesh.
Ep. 3: Ptolemy IV - The Battle of Raphia (2025-08-28)

When Pharoah Ptolemy IV confronts Antiochos the Great at Raphia, that's 100,000 men from all Mediterranean clash with dramatic consequences.
Ep. 4: Cleopatra - The Battle of Actium (2025-08-28)

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.