THE ANCIENT WORLD: EGYPT Reel 1 · Part 2

Description

SCIENTIFIC DOCUMENTARY: On ancient Egypt, through Cleopatra's reign, illustrated by art, sculpture, pyramids, and ruins. Detailed historical narration. R.1: Show's peaks of the Mountain of the Moon in Equatorial Africa and the path of the Nile through Uganda and Sudan into Egypt. Contrast ancient fertile land to the desert of modern Egypt, and illustrates an Egyptian irrigation project. R.2: Discusses 14th century reigns of Amenhotep IV and King Tutankharnen. Shows the effects of time on pyramids, sphinxes and ruins. Touches on reigns of Rameses II. the Ptolemies and Cleopatra.

Collection

Harmon Foundation Collection

Series

Motion Picture Films on Community and Family Life, Education, Religious Beliefs, and the Art and Culture of Minority and Ethnic Groups