My main complaint would be found in the treatment of Ipuwer's Lament - Having read it previously, I felt it was glossed and gussied up to provide an evidence that IMHO is barely there (as it has before)... Were it not for the 'river turning to blood' reference, I doubt anyone would readily tie this work to the Exodus... Not that it couldn't be exactly that, but it is a rather generic lament which could fit many different events. Can I 'read in' the plagues and exodus followed by the invasion of the Hyksos? I guess so... But mostly because that is what I want it to say... And in this, I found the dissenting view was made to look strident and self-serving, when really it was the more objective view. JMO.
I also wish I had not stayed for the commentary after the show - It felt rather plastic and strained... pimping amazement that wasn't really there. This is hardly a new argument, and the panel kinda made much ado about nothing.
That all being said, I am glad to see the expanded archaeological results coming out of Goshen. And I am made curious about the pyramid tomb - I will investigate that, which will be a pleasant aside... A pretty good show as documentaries go. Would I spend the twenty bucks again? No.
The pyramid tomb was definitely interesting.
I’d like to know how they calculate the length of the “dark years” in Egyptian history, but they didn’t discuss that. Also, what have they seen in the study of other cultures in that area that don’t seem to line up with the Egyptian timeline?