| TUTANKHAMUN Valley of Kings & Cairo | ||
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| Tape Master: | 6049 | |
| Catalog #: | 287192 | |
| Clip Number: | 287192-2 | |
| Orginal Film: | CP 458 | |
| Timecode: | 01:24:00 - 01:28:28 | |
| Location: | Egypt | |
| Year Shot: | 1963 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | Yes | |
| Headings: | ART: Ethnic / Cultural ART: Murals ART: Sculpture EXHIBITIONS: Museum, Misc LOCATIONS/AFRICA: Egypt ROYALTY: Egyptian SCIENCE: Archaeology, Artifacts SCIENCE: Archaeology, Exhibitions SCIENCE: Archaeology, Ruins | |
| Description: | C/U mask of Tutankhamun; slow fade/mix to dawn over the Nile at Thebes, dark with really deep orange on horizon. Luxor Temple at dawn, pan across to show the Pylon; mosque in BG. Pyramids and dawn and Sphinx in early morning light. Temple at Abu Simbel at early morning light. C/U one of the Colossi at Abu Simbel. LS Shooting across the Nile to the mountains on the west bank above the Valley of the Kings where many Kings of Ancient Egypt were buried. Shot looking over the orange cliffs of the Valley of the Kings; pan to entrance of tomb of the Pharaoh Seti I, and zoom in. Interior of the tomb of the Pharaoh Seti the 1st; some tourists walking through & away from cam . VS of paintings and carvings on the walls and pillars of the tomb, depicting people & gods.. GV pan Valley of Nobles, w/ several tomb entrances visible. Interior of the tomb of Nakht (an important court official in Ancient Egypt, overseer of the royal graineries; this was chosen as the best example of the smaller tombs as a contrast to the regal ones.) Various C/Us of tomb paintings - narrator explains; Detail of the painting in the tomb showing Nakht and his wife. Mural showing the deceased hunting wildfowl using a boomerang; mural of dancing girls, and a blind slave harpist (a blind musician used so that he would not be able to look at the dancing girls). MLS Temple of Queen Hatshepsut. Roman ruin in f.g. LS The Temple souvenir sellers in f.g.- Side view of temple; MS statue. Chapel of the Goddess Hathor in Queen Hatshepsut's temple. C/U of statue of Goddess Hathor. LS Reflection of the colossi of Memnon in small pond, Egyptians w/ goats walking toward it. MS 2 little girls and one man or older boy lead a herd of goats pass the camera; pan up on Colossus. Tourist and guide walk amongst the statues of mortuary temple of Rameses. GV pan Valley of the Kings. | |
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