Bibliograph

The great tours., a guided tour of ancient Egypt, Melinda Hartwig, DVD

Type

Label

The great tours., a guided tour of ancient Egypt, Melinda Hartwig, DVD

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Main title

The great tours.

Oclc number

1259530143

Responsibility statement

Melinda Hartwig

Runtime

236

Series statement

The great courses. Travel

Sub title

a guided tour of ancient Egypt

Table Of Contents

disc 1. Exploring the gift of the Nile ; The major museums of Cairo ; How to build a pyramid ; The Great Pyramid: the last ancient wonder ; The Great Sphinx and the Giza Plateau ; The Step Pyramid: Djoser's stairway to heaven -- disc 2. The capital at Memphis and the Saqqara tombs ; Old, new and late Saqqara ; Saqqara's famous fifth-dynasty tombs ; King Sneferu and the first true pyramid ; Power and revolution: Beni Hasan and Amarna ; Akhenaten's city at Anarna and Hermopolis -- disc 3. Abydos: the religious center of Osiris ; The Temple of Hathor at Dendera ; The Temple of Amun-Re at Karnak ; Luxor Temple and the Opet festival ; Royal tombs in the Valley of the Kings ; Valley of the Queens and workman's village -- disc 4. The Colossi of Memnon and Hatshepsut's Temple ; Theban Tombs: the Necropolis of Nobles ; Ptolemaic Temples of Edfu and Kom Ombo ; The ancient Egyptian frontier: Aswan ; The temples at Philae and Abu Simbel ; Alexandria and the lost city of Tanis

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action

resource.variantTitle

A guided tour to ancient Egypt

resource.version

DVD

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