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In Search of History. Pyramids of Giza
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- Summary
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The pyramids of Giza have enthralled humankind for thousands of years. This program examines the pyramids' construction and re-creates the rites that attended the passing of a pharaoh into the afte...
The pyramids of Giza have enthralled humankind for thousands of years. This program examines the pyramids' construction and re-creates the rites that attended the passing of a pharaoh into the afterworld.
Details
- Creator
- A&E Television Networks, LLC
- Included Title
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- In search of history (Television program)
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York, N.Y. : Films Media Group, [2010], c1997
- Physical Details
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- 1 streaming video file (45 min.) : sd., col
- digital
- data file
- OCLC
- ocn878699740
- Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
- Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on December 02, 2010.
- Films on Demand is distributed by Films Media Group for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
- Mode of access: Internet.
- System requirements: FOD playback platform.
- Closed-captioned.
- Natural Mummification (3:04) -- Achieving Immortality (1:41) -- Embalming (3:16) -- Spirituality of Mummification (3:25) -- Firsthand Tourist Accounts of the Pyramids (2:29) -- Pharaoh's' Tombs (1:57) -- Evolution of the Step Pyramid (3:20) -- Symbolism of the Pyramid (2:12) -- Giza's Eternal Pyramids (1:54) -- Baffling Construction and Labor (3:26) -- Fitting for the King of Egypt (2:02) -- Religious Mythology (1:21) -- Beneath the Grand Pyramid (3:25) -- Rooms in the Grand Pyramid (1:58) -- Burial Chamber (2:13) -- Mortuary Complex (3:29) -- Credits: In Search of History: Pyramids of Giza (1:10)