This four episode 1997 A&E History series details four different time periods in ancient Egyptian history, ranging from 3150 BC to 30 BC.

“Episode 2: By 2180 BCE, almost 1,000 years after the first pharaoh, the Egyptians had made advances in science, art, and technology and had built what was arguably the most advanced culture at that time in civilized history.  However, the Old Kingdom started to decay when a child became Pharaoh.”