Compiled for the Egyptologists' Electronic Forum (EEF).
The following list of online resources about videos and audio files relating to Ancient Egypt
(Egyptology and Egyptomania) has (for the most part) been compiled by Michael Tilgner. New entries will appear on top; such
new entries appear in the weekly EEF NEWS. (Note links only get checked for validity at inclusion, not later, sorry.)
version February 27, 2011.
* Dalida, "Helwa ya balady" [3:45 mins.]
URL
Photo slideshow of Ancient Egyptian temples, sculptures and
other objects set to the music of "Helwa ya balady". The
lyrics in Arabic, English and Spanish is below the video.
"The song is an hommage to Egypt, Dalida's birthplace, and is
typical of the nationalistic pride felt by many Egyptians for their
country since the Egyptian Revolution of 1952."
URL
URL
* Film Record of EES: "Excavations at Amarna",
Part 2 [7:21 mins.]
URL
"Among the many treasures kept in the Egypt Exploration
Society's Lucy Gura Archive is the 'film record' of excavations
at Tell el-Amarna, which was made over the course of three
seasons from 1930 to 1933. The excerpts used here focus
on the excavation of house T34.1 in the north suburb of the
city. The house had been built by Akhenaten's overseer of
works, Hatiay, and was notable for its series of doorways built
in stone rather than mudbrick, one of which was found to be
'simply smothered in inscriptions', which provided the name
of the home-owner."
-- "The 'Film Record of the Egypt Exploration Society's
Excavations at Tell-El-Amarna'", in: KMT, vol. 21, no. 3,
pp. 45-53 (2010)
[Part 1 was described in EEF News (645), December 16, 2010]
* Cliff Austin, "The Pyramid Song" [2:47 mins.]
URL
"This is another of Cliff's own compositions, a very clever song,
which tells the tall tale of two Irish labourers, Pat and Mick, who
travel to Egypt in search of work. There, the two find their feet
quickly, building a Sphinx, tombs for Rameses and Seti's mummy
and the Pyramids, before marrying the Pharaoh's daughters and
settling down to raise their families."
* Karnak 3D - 4000 years of eternity
URL
A YouTube video on the temple of Karnak, made by Marc
Mateos (with credits in Spanish)(2004).
* Cartoon: "Song of Egypt" [5:44 mins.]
URL
* "The Human Adventure" [1:02:44 hrs.]
URL
"This 1935 film, produced by the Oriental Institute of the University
of Chicago under the supervision of Dr. James Henry Breasted was
written and told by his son, Charles Breasted. Though we no longer
think about archaeology in the same way, this film gives us insight
into the early days of the field."\
* "crocodile_mummy_4k_1080p.mov" [1:30 mins.]
URL
"Volume rendering of CT scan of mummy crocodile ... The Mummy
interior is apparently composed and shaped by bunch of bones from
different animals; its tail is just a result of priest's craftsmanship skill
;o) well, some things do not change with time ..."
* "crocodile_mummy_2K_1080p.mov" [2:47 mins.]
URL
"Volume rendering of CT scan of mummy crocodile."
* Dancing like an Egyptian:
-- "Egyptian sand dance: Wilson, Keppel and Betty" (1933)
[2:45 mins.]
URL
"Wilson, Keppel and Betty were a popular British music hall act
in the middle decades of the 20th century who capitalised on the
trend for Egyptian imagery following the discovery of the tomb
of Tutankhamun. Their stage act, called the "sand dance", was
a parody of Egyptian postures, combined with references to
Arabic costume."
URL
-- "Jonathan Richman Egyptian Reggae" (1977) [2:21 mins.]
URL
-- "Fusion Egyptian Dance King Tutankhamen in a Modern
Vision" [3:48 mns.]
URL
"... incredible Choreography, inspirated from statues of Egypt."
* James Bond in the Karnak Temple
("The Spy Who Loved Me", 1977)
-- Long version [10:45 mins.]
URL
-- Short version [1:21 mins.]
URL
"... Egyptian builders ...
* Macquarie University's multimedia website:
Professor Naguib Kanawati, widely recognised as Australia's
foremost Egyptologist and head of Macquarie University's
Australian Centre for Egyptology, discusses life and death in
Ancient Egypt along with Macquarie photographer Effy
Alexakis who has chronicled his work. Ancient Egypt
3:18 pm October 15, 2007.
mp3 download 12,6 MB: URL
Stream: URL
* UCL Language Centre videos:
-- Cleopatra: Interpreting Evidence from the Classical World - Prof Maria Wyke
URL
-- Displaying the Languages of Ancient Egypt - Dr Stephen G. J. Quirke
URL
-- Life in Ancient Egypt - Dr Quirke
URL
* UC Berkeley webcasts:
-- Isabelle Pafford - Egypt: From Unification to the Middle Kingdom, c. 3200-1500 BC
mp3 download 13.7 MB: URL
Stream: URL
-- Isabelle Pafford - New Kingdom Egypt: State and Society, c. 1500-1000 BC
mp3 download 14.6 MB: URL
Stream: URL
* Carlos Museum podcasts:
URL
-- Journey to the West
Host Sandy Goldberg of Antenna Audio holds an intimate conversation
with Dr. Gay Robins, Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Art History
at Emory, in which they explore the imagery on the Museum's Coffin
of Tahat scene by scene. As they hear Dr. Robins and view the detailed
images on their iPod or computer, listeners will understand the ancient
Egyptian conception of the coffin as a microcosm of the universe, with
the deceased at the center.
mp3 download 21.8 MB: URL
-- The Shock of the New: Akhenaten, Tutankhamun, and the Religious
Imagination
In the second of the two new podcasts, Carlos Curator Peter Lacovara
of Egyptian Art, Professor of Middle Eastern Studies at Emory, Shalom
Goldman, and Gay Robins, Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor in Emory's
Art History Department, explore the radical changes to Egyptian religion
and art brought about by the "heretic" pharaoh Akhenaten, the restoration
of the traditional religion during the reign of his son, Tutankhamun, and
the place that both these kings, despite their rather short reigns, hold in
the popular imagination.
mp3 download 13.8 MB: URL
-- Die Like an Egyptian
A false door from an Old Kingdom Egyptian tomb sparks a lively
conversation about death, burial, and Egyptomania in America. Peter
Lacovara, Curator of Egyptian Art, Professor of Religion Gary
Laderman, and Kevin Kuharic from Atlanta's Historic Oakland
Cemetery, discuss how the influence of the ancient Egyptians can
be seen in the burial traditions of 19th century America. [This one
was already mentioned in EEF NEWS (520), but re-listed for
completion's sake.]
mp3 download 8.3 MB: URL
* BBC Radio 4, A History of the World in 100 Objects, Episode 33:
"Rosetta Stone" [14 mins.]
URL
"Neil MacGregor ... takes us to the Egypt of Ptolemy V. He tells
the story of the Greek kings who ruled in Alexandria. He also
explains the struggle between the British and the French over the
Middle East and their squabble over the stone. And, of course,
he describes the astonishing contest that led to the most famous
decipherment in history - the cracking of the hieroglyphs on
the Rosetta Stone." [BM EA 24]
-- Episode Transcript: URL
-- Slideshow of the Rosetta Stone: URL
* "Khartoum" - feature film [2:16:10]
URL
"This exhilarating military spectacle, highlighted by
powerful performaces from Laurence Olivier and
Charlton Heston, chronicles Britain's 1883 crisis
in the Sudan and the siege of Khartoum."
With wonderful opening sequence of the pyramids, and
the Colossi of Memnon surrounded by the inundation.
Only available in the U.S.
* Audio: Interview with Dr Fred Wendorf:
URL
Wendorf on "Prehistoric Sites in Egypt and in Sudan":
URL
* BBC Radio 4, A History of the World in 100 Objects, Episode 20:
"Statue of Ramesses II" [14 mins.]
URL
"At the heart of this programme is the British Museum's giant statue
of the king Ramesses II, an inspiration to Shelley and a remarkable
ruler who built monuments all over Egypt. Neil considers the
achievements of Ramesses II in fixing the image of imperial Egypt for
the rest of the world, and sculptor Antony Gormley, the man responsible
for a contemporary giant statue, The Angel of the North, considers the
towering figure of Ramesses as an enduring work of art." [BM EA 19]
-- Episode Transcript: URL
-- Slideshow of the statue: URL
* BBC Radio 4, A History of the World in 100 Objects,
Episode 8: "Egyptian clay model of cattle" [15 mins.]
URL
"Neil [MacGregor, the director of the British Museum] selects four
miniature clay cows to show the major changes that early man was
undergoing at the end of the Ice Age. These four frail-looking cows
were made from Nile mud in Egypt 5,500 years ago, long before
the time of the pyramids or the pharaohs. Why did the Egyptians
start burying objects like this one with their dead? Neil goes in
search life and death on the Nile and discovers how the domestication
of cattle transformed human existence." [BM EA 35506]
-- Episode Transcript: URL
-- Slideshow of the clay model of cattle: URL
* BBC Radio 4, A History of the World in 100 Objects,
Episode 8: "Egyptian clay model of cattle" [15 mins.]
URL
"Neil [MacGregor, the director of the British Museum] selects four
miniature clay cows to show the major changes that early man was
undergoing at the end of the Ice Age. These four frail-looking cows
were made from Nile mud in Egypt 5,500 years ago, long before
the time of the pyramids or the pharaohs. Why did the Egyptians
start burying objects like this one with their dead? Neil goes in
search life and death on the Nile and discovers how the domestication
of cattle transformed human existence." [BM EA 35506]
-- Episode Transcript: URL
-- Slideshow of the clay model of cattle: URL
* BBC Radio 4, A History of the World in 100 Objects, Episode 1:
"Mummy of Hornedjitef " [15 mins.]
URL
"Hornedjitef was a priest who died around 2,250 years ago, and
he designed a coffin that, he believed, would help him navigate his
way to the afterlife. Little did he know that this afterlife would be
as a museum exhibit in London. This ornate coffin holds secrets
to the understanding of his religion, society and Egypt's connections
to the rest of the world." [BM EA 6678]
-- Episode Transcript: URL
-- Slideshow of the Mummy of Hornedjitef: URL
* BBC Radio 4, A History of the World in 100 Objects, Episode 22:
"Sphinx of Taharqo" [14 mins.]
part 1: URL
part 2: URL
"Neil MacGregor describes what was happening along the River Nile
and how a powerful new king conquered Egypt from Sudan. His name
was Taharqo and he ruled from a vibrant new civilisation (in modern
day Sudan) called Kush. These days few people even know that the
mighty land of the Pharaohs was once ruled over by its southern neighbour.
The evidence is summed up by a sculpture at the British Museum that
shows the ruler from Kush as an Egyptian sphinx".
-- See also: URL
-- Episode Transcript: URL
-- Slideshow of the Sphinx of Taharqo: URL
* BBC Radio 4, A History of the World in 100 Objects,
Episode 17: "Egyptian Math - Rhind Papyrus" [14 mins.]
part 1: URL
part 2: URL
"This is the most famous mathematical papyrus to have survived
from Ancient Egypt. It contains 84 different mathematical problems -
such as how to distribute 100 loaves of bread among a workforce
in different ratios. Such skills were constantly needed by scribes -
the administrators of the Egyptian society. This papyrus was placed
in its owner's tomb as a sign of his highly educated status."
-- See also: URL
-- Episode Transcript: URL
-- Slideshow of the Rhind Mathematical Papyrus: URL
* SIW2 Radio: Egyptologist Dr Karin Sowada talks about
tomb robberies from the Valley of the Kings [MP3]:
URL
* Cleopatra Podcast Series: Day 1
URL
Interview with Duane Roller (Cleopatra: A Biography).
* "Les transmissions des savoirs et les Ecoles de sagesse
dans l'Ancienne Égypte" [56:33 mins.]
URL
"En Égypte, au cours du IVe millénaire, l'invention de l'écriture
va de pair avec la naissance d'un État centralisé et d'une
idéologie royale fortement affirmée. Peu à peu, autour du monde
des scribes, se forment des Écoles de Sagesse qui s'attachent à
transmettre les savoirs. L'égyptologue Nicolas Grimal évoque
pour nous les « Enseignements » - ainsi nommés par les lettrés
de l'époque - et l'originalité de la pensée égyptienne."
* "A Mummy Called Harwa" [4:54 mins.]
URL
"A video about an Egyptian mummy named Harwa, at the
Field Museum in Chicago."
* Video: New Egyptian galleries at N.C. Museum of Art:
URL
The new permanent collection pavilion opens to the public this
weekend (April 24-25) and features thematic Egyptian galleries.
* "Pyramid - The Last Secret" [48:22 mins.]
Part 1: URL
Part 2: URL
Part 3: URL
Part 4: URL
Part 5: URL
"Presented by Bob Brier, a popular egyptologist from
Long Island University, this documentary from the BBC's
long-running 'Timewatch' series presents a radical new theory
proposed by a French architect, Jean-Pierre Houdin. According
to Houdin, the blocks were raised via an internal ramp. This ramp
is still inside the pyramid waiting to be discovered. If correct,
Houdin's discovery will be the most significant in Archaeology
since Tutankhamun."
* Video: "The Battle of Qadesh"
URL
Students of Brown University participated in the re-enactment
of this famous battle (c.1285 BC).
* "EES Oral History Project: Harry Smith on Sir Alan Gardiner"
(2:57 mins.)
URL
"Professor Harry Smith is a Vice-President of the EES and has
enjoyed a long and distinguished career as Edwards Professor of
Egyptology, UCL and field director of a series of EES projects ...
Professor Smith ... talks about the time when, as a student, he
visited the great philologist Sir Alan Gardiner at his home in Oxford."
* "One Coffin, Two Eternities" [1:31 mins.]
URL
[Submitted by Michael Tilgner]
* "The Mastaba of Unis-ankh" [6:51 mins.]
URL
"A video about the mastaba tomb of Unis-ankh at the
Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois."
* Video report: "Jean-Yves Empereur, archaeologist" [11:31 mins.]
URL
"Having just recovered five ancient frescoed fragments from
France's Louvre museum, Egypt is now after the famous Rosetta
Stone, which helped decipher ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs
more than two centuries ago and is now in the British Museum.
With the debate about rightful ownership of prized works of
art in full swing, we speak to French archaeologist Jean-Yves
Empereur about his research in Alexandria."
* BBC, "Egypt Episode 5: Mystery Of The Rosetta Stone"
[54:48 mins.]
Part 1: URL
Part 2: URL
Part 3: URL
Part 4: URL
Part 5: URL
Part 6: URL
Part 7: URL
Part 8: URL
"This is the story of Jean-François Champollion, the brilliant
linguist, genius and one of the first true Egyptologists."
BBC Press release:
URL
* BBC, "Egypt Episode 6: Secret of the Hieroglyphs" [57:09 mins.]
Part 1: URL
Part 2: URL
Part 3: URL
Part 4: URL
Part 5: URL
Part 6: URL
Part 7: URL
"In the final episode of Egypt, Jean-François Champollion has
unlocked the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs but, in doing so, faces
opposition from the Church and a challenge to his own beliefs."
[same press release]
* Video: "Lady Hor Unwrapped"
URL
* "Pioneers to the Past: American Archaeologists in the Middle East
1919-20" [9:15 mins.]
URL
"A new exhibition at the University of Chicagos Oriental Institute
Museum chronicles an amazing and sometimes dangerous journey
90 years ago by James Henry Breasted, a famed archaeologist who
brought back Egyptian artifacts to Chicago ... This video previews
the exhibit and gives a little background on Breasted the man and
Egyptologist."
* "Cleopatra: A portrait of a killer" [58 mins.]
part 1: URL
part 2: URL
part 3: URL
part 4: URL
part 5: URL
part 6: URL
"Based on new and exclusive forensic evidence, this new one-off
60-minute special reveals a darker and more ruthless side to the
Queen of Egypt, traditionally mythologised for her beauty, her love
affairs with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony, and, finally, her suicide."
-- BBC press release: URL
* Two audios from the Art Gallery of Ontario:
-- "Tutankhamun in context: the political and religious landscapes of
Amarna and Thebes" (Audio)
With Dr. Mary-Ann Pouls Wegner, Associate Professor of
Egyptian Archaeology at the University of Toronto.
Recorded: January 27 @ Jackman Hall, Art Gallery of Ontario
Duration: 1:19:46
URL
-- "The Unity of Art and Writing in Ancient Egypt" (Audio)
With Dr David Silverman, National Curator, Advisor and Academic
Content Creator for Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great
Pharaohs.
Recorded: February 3 @ Jackman Hall, Art Gallery of Ontario
Duration: 1:20:34
URL
* The Uruguayan Institute of Egyptology has put in Youtube some
videos with TV interviews we´ve had in Spanish about ancient Egypt
and Egyptology. They are as follows:
URL
URL
URL
URL
(The sound quality of the first is not very good, mainly because
of the multiple conversions we had to do to conform to
Youtube size and format requirements, but I think it is
understandable.)
A second batch of four more videos in Youtube contains
interviews in Spanish about our Egyptian Museum (3a and 3b)
and about clothing and fashion in ancient Egypt (4a and 4b).
They can be seen at
URL
URL
URL
URL
* Podcast: Interview (Feb 19) of a radio-interview (discussing Ancient
Egypt) with Gil Stein, George Everling, Janet Johnson and Emily Teeter,
all from the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago:
URL
* Radiohead, "Pyramid Song" [4:47 mins.]
URL
"Pictures I took with a great song of the greatest band in
the world."
* Clip: "L'Egypte des Pharaons" [3:25 mins]
URL
"Une petite histoire dans la grande Histoire de l'Egypte
des Pharaons."
* Video: "Life and death in ancient Egypt" [10:25 mins.]
URL
"After 25 years in the field, Australia's foremost Egyptologist,
Naguib Kanawati became the first Australian permitted to
work at Giza."
* Video: "Finding Tutankhamun"
URL
* Video: "How Did King Tut Die?" (with Zahi Hawass)
URL
* Rinat Gazizov, "Egypt" [1:12 mins.]
URL
"Russian animation written and directed by Rinat Gazizov, 1994."
* George Méliès, "Le Monstre", 1903 [2:56 mins.]
URL
This is the earliest monster movie. It is a silent movie with an
Egyptian setting. Music: Louis Ganne's 'Extase' performed by
the Tollefsen Trio (1911).
-- Notes: URL
-- Youtube version (very low resolution):
URL
-- Youtube version (better resolution, without music):
URL
* Re-opening of the "Neues Museum", Berlin, October 17, 2009
-- part 1 [10:02 mins.]
URL
-- part 2 [6:58 mins.]
URL
First impressions of the exhibitions in the "Neues Museum", Berlin,
including the Egyptian collection (slideshow).
* The Muppet Show, episode 516: "Night and Day" [3:08 mins.]
URL
"Considered part of the classic American songbook, Night and
Day was performed on The Muppet Show by three Sarcophagi,
including a mummy version of Gonzo in episode 516. Stumbling
around an Egyptian pyramid, the mummies half-whisper and
half-sing the words in a 'creepy' fashion, while scaring the
archeologists who found them."
Lyrics: URL
* David Roberts, Egypt & Nubia, London, 1849
URL
-- vol. II [5:26 mins.]
URL
* Online audio: "In Our Time - Akhenaten" [45 minutes]
URL
Melvyn Bragg and guests Elizabeth Frood, Richard Parkinson
and Kate Spence discuss pharaoh Akhenaten.
Broadcasted on BBC Radio 4, 9:30pm Thursday 1st October.
* "Zorba's Egyptian Tablecloth" [3:50 mins.]
URL
"Animation to music of figures on a tablecloth border"
* "Restoring the Book of the Dead" (Royal Ontario Museum)
[6:04 mins.]
URL
"Roberta Shaw, Assistant Curator of Egyptian Arts & Culture
at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, introduces the restoration
project of the Museum's Book of the Dead. A team from the
University of Bonn worked throughout May 2008 to piece
together this rare ancient Egyptian papyrus dating to about 320 BC."
* A small selection of impressive videos based on CT scans of mummies
-- "The Virtual Mummy: Unwrapping a Mummy by Mouse Click"
URL
"The computer, of course, does not mind whether the reconstructed
object is a patient, a mummy, or even a prehistoric skull. It was at
hand to examine the latter using the same procedure. The results are
even better than with patients, since one can employ high radiation
dose and because the object holds still very patiently. The application
for mummies was developed in cooperation with Renate Germer,
Ph.D. (Dept. of Egyptology, University of Hamburg). Work began
in 1989 and was first presented in 1991/92 ..." - 6 Quicktime movies
for download.
German version: URL
-- "Medical Visualization: Egyptology in 3D" (3 mins.)
URL
"This video contains a 3D rendering of a mummy. I composed the
score. More info on this project can be found here:"
URL
-- "A Journey From Outer to Inner Space: Scientific and Biomedical
3D Stereoscopic Visualization", Siggraph 2009, August 6, 2009:
---- IMA Solutions: "3D stereo for science visualization panel session"
[10:17 mins.]
URL
"Here is the presentation of Benjamin Moreno, CEO at IMA
Solutions ... Benjamin talk about the advantages and challenges
using stereoscopy to analyze artifacts and to make immersive
exhibitions for museums using CT scanners and X-Ray technologies.
Examples taken for this presentation are two ancient Egyptian mummies
from the Fine Arts and Archeology Museum of the Besançon city,
France [next video]." [You should not omit this presentation though
it is hard going in parts. MT]
---- IMA Solutions: "3D exploration from CT scan datas of ancient
Egyptian mummies" [8:50 mins.]
URL
"Here is the non 3D stereoscopic version in 720p of the IMA Solutions
FullHD 1080p 3D stereoscopic original movie that will be displayed
for the Panel Session ..."
---- IMA Solutions: "3D stereoscopy - CT scan exploration of ancient
Egyptian mummies" [8:50 mins.]
URL
"Here is the 3D stereoscopic version ... Enjoy the power of 3D
discovering the hidden secrets of ancient egyptian mummies!"
* "EES Oral History Project: Kitchen on KRI" (7:11 mins.)
URL
"Professor Kenneth Kitchen of the University of Liverpool was
the first of our interviewees and speaks here about his publication
of the now indispensable 'Ramesside Inscriptions'."
* "Getty Museum Launches 'Mummification Process' Animation"
URL
Stan Parchin writes about an animation at the J. Paul Getty
Museum website that illustrates virtually the ancient Egyptian
embalming process: The Mummification Process (2:43 mins)
* Online video: interview with Zahi Hawass on mummies:
URL
* Mony Python's Flying Circus, Episode 21: "Archaeology
Today" (6:55 mins..)
URL
"... the raw and violent world of international archaeology ..."
Text: URL
* Metallica, "Curse of the Pharaohs" (3:10 mins.)
URL
-- Lyrics (part of "Mercyful Fate")
URL
* "Retromercial: Nefertiti" (1970) (0:29 mins)
URL
"Very colorful animated 1970 ad from Egypt promoting a
brand of cigarettes called Nefertiti."
* "The Battle of Megiddo" (44:30 mins.)
-- part 1: URL
-- part 2: URL
-- part 3: URL
-- part 4: URL
-- part 5: URL
- additional information:
-- Contemporary texts and translations in the "EEF Guide to
Internet Resources for Ancient Egyptian Texts"
URL
entry: "The Battle of Megiddo (of Thutmosis III)"
-- Donald B. Redford, The Wars in Syria and Palestine of
Thutmose III, Leiden, 2003 (excerpts)
URL
* "I guardiani del tempo" (3:55 mins.)
URL
"Quel che resta di una giornata trascorsa al Museo Egizio
di Torino : .........la profonda suggestione suscitata da questo
popolo che sfida il tempo e ci conduce nell'eternità."
* Video footage of the tomb of Ramesses VI (K.V.9) ,
approx '2 min's 30 sec' .
URL
To the right of the page, scroll down and many more
video footages related to AE can be viewed.
* Discovering Khufu's Boats (8:44 mins.)
URL
"In 1954 King Khufu's first boat was discovered and after
re-building it has been on display in its own museum. In
1988 his second boat was found. It has never been put
on display but kept in its pit. It has been filmed as this
video shows."
* Ancient Egypt, Virtual Reality Video (4:28 mins.)
URL
* "The Mummy Strikes" (1943) (7:42 mins.)
URL
"This stylish Max Fleischer Superman Technicolor cartoon involves
an ancient Egyptian Mummy's curse and the murdered dead body
of a distinguished scientist discovered in a tomb of Mummies ...
The ancient Mummies who guard the tomb are awakened, of course,
and have a few bones to pick with the intruders. Only Superman can
handle this much bad Karma and produce the predictable Happy Ending."
-- see also Wikipedia entry
URL
* Miles Davis, Nefertiti (1967) (7:55 mins.)
URL
"The fourth album by Miles Davis' second classic quintet,
_Nefertiti_ is best known for the unusual title track, on which
the horn section repeats the melody numerous times without
individual solos while the rhythm section improvises underneath,
reversing the traditional role of a rhythm section.."(Wikipedia)
I don't know why it's called "Nefertiti", but it sounds good.... [MT]
* "Bert and Ernie Explore a Pyramid" (5:03 mins.)
URL
(Full unedited version)
* Video on the scanning of two mummies from the University
of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology:
URL
* France Gall, "Néfertiti" (1967) (3:32 mins.)
URL
The lyrics are also on this website (look to the right bottom).
"I don't know if Serge Gainsbourg fantasized about France being an
Egyptian queen, but I do! The goal of this project was to create as
much animation as possible using still pictures."
* Audio interview with Chip Brown (author of “The She-King
of Egypt,” the cover story in an issue of National Geographic)
and Dr Zahi Hawass, about Hatshepsut:
URL
* Audio examples of different languages spoken in Egypt
URL
"The sound clips below, and on the pages on this website linked
underneath, are offered as an experiment both in the pronunciation
of ancient Egyptian, and in raising awareness of Egyptian as a
human language and its literature."
* "Alain Robert climbing up to the top of the obelisk on the
Place de la Concorde" (2:48 mins.)
URL
"Without warning, in 2000 [December 31, 1999] French
urban climber Alain 'Spiderman' Robert, using only his bare
hands and climbing shoes on his feet and with no safety devices,
scaled the obelisk all the way to the top." (Wikipedia)
* "Kadesh" (21:53 mins.)
URL
- Another version:
-- part 1: URL
-- part 2: URL
-- part 3: URL
- Additional information:
-- James Henry Breasted, The Battle of Kadesh. A Study in the
Earliest Known Military Strategy, in: The University of Chicago,
The Decennial Publications, vol. 5, Chicago, 1903, pp. 81-127,
7 pls. - Unfortunately the plates haven't been scanned properly. -
pdf-file (14 MB)
URL
-- K. A. Kitchen, Ramesside Inscriptions. Translated & Annotated.
Notes and Comments, vol. II, Oxford, 1999, section: "The Battle
of Qadesh, Year 5", pp. 3-55 [only readable online]
URL
* Steve Martin, "King Tut" (Live 1979) (2:39 mins.)
URL
-- Version of the "Saturday Night Show" (1978)
URL
-- Lyrics:
URL
"In 1978, Steve Martin's single 'King Tut' made light of the hype
surrounding the 'Treasures of Tutankhamun' exhibit that toured
seven U.S. cities from 1976 to 1979. The comedian originally
performed the song on 'Saturday Night Live' in April 1978 and
released it on the album 'A Wild and Crazy Guy.'"
-- Steve Martin, "The King and I", in: The New York Times,
December 5, 2004
URL
* "The Egyptian Book Of The Dead" (01:30:29 hours)
URL
-- French version: "Le Livre des Morts des égyptiens"
URL
-- Additional information:
The film script is based on Budge's own account in "By Nile and
Tigris", vol. 1, pp. 128-145
--- E. A. Wallis Budge, By Nile and Tigris. A Narrative of Journeys
in Egypt and Mesopotamia on behalf of the British Museum Between
the Years 1886 and 1913, 2 vols., London, 1920. - ix, 456 pp.;
viii, 456 pp.
vol. 1 - pdf-file (11.4 MB)
URL
vol. 2 - pdf-file (11.9 MB)
URL
--- See also:
E. A. Wallis Budge, The Papyrus of Ani. A Reproduction in
Facsimile, Edited with Hieroglyphic Transcript, Translation and
Introduction, 3 vols., London / New York, 1913.
vol. 1: vi, 337 pp. - pdf-file (20 MB)
URL
vol. 2: viii, pp. 339-704 - pdf-file (23 MB)
URL
vol. 3: 37 col. pls. - pdf-file (4.8 MB)
URL
[cf. EEF News (526), September 4, 2008 for another digitized version]
* The Trumpet of Tutankhamun (14 secs.)
"In 1939 a famous recording was made of the silver trumpet being
played by a military bandsman which unfortunately shattered the
instrument."
URL
-- originally the information and the audiofile was provided by CCER
URL
-- Letters to The Times, December, 2007
URL
* Constantine P. Cavafy, Kaisarion (1918)
-- Greek text, read by 3 different reciters (audio files)
URL
-- English translation
URL
"Partly to throw light on a certain period,
partly to kill an hour or two,
last night I picked up and read
a volume of inscriptions about the Ptolemies ..."
-- Another English translation
URL
-- Some years ago Kaisarion's head of a statue was found in
the underwater region of Alexandria
URL
* Video Presentation: "Social Programming A Pyramid"
(1h 30min.) (2008)
URL
Mark Lehner talks about ancient Egyptian cultures as seen
through the discoveries made on the Giza Plateau (city of
the pyramid workers).
* "Tomb 33: An Egyptian Mystery" = TT 33
4 parts (ca. 50 mins.):
URL
URL
URL
URL
-- French version: "La tombe 33, un mystère égyptien"
3 parties (ca. 52 mins.):
URL
URL
URL
-- Dutch version (45 mins.)
URL
* Video: Zahi Hawass talks about archaeology
URL
* Papyrus Rhind, problem no. 79, explained by professor Robin Wilson,
Gresham College
URL
- Additional information:
-- Léon Rodet, Les prétendus problèmes d'algèbre du manuel du
calculateur égyptien (Papyrus Rhind), in: Journal asiatique, série 7,
vol. 18, pp.184-232, 390-459 (1881); problem no. 79 is discussed
as "Appendice", pp. 450-459. He proposed the interpretation,
adapted from Leonardo Pisano's "Liber abaci", citing the original
Latin text; you'll find also the Hieratic inscription of this problem
URL
-- L. E. Sigler, Fibonacci's Liber Abaci: A Translation Into Modern
English of Leonardo Pisano's Book of Calculation, 2003, p. 438
URL
-- Marshall Clagett, Ancient Egyptian Science: A Source Book,
vol. 3: Ancient Egyptian Mathematics, Philadelphia, 1999,
pp. 58-60 (discussion): URL
p. 179 (translation): URL
p. 376 (Hieratic facsimile, hieroglyphic transcription): URL
-- Recreational Mathematics in Ancient Egypt, in: Eli Maor,
Trigonometric Delights, Princeton, 2002, pp. 11-14, with Hieratic
inscription and hieroglyphic text - pdf-file (240 KB)
URL
-- On the nursery rhyme: C. B. Williams, "As I was Going to
St Ives", in: Folklore, vol. 86, pp. 133-135 (1975) - only the first
page is shown
URL
-- There is also an Italian version of this riddle: "Per una strada che
mena a Camogli ..."
URL
-- As in the video the relation of pRhind no. 79 and the nursery rhyme
is often cited in a pedagogical manner, here one example only
URL
* Opera "Akhnaten" by Philip Glass (1983)
-- Libretto
URL
-- Act I, Prelude, verses 1 and 2 (10:55 mins.)
URL
-- Act I, Scene 1: Funeral of Amenhotep III (9 mins.), used
as music for "The Mummy Remix", an edited version of
the movie "The Mummy" (1932)
URL
-- Act I, Scene 3: "The Window of Appearances" (4:34 mins.),
used as music for a scene of the Australian science-fiction
movie "Alien Visitor"
URL
-- Act II, Scene 2: "Akhnaten and Nefertiti" (10:01 mins.)
URL
-- Act II, Scene 3: "Dance" (5:35 mins.)
URL
-- Act II, Scene 4: "Hymn to the Aten" (6:12 mins.)
sung by Paul Esswood, illustrated by paintings of Claude Monet
URL
-- Act III, Scene 4: "Epilogue" (4:19 mins.)
URL
[cf. EEF News (490), December 27, 2007 and EEF News (544),
January 8, 2009 for earlier listings of some of these links]
-- see also: John Richardson, Singing Archaeology: Philip Glass's
Akhnaten, Hanover & London, 1999 (only online readable)
URL
* Mark Millmore's Discovering Egypt Newsletter no. 14 has a section
with online videos he has added recently: The Real Cleopatra,
Alexander the Great’s lost tomb, the Screaming Mummy, the Real
Scorpion King, and The workers who built the Great Pyramid.
URL
* Howard Carter and Tutankhamun's Tomb (3:59 mins.)
URL
Archival footing; with voices of Alan H. Gardiner and Howard Carter
-- also: "Tutankhamen tomb discovered" (2:53 mins.)
URL
Contemporary scenes at Tutankhamun's tomb (silent film)
* Podcast of an interview with Bob Brier about his book
that details how the Great Pyramid was built.
URL
* A scene from the Polish film "Faraon" (1966), based on a
novel by Boleslaw Prus. Director: Jerzy Kawalerowicz,
music: Adam Walacinski
URL
"The scene shown here presents the procession of the pharaoh."
* A 3 minute 58 seconds long movie by the British "Telegraph"
newspaper about the recently opened Nebamun gallery,
commented on by Richard Parkinson, curator of the
British Museum.
URL
(Adobe Flashplayer required).
* A podcast with free lectures, available on Apple - ITunes,
from Manchester University, featuring some of the work of the
KNH Centre:
URL
* Documentary: "The Tomb of Perneb"
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has a video available on iTunes.
The 20 minute documentary features Lila Acheson Wallace Curator
in charge Dorothea Arnold, Egyptologist and Curator James Allen
and Chief Designer Jeffrey L. Daly.
URL
* "Unas Slayer Of The Gods" by Nile, a death metal band
-- Lyrics [adapted from PT 273-274 "Cannibal Hymn"]
URL
-- From the album "In Their Darkened Shrines", 2002 (10 mins.)
URL
-- Live in Prague (2008)
Part 1: URL
Part 2: URL
-- and more songs from Nile at Youtube
* "Ozymandias" by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1818)
-- Lyrics
URL
-- Recitation by Ben Kingsley (1:05 mins.)
URL
-- Animation set to music (4:30 mins.)
URL
-- and more: search Youtube
* YouTube: "The Mummy Remix"
-- An edited version of the film "The Mummy" (1932) with music
from the opera "Akhnaten" by Philip Glass (1983) (9 mins.)
URL
* Charles E. Nichols has put 12 introductory lessons in
Egyptian Hieroglyphs on his YouTube channel. They are
from 6 to 9 minutes in lenght.
URL
* YouTube: "Bolero" by Maurice Ravel
-- "... played to scenes of ancient Egypt."
URL
-- "The legendary french military and scientific expedition in
Egypt (1798-1801)"
URL
* ForaTV: "Archaeologist Zahi Hawass Unlocks the Secrets
of Egypt"
A half hour video of a lecture by Zahi Hawass at The Entertainment
Gathering 2008, Monterey, CA, Dec 12th, 2008
URL
"Egyptian archaeologist Zahi Hawass discusses his work using
"science to reconstruct history" in uncovering the mysteries of the
pyramids [GP shafts etc], identifying mummies [CT scans] and
excavating the Valley of the Kings [Central Area dig]."
* Mark Millmore has added a new section called
"Free Videos" to his Discovering Egypt website:
URL
There are now 52 free videos which you can watch full screen
on your computer or TV if you are using Windows Media OS
and have a broadband connection. The stress is on the 1980s
documentaries of John Romer, but also includes Mark's own
computer generated fly through reconstructions of temples.
* Rossella Lorenzi (Archaeology Correspondent, Discovery
Channel News) has started an archaeology podcast series
called "Archaeorama Podcast", in which some of the world's
top archaeologists discuss their latest findings and projects:
URL
The first item in the series ("Puzzle of the Pyramid Boats",
lenght 00:07:03) is an interview with Zahi Hawass and
Cheryl Ward, who talk about the boats buried beside
the Great Pyramid of Khufu.
(Rosella regularly has items relating to ancient Egypt
on her blog, like recently a video about Nadia Lokma,
General Director of Conservation, Head of GEM
Conservation Center, Egypt, SCA - see URL)
* The Carlos Museum website hold a series of podcasts called
'Carlos Conversations', which use works of art in the Carlos
Collection to spark conversations between distinguished members
of Emory's faculty:
URL
Among them: "Die Like an Egyptian"
"A false door from an Old Kingdom Egyptian tomb sparks a
lively conversation about death, burial, and Egyptomania in
America. Peter Lacovara, Curator of Egyptian Art, Professor
of Religion Gary Laderman, and Kevin Kuharic from Atlanta’s
Historic Oakland Cemetery, discuss how the influence of the
ancient Egyptians can be seen in the burial traditions of 19th
century America."
* On Spanish Public Television (TVE) website -
URL
Djehuty Project: Short documentary on the current works at the
XVIII dynasty tomb of Djehuty, in Dra Abu el-Naga (TT11),
and the discovery of the intact XI dynasty tomb of Iqer. For
the video, please check in "Videoteca" section, under the
title "Arqueologos entre Faraones"
* The Saqqara Geophysical Survey Project;
Scots Egyptologist and archaeologist, Ian Mathieson, has made
remarkable discoveries in more than a decade of work as director
of the Saqqara Geophysical Survey Project.
Several available slideshows and background information on
URL
Film footage of the survey and excavation work at Saqqara:
Saqqara movie 1, excavation, with sound (QuickTime file,
file size 11MB)
URL
Saqqara movie 2, surveying, with sound (QuickTime file,
file size 8MB)
URL
Saqqara movie 3, surveying, with sound (QuickTime file,
file size 16MB)
URL
Saqqara movie 4, surveying, with sound (QuickTime file,
file size 16MB)
URL
* Mummy Cartonnage Conservation - A Video (20 min.)
URL
Video in English: URL
Video in German: URL
* Archeology Channel online videos:
-- "Egypt - Gift of the Nile": 22 minute video
URL
"Through images of common everyday activities and stunning
ancient monuments, this video describes the natural environment
of Egypt and how it shaped the way of life of Egyptian civilization
through its classical period."
-- "Egypt - Trial of a Mummy": 23 minute video
URL
This is the fictional story of Khonso-Imhep, Head Musician of
the Pharaoh's court during the 18th Dynasty, as he passes from
life into the afterworld, complete with a trial that determines his fate.
Through re-enactments and imagery on wall paintings, this film
depicts the ancient Egyptian mummification process and the
religious rituals involved in preparing a dead body. This story
displays the unique funeral ceremonies surrounding the preparation
of a mummy and portrays the religious beliefs involved, as well
as the mummy's discovery by archaeologists."
-- "Egypt - Magic in Ancient Egypt": 22 minute video
URL
"In this made-for-TAC video, television personality Fred Lewis
and Field Museum Egyptologist Thomas Mudloff visit sacred and
secret sites of ancient Egypt and reveal the mystery and magic
of temples, pyramids, and tombs."
* National Gallery of Art, USA, online streaming videos and
streaming slideshows:
-- "The Quest for Immortality"
URL
* New York Times Video on demand:
-- The Times's John Noble Wilford explains theories about a
mysterious Egyptian crypt - were the two men entombed there
brothers, lovers or conjoined twins? (About Niankhkhnum and
Khnumhotep) (Producer: Craig Duff)
URL
* NBC video reports:
-- Nov. 4, 2007: Unveiling the face of ancient Egypt. In an effort
to preserve the body of King Tutankhamen, Egyptian archeologists
are moving him into a climate controlled glass case. NBC's Martin
Fletcher reports.
URL
* Germany's ZDF regularly adds recent, excellent
documentaries to their on-line media-player:
-- "ZDF Expedition, Terra X: Kleopatras schwarze Schwestern"
[About Kush]
URL
-- "ZDF Expedition, Terra X: Weihrauch für den Pharao"
[About Punt]
URL
-- Older documentaries, news items and photo's can be found in
the "ZDF mediathek" using the searchword "Ägypten".
URL
-- "ZDF Expedition, Auf den Spuren der Seevölker"
"Vor 3000 Jahren tauchen an den Küsten des Mittelmeeres
unbekannte Krieger auf. Ihr Vorstoß kommt schnell und
unerbittlich. Wo sie anlegen, verbreiten sie Furcht und Schrecken."
URL
About 25 minutes into the documentary the story about the
Sea Peoples and Ramses III's campaign against them gets told.
-- Abenteuer Wissen, 16.01.2008 "Das Geheimnis der Mumien"
Ägyptische Mumiensärge aus "recyceltem Altpapier" liefern wertvolle
Hinweise auf den Alltag der frühen Ägypter. Mit modernsten
Methoden entschlüsseln Forscher die alten Papyri der Kartonagen
URL
* On your very own pc-screen; 24 hours a day:
URL
This website of Dutch broadcaster AVRO gives you access to
(parts of) their cutural productions, which you can search by
keyword (which gives you results from all their programs, see
link above), by province (handy for the Dutch) or by museum.
-- The Rijksmuseum van Oudheden in Leiden;
URL
-- The Allard Pierson Museum in Amsterdam;
URL
All video's are in Dutch, but depending on your interests the
footage alone is very interesting.
* The documentary "De verborgen schatten van het Egyptisch
Museum" ["Hidden treasures of the Egyptian Museum", i.e.
'excavating' in the Museum's basement] which showed on
Dutch tv (mentioned in the EEF NEWS 502) is now available
for watching online. Even when you don't happen
to speak Dutch it's still very worthwhile to watch, those
basements are truely amazing!
URL
(Interviews in original languages, subtitled in Dutch.
Voice-over commentary in Dutch).
* WGBH Forum Network Live and Archived Webcasts of Free
Public Lectures in Partnership with Boston's Leading Cultural and
Educational Organizations.
Presented by WGBH in association with the Lowell Institute.
URL
-- Boston Athenaeum, Thursday, October 6, 2005
"William John Bankes: The Exiled Collector", by
Anne Sebba, writer, former reporter, Reuters
URL (audio & video)
"William John Bankes was a former Tory MP, pioneer
Egyptologist, renowned traveler, and consummate collector. (..)
Ms. Sebba recants the dramatic events in William Bankes' life,
using previously unpublished archives, and examining the
psychology of collecting as well as the pain and creativity
of exile."
-- Boston Athenaeum, Thursday, March 10, 2005
"100 Years of Egyptian Art at the MFA", by
Rita E. Freed, chair, MFA's Art in Ancient World Department
URL (audio & video)
"This lecture examines how Boston became interested in ancient
Egypt, when the first objects arrived on Boston shores, and how
the collection developed to its present size and quality. Using
archival photographs, Dr Freed focuses on behind-the-scenes stories
of the early years and the Department's pioneering archaeological
excavations in Egypt."
-- Museum of Science, Boston, Friday, December 6, 2002
"Art, Gender and Politics in Egypt: Queen Hapshepsut", by
Chahinda Karim, professor, American University, Cairo
URL (audio & video)
"The story of Pharaoh Hatshepsut is told through
archeological evidence, including mummy markings, pottery
and hieroglyphic inscriptions."
-- Museum of Science, Boston, Friday, February 1, 2002
"In Search of Our Ancestors: What Mummies Tell Us", by
Heather Pringle, writer, editor, Discover magazine
URL (audio)
"From the child mummies of northern Peru to the 'bog men' of
northern Europe, ancient Egyptian mummified pets to today's
mummification services available on the Internet, these vestiges of
the past are a wealth of biological, cultural, and spiritual information."
* National Geographic online video:
-- "Treasure Beneath My Home"
URL
"Egyptian homeowners who find ancient artifacts buried on
their land sometimes sell them to smugglers. Lisa Ling goes
undercover to show how it's done."
* Napoleon, Egypt and the beginnings of archaeology
[audio 55min]
Source: The Book Guys #0805 (2-3-08)
Audio link: URL
URL
"The Book Guys -- book appraiser Allan Stypeck and
Washington DC radio host Mike Cuthbert -- interview
Nina Burleigh, author of Mirage: Napoleon's Scientists
and the Unveiling of Egypt."
* Broadcast (in French) of a lecture by Karine Gadré
about "L'astro-égyptologie", at the Canal Académie site:
URL
Karine Gadré (who has just finished writing her doctorate thesis
at the Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Toulouse-Tarbes -
Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées) explains about her work on
archaeo-astronomy relating to ancient Egypt: the formation
of an archaeological and stellar database, the conception of
models for the visibility of stars with the naked eye, the
application of astronomical and Egyptological criteria --
as well as the results obtained in regards to chronology,
stellar cartography, and the orientation of pyramids and temples.
Information about her thesis:
URL
Website of Karine (in French and English):
URL
URL