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The great tours. A guided tour of ancient Egypt [videorecording (DVD)] / Melinda Hartwig.

by Hartwig, Melinda K.

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Teaching Company, 2021.

DVD 916.2 M337ga

Egypt -- Description and travel.

Egypt -- History.

Egypt -- Antiquities.

Great courses (DVD). Travel.

Great courses (DVD).

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Great Courses. The great tours. A guided tour of ancient Egypt [videorecording (DVD)]

A guided tour to ancient Egypt [videorecording (DVD)]

[videorecording (DVD)] /

4 videodiscs (696 min.) : Dolby digital sd., col., 12 cm. + 1 course guidebook (iv, 225 pages : illustrations, maps ; 19 cm.)

Course no. 80020.

Closed-captioned.

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 Anarna 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 workman'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.

Lecturer: Melinda Hartwig, Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University.

"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? Consider their legacy through: Their breathtaking art -- the unique style and sublime aesthetic beauty of their stone-carved reliefs, monumental sculpture, wall paintings, and decorative arts, which show a level of refinement and artistic accomplishment rarely rivaled in history; A cosmology and religious mythology of fabulously rich complexity and dimensions, as revealed in iconic texts such as the Book of the Dead and the Book of Day and Night, and in the superlative decoration of a wide spectrum of tombs, temples, palaces, cities, and ritual objects; An astonishingly vivid and intimate window onto daily life as it was thousands of years ago, which we can view through their hieroglyphic writing, decorative arts, papyri, and texts, and in sites such as the Lost City of the Pyramid Builders; and Awe-inspiring monuments that still capture the world’s wonder and imagination, including sites such as the Pyramids of Giza, the Temple of Amun-Re at Karnak, the great Temple of Ramesses II at Abu Simbel, and numerous others. And now you are invited to experience these extraordinary sites and Egypt’s multifaceted culture and to know better a place where history and archaeology combine in one of the most memorable travel destinations on the planet. In the 24 lavishly illustrated lessons of The Great Tours: A Guided Tour of Ancient Egypt, you’ll delve into the civilization of the ancient Egyptians in compelling and unforgettable depth. This remarkable course, presented by Professor Melinda Hartwig of the Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory University, takes you on a richly detailed tour of Egypt’s greatest historical and artistic treasures -- an exploration of Egyptian culture, art, and history on the ground, going far beyond guidebooks, conventional tours, and an ordinary series of lectures on Egypt."--thegreatcourses.com.

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