Tutankhamun (In Our Time)
1,332 BCE · Resource
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the discovery in 1922 of Tutankhamun's 3000 year old tomb and its impact on the understanding of ancient Egypt, both academic and popular. The riches, such as the death mask above, were spectacular and made the reputation of Howard Carter who led the excavation. And if the astonishing contents of the tomb were not enough, the
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Around 1332 BCE
- New Kingdom of Egypt (1550 BCE)
- Exodus from Egypt (1300 BCE)
- Moses (1391 BCE)
- Olmec civilisation (1500 BCE)
- Ramesses II (the Great) (1303 BCE)
- Zoroaster composes the Gathas (1100 BCE)
- Zoroaster (1200 BCE)
- Phoenician civilisation (1500 BCE)
- Bronze Age collapse (1200 BCE)
- Oracle bone script in use (1250 BCE)