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starring: Bob Brier, Zahi Hawass, Frank Langella, Mark Lehner directed by: Lisa Bourgoujian See Larger Image List Price: $14.95 Our Price: $8.99 You Save: $5.96 (40%) Prices subject to change. Used Price: $7.48 Third Party New Price: $7.50 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours This item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping. Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD EAN: 9780767034487 Format: Box set, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC ISBN: 0767034481 Label: A&E Home Video Manufacturer: A&E Home Video Number Of Items: 2 Publisher: A&E Home Video Region Code: 1 Release Date: August 28, 2001 Running Time: 200 minutes Sales Rank: 25697 Studio: A&E Home Video Theatrical Release Date: June 23, 1996 Related Items: National Geographic - Egypt Eternal - The Quest for Lost Tombs/Egypt - Secrets of the Pharaohs (2-pack) National Geographic - Into the Great Pyramid/Egypt - Quest for Eternity (2-pack) National Geographic's Egypt - Secrets of the Pharaohs The History Channel Presents King Tutankhamun - The Mystery Unsealed Mysteries of Egypt (Large Format) see more Editorial Review: Description: Journey back to the rich and fantastic world of Ancient Egypt--a world where animals could magically jump out of a hieroglyph and change the meaning of your writing. Where giant pyramids were a gateway to the afterlife. Where a king's ransom could buy an elaborate 70-day process that would guarantee the eternal preservation of your corpse. Episodes: The Great Pyramids, The Sphinx, Hieroglyphics, King Tut. Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - Creepy in a Bad Way Why are cable documentaries so inferior to PBS documentaries? Every aspect of this documentary is second-rate - from the soundtrack to the stock footage to the writing. In the first episode, mummy footage is non-stop and disgusting. Actor voice-overs of Egyptian cult texts are creepy, often poorly placed, and outright maddening. The writing wanders all over the place and jumbles up the history of ancient Egypt into a mass of hyperbole and useless trivia - it's practically impossible to ... Read More Rating: - Great overview of an ancient culture As its title suggests, this collection of four documentaries explores several aspects of the ancient civilization within the context of the Egyptian belief system. That is not to imply that the scope is overly narrow, it gives a good overview of the culture and explains how the Egyptians obsession with the idea of eternity fueled their rituals of mummification, construction of the pyramids, building of the sphinx, and even the development of hieroglyphics. The individual episodes may seem ... Read More Rating: - A good overview of the culture surrounding mummies This DVD is a compilation of four episodes from the History Channel narrated by Frank Langetta. You may remember his voice from the TNT/Lux movie "Moses" and the Artisan movie "Jason and the Argonauts." The DVD takes an interesting look at mummies by describing the culture and its world view that made mummification important. The film takes a look at the process of mummification first, then the burial situations, the monuments inspired by their views on life and death, and the language of ... Read More Browse for similar items by category: Documentary - Genres - DVD - Video - General A&E Home Video - Television - Genres - DVD - Video - All A&E Titles A&E Home Video - Television - Genres - DVD - Video - Collector's Choice History Channel - Television - Genres - DVD - Video - General AAS ( L ) - Actors & Actresses - Custom Stores - Specialty Stores - DVD - Video - Langella, Frank