egypt

A Sci-Fi Channel documentary about the year 2012 on the human psyche. The film explores the subject through different beliefs of what will happen on December 31, 2012. Fun stuff. (95 min)

Twenty-five hundred years before Rome, ancient Egyptian temples, fortresses, pyramids and palaces forever redefined the limits of architectural possibility. (100 min, 11 segments)

In the first episode, The Story of Maths is the story of civilization, of human history starting with the need to quantify. (58 min)

A civilization that was lost through time is finally rediscovered through the deciphering of their language and hieroglyphs from around 1595 BC. (42 min, 6 segments)

Egyptian Pharaoh Ramesses crafted a reputation that has resounded through history. Master of propaganda, he projected his power beyond the battlefield across the ancient world. (54 min, 9 segments)

In 1390 BC Amenhotep III became Pharaoh followed by his rebel son Akenhaten & the boy king Tutankhamen in a period that saw great upheavals and creativity. (60 min, 9 segments)

Starbucks is launching its first chain in Cairo but can it replace traditional Egyptian culture, like sheesha smoking? Cilantro is a thriving Egyptian coffee chain - what do its owners think? Al Jazeera reports. (9:17 min)

Prophecies by Mother Shipton, Edgar Cayce, Nostradamus, the Hopi Indians and others… The producers did a good job pulling all the prophecies into something interesting, a global perspective that relates to us today. (87 min, 9 segments)