Documentaries Tagged “egypt”
Riddle of the Sphinx
Riddle of the Sphinx
At 57m long, 6m wide and 20m high, the Great Sphinx at Giza is the largest single-stone sculpture in the world. But who built it? Dr Vassil Dobrev, from the French Institute in Cairo, is on the verge of cracking the riddle of the Sphinx!
In Ancient Egyptian mythology, a sphinx is a zoomorphic figure, usually depicted as a recumbent ...
Building the Great Pyramid
Building the Great Pyramid
Pyramid aka Building the Great Pyramid is a 2002 BBC Television documentary film which tells the story of the building of the Great Pyramid at Giza through the commentary of the fictional builder Nakht.
The Great Pyramid
The Great Pyramid
Who and how were the pyramids built?
Egypt’s Golden Empire
Egypt’s Golden Empire
Over 3,500 years ago, Rome was no more than a soggy marsh and the Acropolis was just an empty rock, but Egypt was on the brink of its greatest age – the New Kingdom.
There was an explosion of creativity, wealth and power in Egypt that would make it the envy of the world. After defeating the Hyksos invaders, successive Pharaohs expan...
The Lost Gods: The Egyptians
The Lost Gods: The Egyptians
Is there a God? It’s an eternal question that all ancient civilizations have answered. Not with just one God, but with hundreds of them. Bringing them to life on earth, these civilizations fashioned their images in wood, paint and stone. And built spectacular holy shrines to house them.
So what happened to these Gods? Do powerful fa...
Elusive Peace: Israel and the Arabs
Elusive Peace: Israel and the Arabs
A three part documentary series examines the last years of the Arab-Israeli peace process from the point of view of presidents and prime ministers, their generals and ministers and those behind the suicide bombs and assassinations. The series reveals what happened behind closed doors as the peace process failed and the violence of the ...