Egypt - Age of Gold, Episode 3

At the height of Egypt’s new kingdom, the most powerful Pharaohs who ever lived were buried in tombs full of gold, a divine metal which was regarded as the flesh of the gods, but where did this wealth come from and how did Egypt become the greatest empire the world had ever seen? This remarkable story unfolds as we recount the wars waged between local Egyptian Princes and their despised foreign rulers, the Hyksos Kings. After the expulsion of the Hyskos from Egypt, the Pharaohs then set out to defeat the Kushites to the South of Egypt, whose land was home to the most valuable gold mines. With the defeat of the Kushites, Egypt became the greatest and the wealthiest empire of the Ancient World.