| Description |
1 videodisc (approximately 50 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, region 1; Dolby Digital stereo. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
| Performer |
Divers, John Chatterton, Richie Kohler. |
| Event |
Originally broadcast on The History Channel in 2006. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Summary |
Explore Alexandria Harbor in Egypt in search of one of the Seven Wonders of the World: A massive tower built by King Ptolemy I Soter in the third century B.C. Measuring approximately 400 feet high, the structure was originally designed as a navigational marker for shipping vessles and it eventually became a fully operational lighthouse. In the fourteenth century, after two earthquakes severely damaged the great lighthouse, its majestic remains sank into Alexandria Harbor, where they lay forgotten for hundered of years. |
| Language |
Closed-captioned. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Architecture, Ancient -- Egypt -- Alexandria.
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Lighthouses -- Egypt -- Alexandria.
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Seven Wonders of the World.
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Ptolemy I Soter, King of Egypt, -283 B.C.
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| Genre/Form |
Historical television programs.
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Documentary television programs.
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Nonfiction television programs.
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| Added Author |
Chatterton, John.
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Kohler, Richie.
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History Channel (Television network)
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Arts and Entertainment Network.
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New Video Group.
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| Added Title |
Deep sea detectives (Television program)
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| ISBN |
0767097971 |
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9780767097970 |
| Standard No. |
733961772876 |
| Music No. |
AAE-75413 A & E Television Networks |
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AAE-77287 A & E Television Networks |
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