A quick guide to Egypt

Weller, Peter, 1947- (Added Author). Cassel, Chris. (Added Author). New Video Group. (Added Author). A & E Home Video (Firm) (Added Author). History Channel (Television network) (Added Author).

Summary: Long before the Romans built their first mud huts, ancient Egypt's mighty pharaohs began commissioning and building monumental masterpieces whose scale, beauty, and sophistication still boggle the mind. Through cutting-edge digital graphics and interviews with noted Egyptologists, Egypt explores the civilization's awe-inspiring engineering accomplishments, chronicling the pharaohs and feats that helped build the world's first superpower.

Record details

ISBN: 1422988414
ISBN: 9781422988411
Physical Description: videorecording
1 videodisc (ca. 92 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: [New York] : A & E Television Networks ; Distributed by New Video, c2010.

Content descriptions

General Note:	At head of title on container: Ancient history. Bonus features: Interactive quiz, study guide featuring discussion questions, activities and more.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director of photography, Jeremiah Crowell ; editor, Jennifer P. Honn ; art director, Preeya Jensen ; narrator, Michael Carroll ; music, Michael Richard Plowman ; costume design, Michael Habib ; illustrations, David Bell.
Participant or Performer Note:	Host, Peter Weller.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:	Originally broadcast and released by the History Channel in 2006 as an episode in its Engineering an empire series.
System Details Note:	DVD ; Dolby Digital stereo.
Language Note:	Closed-captioned.