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Egypt.Rediscovering.A.Lost.World.S01E02.DVDRip.XviD-iNGOT
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Release Date: ............ 07/08/06 Format: .................... XviD
Genre: ................... Documentary Source: .................... DVD
Year: .................... 2006 Bitrate: ................... 110 kbps |
Size: .................... 700 MB Ripper: .................... KiNG
Resolution: .............. 640 x 368
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Episode 2 - The Curse of Tutankhamun
Part personal drama, part documentary, part history lesson, Egypt is a first class, |
six-part BBC production that manages to be at once edifying and entertaining.
Whereas the History Channel, for example, might tell its tale with a mixture of
reenactments, photos, interviews, and such, the makers of Egypt opt for complete
dramatizations focusing on three men and their contributions to archaeology, with
each story occupying two episodes. First up is Englishman Howard Carter (Stuart
Graham), who spent over 20 years searching for the tomb of King Tutankhamun before |
finally locating it in the 1920s; his remarkable persistence and considerable
accomplishments are undeniable, but Carter comes off as a humorless stiff who did
little to endear himself to colleagues, patrons, and anyone else in his orbit.
Much more likeable is Giovanni Belzoni (Matthew Kelly), a former circus strongman
and most unlikely Egyptologist who, in 1817, entered Abu Simbel, perhaps the most
impressive of the many monuments and temples dedicated to Ramesses (sic) II.
Finally, there is Jean Francois Champollion (Elliot Cowan), a French linguistics
expert who was the first Westerner to decipher hieroglyphs and who made his first
and only trip to Egypt in 1822. In the process of detailing these men's various
discoveries and accomplishments, the series also offers some detail about their
personal relationships, as well as occasional insights (via reenactments) into
the lives of their subjects (King Tut, for instance, assumed power at age 8 and
soon was married to his own sister). There's a darker side as well. The explorers
who blithely claim their discoveries for their respective nations are a chilling
reminder of the arrogance of European imperialists; meanwhile, church authorities
strictly proscribe Champollion from revealing any information that might challenge |
its doctrine that the human race began with Adam and Eve a mere few thousand years |
ago.
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