Egyptian pyramids [videorecording] / written and produced by Lee Fulkerson ; producer, Bruce Nash ; produced by Actuality Productions, Inc. for the History Channel.
Fulkerson, Lee.; Nash, Bruce M.; Raphael, Max.; Actuality Productions.; History Channel (Television network)
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)
Imprint [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)
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.
System Details Note DVD.
Added Author Fulkerson, Lee.
Nash, Bruce M.
Raphael, Max.
Added Corporate Author Actuality Productions.
History Channel (Television network)
Record Appears in On-Campus Resources > DVDs
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