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Explores the status of women in ancient Egypt. Also discusses ceremonies and rites; love, marriage, and divorce; medicine; the market and river Nile; love poetry; the meaning of the temple at Karnak and the mathematic basis of its architectural harmony; the temple of Horus at Edfu; and the Lake of...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Central Productions, Channel Four (Great Britain), Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Other Authors: Spry-Leverton, Peter, Romer, John
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Published: Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, [2004]
Subjects:
Women > Egypt > History > To 500.
Egypt > Social life and customs > To 332 B.C.
Egypt > Civilization > To 332 B.C.
Rites and ceremonies > Egypt > History.
Documentary films.
Documentary television programs.
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Summary:Explores the status of women in ancient Egypt. Also discusses ceremonies and rites; love, marriage, and divorce; medicine; the market and river Nile; love poetry; the meaning of the temple at Karnak and the mathematic basis of its architectural harmony; the temple of Horus at Edfu; and the Lake of Creation and the primal egg, which holds the atmosphere that separates earth from sky.
Item Description:Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (24 min., 7 sec.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD-R.
Production Credits:Photography, Peter Greenhalch ; music, Edward Wynne ; editor, Jonahthan Morris, Tony Pound.