Egypt
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- Alexandria, Egypt: City Of The Imagination
Huffington Post (Ralph White) Alexandria, Egypt is a city that appeals powerfully to imagination. It was here that the Egyptian Revolution was ignited by the brutal murder of blogger Khaled Said, and the city continues to be a major focal center...
- Alexandria The Crossroads
Saudi Aramco World (Edward Lewis) With photographs. Visitors to Alexandria are usually surprised by two features: the extent to which the city contributed to and shaped the Mediterranean world, and the complete lack of physical evidence that demonstrates...
- Trivia: "ancient Egypt" Takes Shape In Marsaxlokk
Times of Malta This is a bit of fun - the photograph of a film set currently under construction. Here's the caption: The film set constructed at Marsaxlokk for the shooting of the ancient Egyptian epic Agora, based in Roman Egypt in the fourth century...
- Trivia: Agora
Cinematical Rachel Weisz and Max Minghella (Art School Confidential) star in the film, which takes place in Ancient Egypt. More specifically, Weisz will play the astrologer-philosopher Hypatia of Alexandria, in Roman Egypt during the fourth century. "Trapped...
- Trivia: Filming Ancient Egypt In Malta
Times of Malta Fort Ricasoli in Kalkara is slowly being transformed into ancient Egypt as preparations are in full swing for a film by Oscar-winning director Alejandro Amenábar. Columns, decorated with hieroglyphics and topped with faces of ancient Egyptians,...
Egypt
Trivia: Historical epic "Agora"
Google / Associated Press (David Germain)
Rachel Weisz and director Alejandro Amenabar traveled back to ancient times to tell a modern story about a progressive woman standing against religious dogma and persecution.
Amenabar's historical epic "Agora" premiered Sunday at the Cannes Film Festival, introducing audiences to the little-known scholar Hypatia, a brilliant astronomer and mathematician working in a man's world in 4th century A.D. Egypt.
As the Roman Empire declines, Hypatia struggles to preserve scientific knowledge amid the clash of zealots in Alexandria, whose rising Christian population grows increasingly militant toward Jews and worshippers of the Egyptian gods.
See the above page for more details.
- Alexandria, Egypt: City Of The Imagination
Huffington Post (Ralph White) Alexandria, Egypt is a city that appeals powerfully to imagination. It was here that the Egyptian Revolution was ignited by the brutal murder of blogger Khaled Said, and the city continues to be a major focal center...
- Alexandria The Crossroads
Saudi Aramco World (Edward Lewis) With photographs. Visitors to Alexandria are usually surprised by two features: the extent to which the city contributed to and shaped the Mediterranean world, and the complete lack of physical evidence that demonstrates...
- Trivia: "ancient Egypt" Takes Shape In Marsaxlokk
Times of Malta This is a bit of fun - the photograph of a film set currently under construction. Here's the caption: The film set constructed at Marsaxlokk for the shooting of the ancient Egyptian epic Agora, based in Roman Egypt in the fourth century...
- Trivia: Agora
Cinematical Rachel Weisz and Max Minghella (Art School Confidential) star in the film, which takes place in Ancient Egypt. More specifically, Weisz will play the astrologer-philosopher Hypatia of Alexandria, in Roman Egypt during the fourth century. "Trapped...
- Trivia: Filming Ancient Egypt In Malta
Times of Malta Fort Ricasoli in Kalkara is slowly being transformed into ancient Egypt as preparations are in full swing for a film by Oscar-winning director Alejandro Amenábar. Columns, decorated with hieroglyphics and topped with faces of ancient Egyptians,...