Product Description

Five thousand years ago--nearly two millennia 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.Hosted by actor and art historian Peter Weller the feature-length EGYPT: ENGINEERING AN EMPIRE explores Egypt s awe-inspiring engineering accomplishments through the prism of its pharaohs indomitable personalities. As Egypt s pharaohs alternately conquered and ceded vast expanses of land they pushed their royal architects to stretch the boundaries of imagination and human potential in effect inventing the science of structural engineering. Follow the empire s development from the First Dynasty of 3000 BC through the last days of the reign of Ramses the Great in 1212 BC from dazzling obelisks to the 700-foot Great Pyramid of Giza.Through cutting-edge digital graphics and countless interviews with noted Egyptologists THE HISTORY CHANNEL® chronicles the pharaohs and feats that brought forth the world s very first superpower.DVD Features:Behind-the-Scenes Featurettes Inside Look From The Director s Chair and Everything You Wanted To Know About Egypt ; Interactive Menu; Scene SelectionSystem Requirements:Run Time: 92 minsFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: DOCUMENTARIES/MISC. UPC: 733961760460 Manufacturer No: AAE-76046

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #29905 in DVD
• Brand: A&E HOME ENT.
• Released on: 2006-12-19
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: 1.00 pounds
• Running time: 92 minutes

Features

• Five thousand years ago--nearly two millennia 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. Hosted by actor and art historian Peter Weller, the feature-length EGYPT: ENGINEERING AN EMPIRE explores Egypt s awe-inspiring engineering accomplishment

Customer Reviews

Great series on history channel!
I absolutely loved it! Peter Weller tell the story of the rise and fall of the Egyptian empire in a fascinating and contemporary way. There is great insight on exactly how all those amazing pyramids were created and the story behind the leaders and commoners who made it happen. There is also the inside story on the creation of the first military fortresses which is absolutely amazing. The Egyptians were the first great empire and made their mark which will live on forever in history.

Very good documentary
This DVD was a great example of entertainment meeting information. Dramatizations were well done, visually impressive footage. Very informative and worthwhile as a tool for education, yet also very entertaining. Well worth the purchase.

Interesting but the music will drive you insane
I love documentaries and I was looking for something to buy my father - an engineer - for Christmas but I had to stop watching this after a half hour since the music drives this otherwise interesting documentary like a horror movie. The music and narration maintain such a ridiculous level of tension that you're nerves are on edge while just trying to process simple facts. I'm all into good storytelling through a documentary but I warn you - this is like trying to read a good book while someone incessantly bangs a gong in your face.