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Building the great pyramid / a BBC, Discovery Channel co-production ; written, produced and directed by Jonathan Stamp. videorecording

Material type: TextPublication details: [London] : Burbank, Calif. : BBC Video ; Distributed in the US and Canada by Warner Home Video, c2003.Description: 1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inISBN:
  • 0790774259
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • DT63
Production credits:
  • Music, Martin Swan and Jonathan Cooper.
Narrated by Michael Pennington ; voice of Nakht, Omar Sharif, Abdul Mahmoud, Hisham Abdullah, Mohamed Awad.Summary: By combining up-to-date research, the latest archeological discoveries, and extensive location scouting this video reconstructs the Great Pyramid with state-of-the-art CGI. It shows us how and why the most extraordinary of all human monuments was built. And it does this by following a young Egyptian man, Nahkt, who is conscripted from his village to work on the great pyramid and works his way up the ranks to a senior overseer.
Item type: Audiovisual Item
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Music, Martin Swan and Jonathan Cooper.

Narrated by Michael Pennington ; voice of Nakht, Omar Sharif, Abdul Mahmoud, Hisham Abdullah, Mohamed Awad.

By combining up-to-date research, the latest archeological discoveries, and extensive location scouting this video reconstructs the Great Pyramid with state-of-the-art CGI. It shows us how and why the most extraordinary of all human monuments was built. And it does this by following a young Egyptian man, Nahkt, who is conscripted from his village to work on the great pyramid and works his way up the ranks to a senior overseer.

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