Egypt [dvd videorecording] : rediscovering a lost world

Title:

Author:

Fairfax, Ferdinand.

ISBN:

9781419829178

Publication Information:

[New York] : BBC Video ; Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2006]

Physical Description:

2 videodiscs (ca. 360 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

General Note:

Title from container.

Originally broadcast on BBC television between 2004 and 2005.

Special features: Nile: crocodiles and kings; Fact pages and timeline.

Contents:

The search for Tutankhamun -- The curse of Tutankhamun -- The pharaoh and the showman -- The temple of the sands -- The mystery of the Rosetta Stone -- The secrets of the hieroglyphs.

Abstract:

Relive ancient Egypt through the eyes of three of its greatest explorers. The ancient and recent past are skillfully interwoven, bringing to life the 19th century explorers, code breakers, and adventurers who risked everything.

Personal Subject:

Carter, Howard, 1874-1939.

Belzoni, Giovanni Battista, 1778-1823.

Champollion, Jean-François, 1790-1832.

Tutankhamen, King of Egypt- DVDs.

Corporate Subject:

Temple of Seti I (Abydos, Egypt) -- DVDs.

Subject Term:

Egyptologists -- Drama -- DVDs.

Egyptian language -- Writing, Hieroglyphic -- DVDs.

Geographic Term:

Egypt -- Antiquities -- Drama -- DVDs.