| | |  | EGYPT | Home » » Ancient Egyptians | | | | | | | Description: | | Learn about everyday life in Egypt--from the lowliest workers to the all-powerful pharaohs--in this collection of documentaries that use computer animation, dramatic re-creations, and interviews with top historians and scholars. 196 min. total. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stereo; Subtitles: English, French, Spanish; featurettes; storyboards; more. | | | Features: | |
• These four films tell the true stories of real people who lived in ancient Egypt thousands of years ago. This is the story of ancient Egypt from the ground up: the real lives of humble quarrymen, devious aristocrats, dutiful daughters and conquering Pharaohs. Their narratives, and their own words, have come down to us in a handful of rare documents, letters, and other intimate records which open a
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| Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen | | Language:
| English | | Subtitle:
| French, English, Spanish | | Number of Discs:
| 2 | | Studio:
| Warner Home Video | | Run Time:
| 196 minutes | | DVD Release Date:
| July 06, 2004 | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 12 reviews |
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7 of 7 found the following review helpful:
 It's about the stories!!!Mar 18, 2007
By maiden pa.
"gammaraider"
This was an excellent program. The stories of the Tomb Robbers,Battle with Kadesh,Cult of the Apis bull and Priests of Amun. All stories preserved on papyrus for us to hear centuries later. These programs were well worth the price. Extras include making of and production stills. Well done at I would think great expense. It's about the stories,not the shade or color of the performers. It is truly an enjoyable experience. I hope when they read these reviews centuries later they will find them helpful.Page 2!!!
21 of 28 found the following review helpful:
The very best!Dec 08, 2004
By Anubis
This is the very best egyptian progam I have ever seen! Definately my favorite. I would highly recommend it to anyone who has even a slight interest in Ancient Egypt. I love the way it's set up and the acting is great.
Now, about the other review...clearly this person knows very little about Ancient Egypt. The Egyptians were not very dark skinned. Their skin was more of a light tan. It's true the Nubians did have dark skin, and in every documentary I've seen the Nubians are played by dark skinned actors. And it is only these actors who play the slaves because most slaves in Ancient Egypt were, in fact, Nubians. There is no racism in this, or any other Ancient Egyptian documentary that I've seen. The Egyptians are portrayed as they really were, slightly tan. The only reason most modern Egyptians have dark skin is because they have mixed with the Nubians and other dark skinned Africans.
I just want to state again what an amazing program this is. It is well worth the money!
5 of 6 found the following review helpful:
I'd like to see more reviews and fewer rants, thank you.Jul 20, 2006
By Esteban Molina
"soaringpiglet"
I find most of the "reviews" thus far exceedingly tiresome and frankly wish people would grind their axes somewhere else. Not that that will stop me in turn from doing the same thing.... I frankly don't know what ancient Egyptians looked like, not having met any personally from any period of their multi-millennial history. A pity, that; but the opportunities are somewhat few and far-between these days. As for the images of themselves they left us, whether in papyri or on walls, the colour chosen by no means always shows "dark brown-skinned people", as one reviewer states. I've just taken a random sampling and the pigments chosen run quite a gamut, from near-black through medium red-ocres to a [shudder] delicate Hollywood beige. If you're going to base a theory on the colours they themselves chose, you're going to have to allow them to have been a multi-hued lot, and possibly not disposed to support any pet theories the present might wish upon them. Or if they were uniformly black in reality, one might conclude that they chose the pigments for their portraiture for the sake of the general décor of the tomb or temple and therefore didn't give a toss about the real colour of their skin. But I lapse into fantasy; enough of all this. Rant ended. Axe done.
As for the film, personally I think it's wonderful and moving and the sort of thing that could make one fall in love with ancient Egypt and want more. I only wish there had been more episodes. I myself definitely wanted more!
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Life of an EgyptianNov 05, 2009
By Dr. Ponchita Lopez
"Dr.Lopez"
One of the stories in this DVD tells a story about female twins who were priestess for the Apis bulls. The Apis bull cult is probably the best known of the three most prominent and divine bull cults, and it is considered to be the most sacred Animal gods were gradually anthropomorphed, being portrayed with animal or bird heads on human bodies.
Among the most important animal cults were the bull cults, which appeared in Egyptian writings as far back as the First Dynasty. The ancients believed that the powerful bull represented the personality of the king; slate palettes dating back as far as 3100 BC even show kings as bulls.
This DVD is so powerfully good that I actually thought I have once lived in that era of time. I would recommend this DVD for those who love ancient history. The actors are actually hired locals who bring a real sense of clarity.
Fascinating StoriesDec 12, 2011
By Y2bjs Reviews
I had to have a laugh at some of the reviews here,so worried about what skin color the original people were.I suppose we may never actually know that for sure,because all we have is some letters from these ancient people.
What was most important was the stories themselves.
I found this entire series amazing.Watching the people act out there part,at times i imagined what it would be like to be amongst it all.
The Egyptians kept great details of certain happenings,and i suppose it's lucky so many artifacts have survived.I get fascinated by these people,their way of life and the things they left behind are amazing.
The embalming of poeple,and animals sounds kind of grotesque,but the good part of that is that we can view a people from that time.
The stories from that time were at times brutal at times,such at with what happened to the tomb robbers.The story of the twins was kind of unfinished,you were left wondering about how they managed to survive.There was 4 stories.
I loved these stories,pity there wasn't a whole lot more of them here.
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