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Episode Four

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In this programme Alastair Sooke explores architectural wonders, exquisite tombs and a lost city - a site of the greatest artistic revolution in Egypt's history.

In this programme Alastair Sooke explores architectural wonders, exquisite tombs and a lost city - a site of the greatest artistic revolution in Egypt's history where a new sinuous style was born under King Akhenaten and Queen Nefertiti. Along the way Egyptologists and artists reveal that the golden veneer conceals a touching humanity.

30 minutes

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Tue 19 May 202013:30GMT
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