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Obelisk / written, produced and directed by Michael Barnes ; a NOVA production by the WGBH/Boston Science Unit and BBC-TV.
LIBRA VHS DT62.O2 .O24 1997
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Secrets of lost empires
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Obelisks--Egypt.
- Obelisks.
- Structural engineering--History.
- Structural engineering.
- Architecture, Ancient.
- History.
- Egypt--Antiquities.
- Egypt.
- Antiquities.
- Genre:
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Television programs.
- Documentary television programs.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videocassette (60 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
- 1/2 in.
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- South Burlington, VT : WGBH Video, [1997]
- Language Note:
- Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
- System Details:
- VHS - NTSC.
- analog
- magnetic
- VHS
- NTSC
- Summary:
- Egyptologist Mark Lehner, stonemason Roger Hopkins and a team of Egyptian workers come together to figure out how Egypt's massive obelisks were erected.
- Credits:
- Cinematography, Noel Smart, Nigel Meakin, Samir, Bahzan ; editor, Dick Bartlett ; narrator, Stacy Keach ; music: Ray Loring.
- Notes:
- Originally broadcast on the Nova television program.
- "#WG2405"--Cassette.
- ISBN:
- 1578070449
- OCLC:
- 36578087
- Publisher Number:
- 783421272439
- WG2405 WGBH Video
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