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The great tours [DVD] : a guided tour of ancient Egypt / Melinda Hartwig.

Hartwig, Melinda K., (author.). Teaching Company, (production company.).

Summary:
In all of the world’s great historic civilizations, there is nothing quite like the splendor and magical allure of ancient Egypt. The wonders of ancient Egypt have drawn tourists for thousands of years; inspired Herodotus, Alexander the Great, Shakespeare, and Napoleon; influenced western art, decorative art, literature, and popular culture; and have enthralled countless millions of people around the world. What is it about the ancient Egyptians that so deeply fires the human imagination thousands of years after their passing?

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781644651018
  • ISBN: 1644651017
  • Physical Description: 4 digital videodiscs (ca. 696 min.) : sound, color, 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (iv, 225 pages : illustrations, maps ; 19 cm.)
  • Publisher: Chantilly, VA : Teaching Company, [2021]

Content descriptions

General Note:
No special features listed on container.
Course no. 80020.
Accompanying material may vary.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Course guidebook includes professor biography, course scope ; 24 lecture outlines, and bibliographical references (pages 206-223)
Formatted Contents Note:
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 Amarna 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 workmen'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.
Participant or Performer Note:
Lecturer: Melinda Hartwig, Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University.
Target Audience Note:
Not rated,
Language Note:
Language & subtitles: English.
Some copies have closed captioning for the hearing impaired.
Subject: Travel.
Egypt > Description and travel.
Egypt > History.
Genre: Educational films.
Historical films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Nazareth. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Memorial Library of Nazareth and Vicinity.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Memorial Library of Nazareth and Vicinity DVD 911.62 HAR 2021 (Text) 31001101944750 DVD Adult Available -


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