National Geographic Video - Into the Great Pyramid

Starring:Leslie Nielsen, Burgess Meredith
Director: William Kronick, Jack Kaufman, Bert Haanstra, Terry Sanders, Nicholas Clapp, Nick Cominos, Jeff Myrow, Ed Spiegel (II), Nicolas Noxon, Robert Guenette, Jack Haley Jr., Barbara Jampel, David Seltzer, Dennis Azzarella, Alexander Grasshoff, Walon Green, Aram Boyajian, Irwin Rosten
Studio: Nat'l Geographic Vid
Product Type: DVD

Description

Noted Egyptologist Zahi Al-Hawass showcases the most up-to-date archaeological work going on in Egypt and reveals new discoveries that may shed light on some of the most enduring mysteries of the pyramids. You'll witness the opening Egypt's oldest intact sarcophagus and follow a specially-designed robot as it reveals what lay beyond a blocking stone in the Great Pyramid's mysterious southern shaft You'll learn more about how the Great Pyramids were built as a worker's city is unearthed and its clues revealed for the first time.

Customer Reviews:

Very Good Program.......2007-04-18

This DVD is up to National Geographic's ususal high production standards except in a couple of instances where the videography is a little sloppy. The program is a good introduction to the Great Pyramid, not only including the pyramid itself but the adjoining worker's cemetery and village. Short segments on earlier pyramids help with the context. The heart of the program is being with scientists at the time they open the sarcophogus in the overseer's tomb and penetrate beyond the door in the small passage from the queen's chamber in the Great Pyramid for the first time. The graphics and reenactments add to the program's understanding. The bonus features are good summaries of their respective topics.

stayed up late to see another door.......2004-12-20

Can't remember too much of this, but was convinced that at the live showing of this on the National geographic channel, that at the end of the show they were going to find something of great importance or something of that nature. Nope, stayed up till two in the morning so they could discover another door. No joke.
There was other things inbetween the live shots of the mechanical thing going through the tiny tunnel to the next door, but it was late and I don't remember most of it. Sorry!

All Speculation.......2004-04-11

This show presents a lot of inaccurate and unsubstantiated information about the great pyramid.

They drill a hole through a so called 'door' in the pyramid to reach a tremendous archeological discovery: there's a wall behind the 'door'.

Then they suggest that there are more archeological treasures waiting behind this. So I guess they're planning on drilling another hole into the pyramid to destroy it even more than it already has been.

Christopher Dunn in his book 'The Giza Power Plant' has discovered the true secret behind the great pyramid. It was a machine.

There's no evidence that anyone was ever buried inside the great pyramid.

The current theories about the great pyramid being built to bury someone are not substantiated. It should be obvious that nobody would build something like this just to bury someone.

Nobody knows how it was even built anyway. The new age psychic Edgar Cayce said the great pyramid was built using anti gravity forces.

Jeff Marzano

All Speculation.......2004-04-02

This Hawass guy who runs the Giza plateau doesn't have any imagination. This is unfortunate because the so called scientific evidence about how the Great Pyramid was built (and probably more importantly why it was built) is flimsy.

I believe the theory presented by Christopher Dunn in his book The Giza Power Plant. The Great Pyramid was a machine.

In this show they drilled a hole in a so called 'door' in the pyramid to reveal a great discovery. There's a wall behind the 'door' !

But is it really just a wall ? It looks like a wall. But to Hawass it's another great archeological discovery. There's some dirt in front of the wall which to Hawass is an indication of another great discovery waiting behind this wall.

These people should stop damaging the pyramid more than it already has been and start restoring it to its original form.

The Great Pyramid contains shafts and other mysterious chambers which only make sense when the pyramid is viewed as a machine.

There's no evidence whatsoever that anyone was ever buried in the Great Pyramid or that it was even intended to be used to bury someone.

Does it make sense that people would build something like this just to bury someone ?

Jeff Marzano

egyptologists passions..........2003-09-06

I have been studing Ancient Egypt for many many years . I got addicted and could never stop, but I had many questions about the Pyramids. This DVD answered them all and i enjoy watching it over and over again! If you are as passionate about Egypt as me or Zahi Al-Hawass then this is a must have! The only flaw was an american personality doing the report on the sarcopogus! He was pushy and whine.

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