| Description |
1 videodisc (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.. |
| Series |
Ancient civilizations |
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Questar DVD collection |
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Questar DVD collection.
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Ancient civilizations (Chicago, Ill.)
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| Note |
Program content c1994; Bonus program content, c1988. |
| Credits |
Written and directed by Aldo Zappala ; music, Maurizio Abeni, Anna Karinklockar ; computer graphics, Grzia Genovese, Luigi Giannattasio ; editor, Vincenzo Gioitta; director of production, Francesco Esposito. |
| Performer |
Narration, Edmund Purdum. |
| Contents |
Nile River -- Pyramids of Giza -- Mummies -- Great Sphinx -- Pyramids of Sakkara -- Memphis -- Ancient food -- Temple of Luxor -- Temple of Ammon at Karnak -- Left Bank -- Bonus program. Touring Egypt. Great pyramids -- Sphinx -- Cairo -- Alexandria -- Sinai -- Resorts -- River voyage -- Luxor -- Tut's tomb -- Abu Simbel. |
| Note |
Bonus program: Touring Egypt / Producer/director, Dennis Burkhart ; writer, Rolf Forsberg ; Editor, Gary Adams; Narrator, Steven Boergadine. |
| System Details |
DVD, Fullscreen, Dolby digital. |
| Summary |
"Through reconstructions and the work of historians and Egyptologists, you'll travel back 5,000 years to experience the splendor of ancient Egypt ... Visit the Pyramids of Giza and Sakkara. Meet the Sphinx. Marvel at the Temple of Luxor and the Temple of Ammon at Karnak. Travel across the Nile, explore Memphis and meander through the Left Bank. Taste the food and test ancient recipes from history's most fascinating time"--Container insert. Uses computer graphics to simulate these areas' likely appearance in earlier times. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
History, Ancient.
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Pharaohs.
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Pyramids -- Egypt.
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Egypt -- History.
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Egypt -- Antiquities.
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Egypt -- Civilization.
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Egypt -- Description and travel.
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Antiquities. (OCoLC)fst00810745
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Civilization. (OCoLC)fst00862898
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History, Ancient. (OCoLC)fst00958352
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Pharaohs. (OCoLC)fst01060090
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Pyramids. (OCoLC)fst01084583
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Travel. (OCoLC)fst01155558
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Egypt. (OCoLC)fst01208755
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Added Author |
Zappalà, Aldo.
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Questar, Inc.
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| Note |
Title on disc surface: Land of the pharaohs |
| ISBN |
1568557655 |
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9781568557656 |
| Standard No. |
033937032448 |
| Music No. |
QD3244 Questar, Inc. |
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