Egypt: Engineering an Empire
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Twenty-five hundred years before the reign of Julius Caesar, the ancient Egyptians were skillfully utilizing engineering on an unprecedented scale. Their temples, fortresses, pyramids, and palaces pushed the boundaries of architectural achievement and demonstrated the capabilities of one of the world's most advanced civilizations. This two-hour special employs cinematic recreations and cutting-edge CGI to explore the most significant engineering feats of ancient Egypt, as well as the pharaohs and architects responsible for them. Featured among these achievements are Djoser's Step Pyramid at Saqqara, Senusret's Nubian Superfortresses, Hatshepsut's Mortuary Temple at Dier el-Bahri, Akhenaten's city at Amarna, and the temples of Ramesses the Great at Abu Simbel.
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Edited by Jennifer HonnShot by Jeremiah CrowellScored by Michael Richard Plowman
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12 unique people credited
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Lawrence Berman
as Self - Museum of Fine Arts - Boston
Michael Carroll
as Narrator
Stephen Harvey
as Self - The University of Chicago
Zahi Hawass
as Self - Supreme Council of Antiquities - Egypt
Salima Ikram
as Self - American University Cairo
Ann Macy Roth
as Self - New York University
Charles Van Siclen
as Self - The American Research Center in Egypt
Peter Weller
as Self - Host
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