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Inspector Gadget's field trip

2007
Inspector Gadget travels to Egypt where he visits the pyramids at Giza, sails down the Nile, and learns about Egyptian history.

Ancient India

a journey back in time
2000
Explores the dynasties, leaders, belief systems, and unique cultures of ancient India. Features a graphic re-creation of an Indus Valley City of the Second Millennium B.C. and tours ancient Indian monuments, including the Taj Mahal. Also features computer animation, on-location footage, and commentary from leading experts.

The first emperor of China

2000
A narrated dramatization of the reign of Ch'in Shih-huang, concluding with the excavation of the terra cotta army buried in Shenshi Province.

First Empires

2001
Profiles ancient Greece and Egypt, exploring both society and culture as well as the myths and legends surrounding these civilizations. Includes footage of ancient sites, re-creations and reconstructions, commentary and analyses, and period imagery.

The treasures of the seven seas

Cleopatra and the mystery of the San Diego
Follows Franck Goddio and his team of underwater archaeologists as they search the seabed for artifacts from lost cities that can provide a new picture of what life was like in Egypt during the age of Cleopatra.

The Egypt game

A group of children, entranced with Egypt, play their own Egypt game, are visited by a secret oracle, become involved in a murder, and befriend the Professor before they move on to new interests, such as Gypsies.

Written in bone

buried lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland
Reports on the work of forensic scientists who are excavating grave sites in James Fort, in Jamestown, Virginia, to understand who lived in the Chesapeake Bay area in the 1600s and 1700s; and uncovers the lives of a teenage boy, a ship's captain, a colonial officer, an African slave girl, and others.

Beneath the sands of Egypt

adventures of an unconventional archaeologist
Donald P. Ryan provides a chronicle of his years as an archaeologist, detailing the time he has spent in Egypt and highlighting the discoveries he's made there, including the tomb in the Valley of the Kings belonging to the famous female pharaoh, Hatshepsut. Ryan discusses how his fascination with Egypt led him down this career path and provides black-and-white photographs.
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I do not trust you

2018
Stubborn Memphis "M" Engel and secretive Aswin "Ash" Sood form an uneasy partnership as they crisscross the globe in seach of an Egyptian relic with the power to destroy the world.
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Escape from Egypt

Ava and Chase want some more information before they embark on another adventure in time, but the woman who gave them the suitcase filled with magical objects is not being helpful, and when Chase picks up the scarab of King Tutankamun they find themselves transported not to ancient Egypt, but to Egypt on the day King Tut's tomb is discovered--and they must get the artefact back into the tomb while avoiding Randall who has arrived before them.
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