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Empires - Egypt's Golden Empire

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This DVD is a good introduction to the history of Egypt's New Empire period. Most of the interviewed scholars make insightful and accurate commentaries. The two exception I would point out to is when they speak of Pharaoh Akhenaten, of whom they present the conventional, questionable views of a fanatic, incompetent king; and secondly when they refer of the relationship between Queen Hatshepsut and Thutmosis III, attributing to the latter the erasing of the Queen's name and images from certain monuments without having proof of the matter. Other than this are remarkable the many dramatizations and the shots from the monuments, works of art ( most of which are the originals ), and the compelling storytelling of a long history. If you really like Ancient Egypt or would like some nice introductory stuff this is a good choice. But keep learning more and make your own conclusions.

This is an excellent introduction to the succession of the pharaohs. It shows each ruler as he or she succeeded the others and what overall contribution of each to the benefit of the kingdom of Egypt. A good history lesson.

This is a great documentary for introducing one to the new kingdom, one of the most interesting times in all history and Egyptian history specifically. It has wonderful dramatic cinematography, with great narration and interviews of some prominent Egyptologists.

Generally, I am a big fan of productions done specifically for PBS. While this series certainly provided a reasonable history of Egypt, my school-aged daughter and I were horrified about 8 minutes into the first episode to see CORN being depicted as a grain in ancient Egypt. Corn (a New World food)...really...my kid even caught that one! I think the director should have done additional homework. Otherwise, the academics were informative

I thought this was a first-class treatment of a critical period of Egyptian history. I had no complaints about the music or the staging, in point of fact I thought they were rather good. Maybe because I listened to the narrator's words and focused on the storyline, I failed to discern the defects others have mentioned. I found it factual and well presented. Zahi Hawass is at the top of his game.
Beware, however: Egyptology isn't static and some advances make these videos, good as they are, just a tad dated. But unless you have extensive knowledge of ancient Egypt, you won't notice.

This interesting film on ancient Egypt comes from PBS' "Empires" collection of documentaries. It was good and I highly recommend it!

An excellent review of a fascinating period in Egyptian history.
Is easily educational and interesting for both the arm-chair archaelogist as well as those who just like history.

It was very informative. Covers very good points dealing with "Egypt's Golden Empire." All the major pharoahs are included in this DVD.

you know instead of pairing this film up with empires-the greeks you could have paired it up with rome the power and the glory i just wanted to say that before i get down to bussiness. friends,countrymen,amazonians lend me your hands and we shall talk about EGYPT AND IT`S GOLDEN EMPIRE. it`s good but not as good as ROME THE POWER AND THE GLORY OR EMPIRES;THE GREEKS but it is worth four stars. PALS