A scientific documentary depicts ancient Egypt. A view of the sphinx guarding Pharoah Khafre's Pyramid. Large blocks of limestones used to construct the pyramid. The sphinx carved out of a large rock with the body of a lion. Damaged nose of the Sphinx.
A scientific documentary depicts ancient Egypt. Portrait heads of nobles placed in tombs as a mark of their permanent residence. A large statue of King Khafre placed in a valley temple. The king sits on a backless throne with the Sematawi, an emblem of unification. A painting of a bird and a sculpture of the Hawk Guard. Sculptures of soldiers with weapons in hand.
A documentary on ancient Egypt. Discusses the reign of Amenhotep IV who changed his name to Akhenaten. Statue of Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten. Stone engraving shows Akhenaten worshiping Sun. Colored Egyptian painting of birds flying. Bust of Nefertiti, wife of Akhenaten. Nefertiti means 'The beautiful one has arrived'. Ancient Egyptian painting of ancient Egyptian gods
View of the Temple of Amun at Karnak in Egypt. View of series of Ram headed sphinxes. View of Taharqa's column. The Hypostyle Hall in the temple. View of ancient Egyptian statues. Ruins of the temple of Amun at Karnak.
Merchant Marine officers who need to join their ship, leave dock on a Egyptian launch that takes them out to their ship, in Port Said, Egypt. (The launch flies an Egyptian flag design in use from 1922 through 1953.) When the officers arrive at their ship, deckhands lower a rope ladder and the officers climb aboard. View of steamship, SS Aeolia, underway. (This ship, launched as the Stuyvesant 1918, was acquired in 1950 and named, Aeolia, by Cia Naviera del Atlantica of Panama. It was managed for them by the Hellenic Mediterranean Lines, Piraeus.) Back of a sailor as boat he is on passes a statue of Ferdinand de Lesseps at the Port Said entrance to the Suez Canal.. Views waters around Port Said with palm trees along shore and commercial shipping traffic in the waters.
View of Egyptian King Tutankhamun's gold throne. (Sometimes spelled Tutankhamen, or Tutankamun, or Tutenkhamon, or King Tut). View of gold dagger and its cover. Inner gold coffin of Tutankhamun. Gold mask of Tutankhamun's mummy.