Ramesses the Great
You're Dead to Me
BBC
4.7 • 11.8K Ratings
🗓️ 3 September 2021
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Greg Jenner and his guests lift the lid on one of Ancient Egypt's greatest rulers, Ramesses the Great. How did Ramesses acquire the nickname 'The Great'? What were the reasons for the adulation he received from his subjects? How long did he rule and how many temples were built in his honour? Greg discusses these questions and many more with his guests, the comedian and writer Sophie Duker and the historical expert Dr Campbell Price.
Produced by Greg Jenner and Emma Nagouse
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| 0:40.0 | Hello and welcome to You're Dead to me me the comedy show that takes history seriously |
| 0:44.8 | my name is Greg Jenner I'm a public historian author broadcaster and I'm the chief nerd on the |
| 0:49.5 | BBC comedy show Horrible Histories but that's mostly for kids. |
| 0:52.8 | And here we pair up the finest historians |
| 0:55.0 | with comedy royalty to bring you a hilarious history lesson |
| 0:58.1 | without the crippling student debt. |
| 0:59.9 | And today we are grabbing our selfie sticks |
| 1:01.6 | to go statue spotting in ancient Egypt as we lift the sarcophagus |
| 1:05.3 | lid and one of the most renowned rulers of all time, Ramesses the Great. |
| 1:10.0 | And it is actually our 50th episode. |
| 1:12.4 | So it's a bit of a Jubilee episode, |
| 1:14.0 | and Ramesses had quite a few Jubilee's, |
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