This program is much better than just walking through the monuments. We get to see how ordinary Egyptians lived at the time of the pharaohs. At times, it can even get down to being a sort of soap Opera.
How could we get to such details and know so much about individuals? Well John Romer (one of my favorite authors), actually reads the details and lets us see for ourselves how it is done.
Although focusing on the ancient lives and how people lived, we do get a generous overview of Egypt by looking at tombs and items that were tombs.
There is a disclaimer at the front of the film letting you know that the program was transferred from earlier recordings without any cleanup or enhancements. The original date is 1984.
I found that this presentation has a fairly good subtitle display with black around the white letters so the mostly white scenes in the background do not washout the actual words in the subtitle. The subtitles are great for when you want to look up subjects by names that are almost impossible to spell.