| Description |
1 videodisc (approximately 92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD; Dolby Digital stereo. |
| Performer |
Host, Peter Weller. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Jeremiah Crowell ; editor, Jennifer P. Honn ; art director, Preeya Jensen ; narrator, Michael Carroll ; music, Michael Richard Plowman ; costume design, Michael Habib ; illustrations, David Bell. |
| Summary |
This documentary explores Egypt's awe-inspiring engineering accomplishments through the prism of its pharaohs' indomitable personalities. As Egypt's pharaohs alternately conquered and ceded vast expanses of land, they pushed their royal architects to stretch the boundaries of imagination and human potential, in effect inventing the science of structural engineering. Follow the empire's development from the First Dynasty of 3000 BC through the last days of the reign of Ramses the Great in 1212 BC, from dazzling obelisks to the 700-foot Great Pyramid of Giza. |
| Note |
Behind the scenes featurettes: Inside look from the director's chair, and Everything you want to know about Egypt. |
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GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Egypt -- History -- To 332 B.C.
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Egypt -- Antiquities.
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Egypt -- Civilization.
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Structural engineering -- Egypt.
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| Genre/Form |
Documentary television programs.
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| Added Author |
Cassel, Chris.
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Weller, Peter, 1947-
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Kralyevich Productions.
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History Channel (Television network)
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A & E Home Video (Firm)
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New Video Group.
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| Added Title |
Engineering an empire |
| ISBN |
0767091027 |
| Standard No. |
733961760460 |
| Music No. |
AAE-76046 A&E Home Video |
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