THE GREAT BUILDERS OF EGYPT
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THE GREAT BUILDERS OF EGYPT
With their bare hands, they created the World's Ancient Monuments. It is perhaps the most enduring question of them all . . "What happens to us after we die?"
2006, 45 mins
The answer proposed by the ancient Egyptians would unify their society for 3,000 years and motivate the construction of some of the world's greatest buildings.
In their quest for eternity, the great pharaohs pushed the limits of art, science and imagination. The result was a creative vision that is still a marvel 40 centuries later. the Great Pyramids at Giza, Hatsheput's temple in Western Thebes, the Temple of Amun at Karnuk - passing centuries have not dimmed their majesty.
Today we routinely erect bigger buildings, but it is with a measure of envy that we look back at this remarkably accomplished civilisation, whose great builders raised magnificent monuments using little more than their own bare hands.
This programme unveils the Egyptian Pharaohs' constructions through the words of the artisans, engineers and labourers who devoted their entire lives to the creation of these ancient wonders.
In their quest for eternity, the great pharaohs pushed the limits of art, science and imagination. The result was a creative vision that is still a marvel 40 centuries later. the Great Pyramids at Giza, Hatsheput's temple in Western Thebes, the Temple of Amun at Karnuk - passing centuries have not dimmed their majesty.
Today we routinely erect bigger buildings, but it is with a measure of envy that we look back at this remarkably accomplished civilisation, whose great builders raised magnificent monuments using little more than their own bare hands.
This programme unveils the Egyptian Pharaohs' constructions through the words of the artisans, engineers and labourers who devoted their entire lives to the creation of these ancient wonders.
Price £ 15.00