Product Details

• Actors: Omar Sharif
• Directors: William Kronick
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Goldhill Home Media
• VHS Release Date: November 16, 1999
• Run Time: 50 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6303196365
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #361,299 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars The mystery is no mystery, March 22, 2001

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Benjamin Flood (Pittsburgh, PA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mysteries of the Pyramids [VHS] (VHS Tape)

"Mystery of the Pyramids" is a short documentary about famous mysteries of Egypt. This video explores more than just the pyramids at Giza. Omar Sharif also talks about the Sphinx and Tutenkhamun's tomb. He over-dramatizes these "mysteries." In fact, most scholars of Egyptology are in agreement that there is little mystery in when these monuments were built and who built them. Sharif also expresses his own personal views of the pyramids and the Sphinx, trying to convince the audience that there is some mysterious reason for their existence. Also, he examined the "curse of the mummies." This discussion has no basis in reality, and in fact is just wild imagination. I recommend viewing this video only if you want to be humored by Sharif. Don't watch this video expecting to be enlightened about the pyramids.

5.0 out of 5 stars mysteries of the pyramids, February 14, 2006

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art for ever "artgallery" (usa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mysteries of the Pyramids [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is the best VHS of the pyramids and omer el sherif he is a great egyptian give us somthing really nice for all the egyptian like and miss thier country [e-mail]

3.0 out of 5 stars Some interesting stuff to be found here..., March 2, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Mysteries of the Pyramids [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The sections featuring Omar Shariff do tend to dumb down the subject area and attempt to create mysteries when solutions are readily available - at least these days - so on this basis you might think this tape is a waste of time. You would be wrong because it includes sections that follow egyptologist Mark Lehner into areas rarely seen in such detail, for example the relieving chambers above the King's Chamber, the passages inside the Sphinx and several underground locations around the Giza plateau. For this reason alone, the tape is worth the price of admission.