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Well, how could a place
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as powerful as Egypt just collapse?
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Actually, many things happened,
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but mostly it was the weakening
of the pharaons' power
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through civil turmoil,
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making Egypt vulnerable to invaders.
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Little by little
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much of the pharaons' great
empire-along
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with its secrets
was reclaimed by the desert.
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But even as the monuments
of Egypt crumble,
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the stories are rediscovered
by modern archaeologists
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deciphering the distant past.
:29:22
Scholars and artists are
:29:23
preserving the Great Sphinx for all humanity.
:29:34
Research within the
Giza pyramids has revealed
:29:37
the brilliance of
ancient architects
:29:39
whose sophisticated
designs prevented
:29:42
the collapse of these
inner chambers and passageways.
:29:47
DNA analysis is helping to
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identify family ties of the royal
mummies
:29:52
and to give us clues about
how they lived and died.