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CONTESTO STORICO
Pyramids and Old Kingdom imagination
Pyramid construction was an enormously complex state project. The Hollywood film here should be read critically rather than as a literal account of builders’ lives.
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Ancient Egypt
Pharaohs, dynastic power, beliefs and the last Ptolemies
A guided encounter with ancient Egyptian state power, religion, monuments and dynasties, ending with Ptolemaic Egypt under Cleopatra. The current library relies heavily on fictional pharaohs, biblical tradition and classical-era spectacle; these works illuminate cinema’s image of Egypt better than they establish historical chronology. Gaps are identified instead of filled with unrelated films.
2600 p.n.e. → 18812 guide editoriali11 titoli selezionati
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Essenziale
A selective starting itinerary through the major transformations, with explicit evidence warnings and a manageable number of key works.
- Titoli
- 5
- Capitoli
- 4
- Durata
- 12h 16m
- Mix
- 4 film · 0 documentari · 1 TV
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CAPITOLO STORICO
Pyramids and Old Kingdom imagination
2600 p.n.e. → 2560 p.n.e.
02
Essenziale
Land of the Pharaohs
STORIA RAPPRESENTATA 2600 p.n.e. → 2560 p.n.e.
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Provides a cinematic way to discuss pyramid building, labor and monumental kingship.
Fictional court intrigue, uncertain archaeology and spectacular invented details.
105 minIMDb 6.6 · 5.4K voti
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CONTESTO STORICO
New Kingdom courts and religion
The Eighteenth Dynasty and its successors provide some of our richest Egyptian records, but the selected films dramatize kingship and religion.
02
CAPITOLO STORICO
New Kingdom courts and religion
1353 p.n.e. → 1292 p.n.e.
04
Essenziale
The Egyptian
STORIA RAPPRESENTATA 1353 p.n.e. → 1292 p.n.e.
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Uses an invented physician to enter the political and religious world of the Eighteenth Dynasty.
Based on a historical novel; Sinuhe is not a verified eyewitness to these events.
139 minIMDb 6.5 · 4.6K voti
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Essenziale
Tut
STORIA RAPPRESENTATA 1332 p.n.e. → 1323 p.n.e.
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Centers the court around Tutankhamun and the political imagination of late Eighteenth-Dynasty Egypt.
Docudrama-style fiction with speculative plots and unsupported personal motivations.
90 minIMDb 7.0 · 9.3K voti
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CONTESTO STORICO
Priesthood, state and an imagined late pharaoh
The authority of temples and elites offers a useful discussion of state and religion, despite fictional protagonists.
03
CAPITOLO STORICO
Priesthood, state and an imagined late pharaoh
1100 p.n.e. → 1070 p.n.e.
07
Essenziale
Faraon
PharaohSTORIA RAPPRESENTATA 1100 p.n.e. → 1070 p.n.e.
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A compelling political allegory about royal authority, priesthood and institutions in an imagined ancient Egypt.
Ramses XIII is fictional; do not present the film as a royal biography.
151 minIMDb 7.3 · 2.8K voti
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CONTESTO STORICO
Ptolemaic Egypt and Rome
The last Ptolemies ruled a Hellenistic dynasty amid intense Roman interference. Films tend to sensationalize Cleopatra’s private life.
04
CAPITOLO STORICO
Ptolemaic Egypt and Rome
48 p.n.e. → 30 p.n.e.
09
Essenziale
Cleopatra
STORIA RAPPRESENTATA 48 p.n.e. → 30 p.n.e.
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An expansive film treatment of Cleopatra VII and the relations with Caesar and Antony.
Spectacle and romance foregrounded over Egyptian political and social perspectives.
251 minIMDb 7.0 · 41.9K voti
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