| Description |
4 videodiscs (696 min.) : sound, color, 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (iv, 225 pages : illustrations, maps ; 19 cm) |
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digital video rda |
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video file DVD rda |
| Series |
The great courses. Travel |
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Great courses (DVD). Travel.
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| Note |
Course no. 80020. |
| Performer |
Lecturer: Melinda Hartwig, Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. |
| System Details |
DVD. |
| Language |
Closed captioned. |
| 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. |
| Subject |
Egypt -- Description and travel -- Videodiscs.
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Egypt -- History -- Videodiscs.
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| Genre |
Educational films.
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Lectures.
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Nonfiction films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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DVD-video discs.
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| Added Author |
Teaching Company, publisher.
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| Added Title |
A guided tour to ancient Egypt |
| Standard No. |
9781644651018 |
| Music No. |
PB80020A Teaching Company (guidebook) |
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PD80020A Teaching Company (discs) |
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ID80020A-01 Teaching Company (container) |
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