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The integrity of the ancient hand : conserving the Rochester coffins / produced by Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester ; written and directed by Frank Muhly, Jr. ; filmed and edited by Paul A Roselli.
LIBRA VHS DT62.C64 I684 2002
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mummy cases--Egypt.
- Mummy cases.
- Coffins--Egypt.
- Coffins.
- Egypt--Antiquities.
- Egypt.
- Antiquities.
- Genre:
- Short films.
- Historical films.
- Documentary films.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Educational films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videocassette (22 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
- 1/2 in.
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- Conserving the Rochester coffins
- Place of Publication:
- Rochester, NY : Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, [2002]
- Language Note:
- Closed-captioned.
- System Details:
- VHS.
- analog
- magnetic
- VHS
- Summary:
- Documents the conservation and interpretation of a pair of rare nesting Egyptian coffins acquired by the Memorial Art Gallery in the year 2000.
- Contents:
- Protected for eternity : the ancient hand at work
- Decoding the hieroglyphs : discovering the individual
- Tools, techniques & collaboration : restoring the coffins.
- Participant:
- Film has an off-screen narrator and on-screen narration by Leveque, Fisher, Haynes, and Nadia Lokma.
- Credits:
- Consultant conservators, Mimi Leveque, Sean Fisher; consultant Egyptologist, Joyce Haynes; project team, Nancy Norwood, Marlene Hamman-Whitmore, John King; filmed and edited by Paul A. Roselli.
- OCLC:
- 53235737
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