The Great Tours: A Guided Tour of Ancient Egypt. Episode 10, King Sneferu and the First True Pyramid
(2022, original release: 2021)
Nonfiction
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PUBLISHED
The Great Courses, 2021
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2022
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2022
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource (streaming video file) (28 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
ISBN/ISSN
13178422
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Title from title frames
Learn how builders under the ambitious King Sneferu, through trial and error, constructed the first smooth-sided pyramids. At the pyramid complex of Meidum, view its masterpieces of decoration, and investigate the structural issues which led to the pyramid's collapse. Study the many architectural innovations that produced the Bent Pyramid and Sneferu's final achievement of the Red Pyramid
Film
In Process Record
Melinda Hartwig
Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2021
Mode of access: World Wide Web
In English