Summary

EGYPT: 01:00:00:00 VS Nile River; Nile POV, vs Flower CU's; WS cane fields & palms; vs sailors in feluccas on Nile; Nile boat POV; vs Step Pyramid at Saqqara/Sakkara; vs oasis at Memphis; alabaster sphinx at Memphis; vs Great Pyramids of Giza; vs Sphinx; Nile boat POV; vs Egyptian farmer plows field using ox; vs ox turning waterwheel; CU water wheel cogs; vs man using bucket & lever to get water from river to irrigate field; vs threshing grain w/ ox & by hand (tossing into air); vs people riding donkeys; vs shepherd w/ sheep on road; washing a sheep in river; vs colored village houses (pretty); vs veiled women in black walking, carrying stuff on head; 01:12:56:00 LUXOR: vs temples, sculptures; vs temple of Karnak, day/night; Arab in horse carriage by; POV horse carriage; man on bike carries bread on head; vs Luxor marketplace; vs camel market; cattle market; vs craftsmen carve & polish alabaster cups, fire in oven (?) 01:18:54:00 THE VALLEY OF THE KINGS: vs Hatshepsut's Temple; vs various tomb paintings, incl Anubis; vs Ramasseum; vs Colossus of Memnon; vs Medinet Habu temple CAIRO: ext Cairo Museum; vs CU's ancient sculptures, incl a seated scribe; a wealthy couple; Ankhtaten; famous unfinished bust of Nefertiti WADI NATURIM: WS oasis w/ buildings; vs monastery (coptic?), monks in weird black robes & hoods walk around; vs monastery building OLD CAIRO: vs Christian buildings in coptic district; ext/int Coptic Museum; vs details of religious paintings (Christian); vs men on camels in desert 01:29:42:00 MOSQUES OF CAIRO: int/ext Muhammad Ali Mosque; int/ext Sultan Hassan Mosque; ext Ib Tulan Mosque; ext Al Azar Mosque; int worshippers praying in Al Azar Mosque CAIRO BAZAAR: many vs bazaar (Khani Khailil); CU guy smoking hooka/water pipe; vs CU's artisans at work: hammering silver inlay, mosaic plate made, hammering & soldering brass, leatherworking, embroidery, wood & bone inlay, WS Doug buying a robe in a store; vs CU's finished objects Nice silhouette Cairo Skyline w/ minaret 01:39:16:00 ALEXANDRIA: WS skyline along shore; vs beach w/ many bathers and umbrellas; little boys fishing; vs skyline & beach; vs fishermen in small boats, CU nets drying, etc WS boats w/ skyline bg NILE DELTA: vs picking cotton by hand; vs cotton textile mill int-- entire process of spinning, weaving, printing patterns (make nasty, loud flower prints) and final finished cloth on sale in street CAIRO: vs nice hi< views of Cairo skyline, incl <'s on Meridien & Hilton hotels; vs tele street crowds; vs city traffic; WS people out of bus; vs market; vs CU's Cairo nightclub neon signs (nx); vs int nightclub belly dancing show; 2 <'s sheep wandering in mud brick village; HARI NAYA: vs young men & girls weaving tapestries, doing batik textiles 01:53:02:00 FAYUUM: vs cool mud building covered in domes (pigeon house?); vs views around oasis-- bridge, canals, waterwheels; CU vs flowers, incl really nice single sunflower; vs int/ext grain mill in oasis; vs life in oasis-- cow turns waterwheel, people on donkeys and camels, mud buildings, using old threshing machine; loading palm fronds onto cart, ext Maneil Palace (Turkish) END