Egyptian pyramids [videorecording] / written and produced by Lee Fulkerson ; producer, Bruce Nash ; produced by Actuality Productions, Inc. for the History Channel.
2007
DT63 .E496 2007
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Title
Egyptian pyramids [videorecording] / written and produced by Lee Fulkerson ; producer, Bruce Nash ; produced by Actuality Productions, Inc. for the History Channel.
Uniform Title
Modern marvels (Television program)
ISBN
0767097718 (container)
9780767097710 (container)
0767097165 (boxed set)
9780767097161 (boxed set)
9780767097710 (container)
0767097165 (boxed set)
9780767097161 (boxed set)
Publication Details
[New York] : A & E Television Networks : New Video [distributor], c2007.
Language
English
Description
1 videodisc (45 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Call Number
DT63 .E496 2007
Dewey Decimal Classification
932
Distributor No.
AAE-77266 A & E Television Networks (container)
AAE-77208 A & E Television Networks (boxed set)
AAE-77208 A & E Television Networks (boxed set)
Summary
Discusses the engineering challenges of the design and construction of the ancient Egyptian pyramids, which were built as tombs for the pharaohs. Looks at the evolution of the pyramids from the first primitive, flat-roofed tombs called "mastaba" to such works as the Step Pyramid, Bent Pyramid, and the necropolis of Giza.
Note
Originally broadcast on the History Channel in 2003 as an episode of the television program Modern marvels.
Dolby digital stereo.
Issued as part of an 8-disc boxed set entitled Modern marvels : architectural wonders.
Narrator, Max Raphael.
Dolby digital stereo.
Issued as part of an 8-disc boxed set entitled Modern marvels : architectural wonders.
Narrator, Max Raphael.
System Details Note
DVD.
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Table of Contents
Magnificent structure
How and why
Different styles
Construction
The blocks
The mighty sphinx.
How and why
Different styles
Construction
The blocks
The mighty sphinx.