Time-lapse photography, combined with chanted music, gives an impressionistic and highly moving view of the great monuments of Egypt where art and civilisation once flowered some 5,000 years ago
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
016512
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Time lapse cinematography
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Egypt
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Egypt - Description and travel
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Travel
Crafts & Visual Arts → Architecture
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)