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Product Information
A collection of ancient documents written by people of the time describing the life and times of ancient Egypt.
Product Identifiers
EAN7321900313797
eBay Product ID (ePID)30047892
Product Key Features
Film/TV TitleAncient Egyptians
Release Year2003
FormatDVD
LanguageEnglish
FeaturesFeaturette - 1. WARRIORS & THIEVES\2. DIGITAL EGYPT\3. REINVENTING ANCIENT EGYPT\4. PRIESTS & DREAMERS\5. SPEAKING IN HIEROGLYPHS\6. PHARAONIC FASHIONS\Production Stills
GenreDocumentaries, General, Documentaries & Biographies
Run Time197 Mins
Additional Product Features
Certificate15
Number of Discs1
Additional InformationThe four episodes of this majestic TV docu-drama vividly depicting life in ancient Egypt. Based on evidence of real events, "The Battle of Megiddo" depicts the birth of the Empire (May 19th 1458 BC), "The Tomb Robber's Tale" - October 1111 BC, dramatises a scandalous theft from the 20th Dynasty. In "Murder in the Temple" - March 632 BC four priests plot a murder and a thirty year feud brings down a powerful Dynasty. In the final episode "The Twins' Tale" - set in Egypt 164 BC, twin girls are plucked from poverty and prostitution to become virgin priestesses of the Apis Bull cult, but their mother fights to keep them at home.