# CAIRO EGYPT & LUXOR 1940s TRAVELOGUE MOVIE GREAT PYRAMID KING TUT 85984

Made by Castle Films, "Land of the Pyramids" shows views of Egypt and Cairo as it appeared in the 1940s when it was a "shining example of 20th Century progress." The film opens with a stunning image -- a modern airliner flying past the Great Pyramid. At 1:00 modern Cairo is shown with its train station. A long camel train brings goods into the city. At 1:40 there are street scenes in Cairo, and a policeman directs traffic. At 1:50 the entrance and interior scenes of the famed Shepheard's Hotel is seen. Shepheard's Hotel was the leading hotel in Cairo and one of the most celebrated hotels in the world from the middle of the 19th century until it was burned down in 1952 in the Cairo Fire. Five years after the original hotel was destroyed, a new one was built nearby and was named the Shepheard Hotel. At 2:40 , the film shows the recovered treasures from the tomb of King Tut or King Tutankhamun at the Egyptian Museum. Sarcophagus and coffins are shown, as well as a perfume vase made of alabaster. Tutankhamun was an Egyptian pharaoh of the 18th dynasty, during the period of Egyptian history known as the New Kingdom or sometimes the New Empire Period. He has, since his discovery, been colloquially referred to as King Tut. At 3:28 , more street scenes are seen. Stone masons are shown repairing buildings, and an electric trolley car is shown. At 4:00 , the pyramids are seen through the trolley windows and a Muslim woman is shown riding the trolley, adjusting the prayer wheel on her…

- Kind: Film
- Genres: Travel, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/85984CastleFilmsLandOfThePyramids)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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