Shot entirely from the window of a tour bus in Cairo, Egypt, this video lets you witness a blend of old and modern Cairo, the affluent sectors and the poorer ones, the boulevards, skyscrapers, the mosques and the minarets, cars and donkey carts, pedestrians in western and Arab garb, and all the striking contrasts that makes this city by the Nile one of the most visited places in the world.

Directed By : Hisham Fathy D.o.p : Amr Farouk Producer : Hisham Soliman ( HAMA FILM PRODUCTION) Stylist : khalid Azam Music : Tamer Karawan Art director : Ahmed Abbas Sound ENGINEERING: Mohamed Has…

Egypt: Beyond the Pyramids showcases current archaeological work that is changing how historians think about life in ancient Egypt.

Some of the greatest temples and tombs of Egypt are visited, and authorities explain the significance of particular aspects of their construction. Efforts to restore temples that had been lost under centuries of sand are shown, and one episode focuses on the discovery of a massive complex of tombs in the Valley of the Kings, which only began to be fully explored in the mid-1990s.

British actor Peter Woodward presents the material skillfully, keeping the interviews with scholars informative as well as entertaining. An episode focusing on the daily life of ancient Egyptians even features Woodward putting on the sort of makeup that ordinary Egyptians are believed to have worn as both protection from the sun and a fashion statement. Visits to archaeological digs, including a recently discovered remote site that inexplicably contains hundreds of mummies, demonstrate how what we have known about Egypt may only be a fraction of what is still left to be discovered.

Included here are the first-ever-filmed looks at legendary sites such as the Tomb of Ramses II, the Abydos Boat graves, and the skeletons at Mendes. State-of-the-art archaeological equipment and cutting-edge computer technology are employed to offer a deeper, fuller analysis of artifacts and sites, thereby creating a greater understanding of the lives and civilization of the Ancient Egyptians.

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