Egypt: Engineering an Empire
2006 · 92 MIN · IMDB 7.9 · 283 VOTES · DIR. Christopher Cassel
Overview
Twenty-five hundred years before the reign of Julius Caesar, the ancient Egyptians were deftly harnessing the power of engineering on an unprecedented scale. Egyptian temples, fortresses, pyramids and palaces forever redefined the limits of architectural possibility. They also served as a warning to all of Egypt's enemies-that the world's most advanced civilization could accomplish anything. This two-hour special uses cinematic recreations and cutting-edge CGI to profile the greatest engineering achievements of ancient Egypt, and the pharaohs and architects who were behind them. Includes Djoser's Step Pyramid at Saqqara, Senusret's Nubian Superfortresses, Hatshepsut's Mortuary Temple at Dier el-Bahari, Akhenaten's city at Amarna, and the temples of Ramesses the Great at Abu Simbel.
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00:00:02 Five thousand years ago, when Greece and Rome did not pass ...
00:04:21 Hello, I'm Peter Weller.
00:08:09 the Sahara desert a nature reserve with water.
00:11:58 pharaohs began building separate altars ...
00:16:03 that gave him immortality.
00:19:34 in canopic jars.
00:23:27 and working with the best engineers of Egypt.
00:27:16 After nearly two decades of work ...
00:31:15 the Temple of Diana at Ephesus, and the Pyramids of Egypt.
00:34:48 itself.
00:38:20 To drag each stone to their final destination ...
00:41:49 In any case, we do not know what happened to Seneferu.
00:45:52 As quermanos discover, the love of his people by Pharaoh ...
00:49:35 their garrisons protected the border Nubia.
00:53:53 It stands on three levels terraces built ...
00:57:33 the hulls of the boats touched the bottom Nile and sometimes washed up onto.
01:01:51 But the new pharaoh, Amenhotep IV, had no intention ...
01:05:43 and their applications transmit in a very accurate ...
01:10:05 So we know that was the thing more brutal than could be done ...
01:14:14 and lined the surfaces the columns and walls.
01:17:59 It led to another long hallway leading to the true ...
01:22:36 which probably had the blood of Ramses the Great.
01:26:50 the sun hits certain place twice a year.
61:44:12 along the east bank of the Nile ...