Egypt [videorecording] : engineering an empire / produced by KPI, History Television Network Productions ; produced, written and directed by Christopher Cassel.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: AAE-76046 | A&E Home VideoPublication details: [New York] : History Channel : A&E Home Video : Distributed by New Video, c2006.Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 92 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 0767091027
- 9780767091022
- Engineering an empire
- Director of photography, Jeremiah Crowell ; editor, Jennifer P. Honn ; art director, Preeya Jensen ; narrator, Michael Carroll ; music, Michael Richard Plowman ; costume design, Michael Habib ; illustrations, David Bell.
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Dr. James Carlson Library | DVD | 932 E32 | Available | 33111005084864 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Join actor and historian Peter Weller for a feature-length look at the monumental masterpieces that withstood the test of time to dazzle even the most advanced of 21st Century architectural enthusiasts. These are the engineering accomplishments that have confounded historians for centuries, and virtually gave birth to the science of structural engineering. Nearly two millennia before the Romans were building the most basic of shelters, Egypt's pharaohs were driving their architects to expand the boundaries of human potential and create one of the world's earliest superpowers. From 3000 BC to the fall of Ramses the Great in 1212 BC, cutting edge computer graphics are complimented by interviews with the world's most celebrated historians to offer a captivating look at the society that created such wonders as the Great Pyramid of Giza. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
Behind the scenes featurettes: Inside look from the director's chair, and Everything you want to know about Egypt.
Director of photography, Jeremiah Crowell ; editor, Jennifer P. Honn ; art director, Preeya Jensen ; narrator, Michael Carroll ; music, Michael Richard Plowman ; costume design, Michael Habib ; illustrations, David Bell.
Host, Peter Weller.
This documentary explores Egypt's awe-inspiring engineering accomplishments through the prism of its pharaohs' indomitable personalities. As Egypt's pharaohs alternately conquered and ceded vast expanses of land, they pushed their royal architects to stretch the boundaries of imagination and human potential, in effect inventing the science of structural engineering. Follow the empire's development from the First Dynasty of 3000 BC through the last days of the reign of Ramses the Great in 1212 BC, from dazzling obelisks to the 700-foot Great Pyramid of Giza.
DVD; Dolby Digital stereo.