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Death and destiny: a Journey into Ancient Egypt

Australia, 1984
film

At Saqqara, just south of the Great Pyramids, lies what is arguably the most important archaeological site in Egypt. At this site, the careful excavation work..

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The Ancient world: Egypt

Egypt, 1955
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Kings and scribes

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The Mummy

United States, 1999
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Preserving Egypt's past

United States, 1982
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Ancient lives

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The Lost pharaoh: the search for Akhenaten

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Mummies: King Tutankhamun

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The Royal tombs

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The Pyramids and cities of the Pharaohs

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The Oldest wonder

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In the footsteps of the pharaohs

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Mummies: the sphinx

United States, 1996
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Tutankhamun: the immortal pharaoh

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Archaeology

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The Ancient Egyptian

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Death on the Nile

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Ships of the desert

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Cleopatra [DVD]

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