Mummies And The Wonders of Ancient Egypt

One of the original DVDs was damaged on arrival but Amazon swiftly replaced it and the new one arrived today. Its a magnificent collection; beautifully reproduced, splendid photography, an erudite but understandable commentary by Frank Langella, comprehensive coverage of the subject. I'm thrilled with this two disc set and urge anyone with an interest in mummies and their history to add this to their collection - you won't be disappointed. Thanks Amazon

Why are cable documentaries so inferior to PBS documentaries?Every aspect of this documentary is second-rate - from the soundtrack to the stock footage to the writing. In the first episode, mummy footage is non-stop and disgusting. Actor voice-overs of Egyptian cult texts are creepy, often poorly placed, and outright maddening. The writing wanders all over the place and jumbles up the history of ancient Egypt into a mass of hyperbole and useless trivia - it's practically impossible to follow as coherent history.For teachers, do not buy this for your classes - no child or teenager with even the vaguest hint of ADD will want to watch this for more than 30 seconds.After the first few screenings, I like to have documentaries as background noise while I'm doing busy work at home. I can't even stand 15 minutes of 'Mummies' as background noise. I've given it two stars because it has SOME value historically.

Always been a fan of ancient Egypt, with books and DVD's of it, plus Brier's Teaching Company's course on the History of Ancient Egypt  History of Ancient Egypt (The Great Courses, Course Number 350 DVD) . Enlightening and entertaining, I acquire as much of this material as I can get.

I'm not happy with this video. I'm hard of hearing so I need subtitles on every show I watch and movie.This dvd doesn't have any options for subtitles I'm very disappointed I was so excited when I got it,it real shame....

excellent classic dvd

Fasinating

It has a different title & is shorter in running time, but i have these 2 discs in another set titled egypt pyramids and mummies. Ripoff

Sorry Friends, I expected more from Egypt or from the producers of this DVD. Those incessantly flowing pictures made me dizzy.

I had these films on video many years ago and they are precious so I bought them on this DVD set. The quality is superb. The content is superb. If you love Egypt (or even if you don't know Egypt yet) you will love these. Marvellous.

Love Bob Briers work. So entertaining!