Questar presents this entry in the Video Visits Travel Collection series of armchair travel programs. Taking viewers to one of the most richly historical areas of the world, Video Visits Travel Collection: Discovering Egypt looks at the dam at Aswan, the River Nile, El Alamein, King Tut's tomb, the Great Pyramids at Giza, and the cities of Cairo, Alexandria, Babylon, and Thebes. Other episodes in the series include Video Visits Travel Collection: Discovering Alaska, Video Visits Travel Collection: Discovering Australia, ...
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Questar presents this entry in the Video Visits Travel Collection series of armchair travel programs. Taking viewers to one of the most richly historical areas of the world, Video Visits Travel Collection: Discovering Egypt looks at the dam at Aswan, the River Nile, El Alamein, King Tut's tomb, the Great Pyramids at Giza, and the cities of Cairo, Alexandria, Babylon, and Thebes. Other episodes in the series include Video Visits Travel Collection: Discovering Alaska, Video Visits Travel Collection: Discovering Australia, Video Visits Travel Collection: Discovering Greece, Video Visits Travel Collection: Discovering Hawaii, and Video Visits Travel Collection: Discovering Spain. Matthew Tobey, Rovi
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In many ways the photography of Questar videos of Egypt is better than that produced by more well known documentary producers. The opening reflection of silhouetted palm trees is magnificent. The focus lingers long enough on the scenes and monuments for you to really see the details, many closeups and angles surpassing what you could see in person. But this is not a slow moving or boring travel movie--I frequently had the urge to pause the movie to savor a scene that whizzed by at a lively pace.
Clips of contemporary Egyptian life in the market provide an immediate taste of Egypt, equally valuable for a virtual visit or a refresher course for faded experiences. Modern life is counter balanced with Pharaonic Village scenes offering glimpses of ancient lifestyles. Live footage includes aerials, archaeologists at work, tomb and temple scenes. From desert to the Mediterranean, a visual feast invites you back for replaying in conjunction with or in lieu of travel.
DVD extras include two other Questar documentaries on the pyramids and ancient cities enhanced by illustrations of gods, maps and digitally recreated monuments. Fascinating video scenery of people, monuments and landscapes summarize what can be seen only in Egypt. Conversely, lament the colorful local houses in Qurna, on the hillside outside the Valley of the Kings, that can be seen only in movies now that they have been bulldozed and their people relocated.
