| Alt Name: | The Story of Egypt |
| Director: | Sophie Elwin-Harris |
| Presenter: | Joann Fletcher |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
| Num Seasons: | 1 |
| Num Episodes: | 4 |
| Runtime: | 59 minutes |
| Company: | Lion Television |
| Network: | BBC Two |
Immortal Egypt with Joann Fletcher, also known as The Story of Egypt, is a British documentary television miniseries about ancient Egypt, written and presented by Egyptologist and educator Joann Fletcher. The series first aired on BBC Two from 4 to 25 January 2016.[1]
Immortal Egypt chronicles the history of ancient Egypt, from its prehistoric era through each of its different periods: the Early Dynastic Period, the Old Kingdom, the First Intermediate Period, the Middle Kingdom, the Second Intermediate Period, the New Kingdom, the Third Intermediate Period, the Late Period and the era of Persian rule, the Ptolemaic period, and the Roman period.
Throughout the miniseries' four episodes, Fletcher is shown visiting numerous tombs, ruins, archaeological sites, and other locations across Egypt, as well as examining artefacts housed at various British museums. During the production of Immortal Egypt, Fletcher and the miniseries' production company Lion Television were granted "unprecedented access" to the Mortuary Temple of Amenhotep III.[2]
Sally Newall of The Independent wrote of Immortal Egypt that, "You couldn't fault Fletcher's passion or knowledge, which, like in her previous outing in Life and Death in the Valley of the Kings, was always accessible"; this perceived accessibility, Newall said, "[makes] it easy to share her enthusiasm – even without Egyptology's most eye-catching artifacts".[3] The Telegraphs Phil Harrison gave the miniseries a positive review, writing: "Fletcher's greatest achievement has been to rescue these abstract historical figures from the ossuary and endow them with real, relatable humanity. ... There's also her passion – declaiming enthusiastically from burial chambers and stomping keenly around archaeological digs, she's frequently seemed not just fascinated by her subjects but visibly moved by their travails."
Hadar Sela, writing for the UK division of the pro-Israel Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (CAMERA), criticized Immortal Egypt for making reference to Egypt's geographical relation to Palestine instead of Israel.[4]