Spend 24 hours with the ancient Egyptians. Ancient Egypt wasnysquo;t all pyramids, sphinxes and gold sarcophagi. For your average Egyptian, life was tough, and work was hard, conducted under the burning gaze of the sun god Ra. During the course of a day in the ancient city of Thebes (modern-day Luxor), Egyptysquo;s religious capital, we meet 24 Egyptians from all strata of society dash; from the king to the bread-maker, the priestess to the fisherman, the soldier to the midwife