8. Blood on the Sand - The Mysterious Death of Pharaoh Ramesses III

In the heat of the Saharan sun, the New Kingdom of Egypt is coming to an end. Wars, plagues, famines and invasions loom ahead of Ancient Egypt's future. What started this terrible sequence of events?

A highly complex palace plot, conspirators with codenames like "Snake" and "Watcher" and the slaying of one of Egypt's most skilled Pharaohs. All of this wrapped up in the most successful cover up story in 3,000 years. Welcome to Egypt 1159 BCE.