A man who died from a terminal illness has been mummified like an Egyptian pharaoh for “Mummifying Alan”, a Channel 4 show.

The dead man had a keen interest in preservation techniques used at the time of Tutankhamun.

He is not expected to be identified until next week when his family will explain why he agreed to be part of the show.

The program will make television history when it airs on Monday, October 24, as a scientific embalming experiment is unprecedented.

It is understood the man’s body remained in excellent condition when it was examined months after the experiment.

In 2010, Channel 4 stoked controversy after advertising for a terminally-ill volunteer to take part in the project.

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Movie Content:
• 6-Discs Blu-ray and DVD Combo Pack
• 2-Disc DVD of the fully restored 1956 version
• 2-Disc Blu-ray of the fully restored 1956 version
• Exclusive Blu-ray of 1923 Ten Commandments (First time on Blu-ray)
• DVD of all-new bonus features

Extra Content Exclusively in Box Set:
• Commemorative 50-page book with rare facts and photos
• Beautiful tablet keepsake to hold all six discs
• Specially designed “parting of the sea” box to hold all collectibles
• Original 1956 Souvenir Program
• Meticulous reproductions of rarities from the Paramount and BYU vaults

Special Features

Named by BBC Travel in 2010 as one of the ten best new travel apps, Rama is a mobile phone platform that takes users on historical walking tours which not only tell the story behind the stops on the tour, but also show archival images of how those locations once appeared. Past Preservers, a historical and archaeological consultancy that has previously provided support for programming for such major television networks as the History Channel and Al-Jazeera International, will tap into its considerable media connections and expertise to produce innovative new tours on locations around the world, which will be sold directly to users on Rama.

“We are very excited to work with Past Preservers on offering new tours for Rama,” Michael Carroll, co-founder of Crimson Bamboo, stated. “We founded our company with the mission of delivering top-quality content to users while also providing authors with new tools for telling—and showing—history’s greatest stories. Past Preservers has one of the largest networks of historical and new media experts in the world and we are sure that the tours we produce with them will continue to expand Rama’s reputation for providing users with the opportunity to understand and experience history like never before.”

Both companies also stressed that, in addition to providing a new form of immersive content for users, the collaboration would also focus on serving the authors of the tours.

“Past Preservers has always been dedicated, first and foremost, to helping academics and professionals to earn money doing the things that they are most passionate about,” said Past Preservers’ president, Nigel Hetherington. “Rama not only offers the perfect opportunity to reach new audiences using one of the most cutting-edge platforms available, but also offers our clients a new opportunity to write first-class historical content that they can sell directly to customers. This is a truly innovative publishing model that we are convinced will really serve our clients’ interests.”

Historical walking tours jointly produced by the two companies will be available for purchase within the Rama app, and are generally priced between $0.99 and $2.99. Rama can be downloaded on iTunes at http://bit.ly/hM2ZGe

Crimson Bamboo is a New York City-based Limited Liability Company founded in March 2010, with the mission of creating new convergences between people, data, and the world.

Past Preservers, founded by Nigel J. Hetherington in 2005, taps into its extensive network of archaeologists, historians, Egyptologists, engineers, geologists, and other specialists to provide historical and archaeological consultancy and professional support to the media industry. With offices in Cairo and London and representatives throughout the Middle East, North America, and Europe, Past Preservers has a strong hold in the international media scene, having completed assignments for the History Channel, the Discovery Channel, the National Geographic Channel, Al-Jazeera International, TLC, and Living Channel.

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Crimson Bamboo LLC
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Past Preservers
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Segments will be hosted by Fox News Channel’s Bill Hemmer, and will include an exclusive interview with Dr. Zahi Hawass, National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence and most recently the Egypt’s minister of state for antiquities affairs. In an interview with NGC, Hawass — who himself has come under pressure and faced criticism in recent days — candidly recounts the break-in at the Cairo Museum in new detail, reveals how some stolen treasures have already been recovered and takes us into the Cairo Museum’s conservation lab to show antiquities that have been restored or are in the process of being restored:

Treasures of Egypt: Tut’s Treasures

Tuesday, February 22 at 8PM ET/PT

More than 80 years after the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb, the great-grandson of Lord Carnarvon returns to Egypt for a new analysis of Tut’s treasures. With special access to the artifacts in the Cairo Museum, NGC uses the latest techniques to help the real pharaoh emerge — a very different pharaoh than the King Tut we’ve long imagined.

Video “Pharaoh’s Curse” – A curse may have found the finder of Tut’s tomb.

Treasures of Egypt: King Tut’s Final Secrets

Wednesday, February 23 at 8PM ET/PT

He is the most famous Egyptian king in history, but he ruled for only 10 years before his mysterious death. King Tut’s Final Secrets offers a high-tech forensic investigation that presents new findings from behind the iconic mask, including the first-ever reconstruction of Tut’s face and head using revolutionary 3-D CT scan imaging — revealing what he looked like on the day he died.

Treasures of Egypt: King Tut and the Lost Dynasty

Thursday, February 24 at 8PM ET/PT

One of Egypt’s enduring mysteries … what happened to Nefertiti and her husband, the pharaoh Akhenaten, the likely father of King Tut? In a dark and mysterious tomb located in the Valley of the Kings, there is a small chamber with two mummies that scholars, filmmakers and historians have identified as Nefertiti and Akhenaten. But the evidence has been circumstantial at best. Now, for the first time, NGC and Dr. Zahi Hawass use a CT scanner in search of scientific evidence. Narrated by Emmy Award-winning Alfre Woodard, the program documents this high-tech forensic investigation dedicated to resolving the fate of the famed Queen Nefertiti and the possible father of King Tut.

Treasures of Egypt: The Real Cleopatra

Friday, February 25 at 8PM ET/PT

Legend portrays her as a self-indulgent temptress who used seduction to cement her rule. But she became queen at 18 and was highly educated, so what was she really like? We’ll reveal archaeological findings, including underwater sculptures that shed light on her life and home. And watch as scientists seek to unravel the mystery of her legendary beauty by converting artifacts with her likeness into a 3-D model, presenting a new reflection of one of history’s most powerful women.

Treasures of Egypt: Secrets of the Valley of the Kings

Saturday, February 26 at 8PM ET/PT

Built over 500 years, spanning nearly two and a half miles and holding 63 tombs, Egypt’s Valley of the Kings is a staggering, complex set of enigmas locked beneath the sands for 3,500 years. What drove Egypt’s greatest pharaohs to seek out this secluded valley? How did the ancient craftsmen achieve such feats of engineering? And why was this sacred site finally abandoned? Join National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Dr. Zahi Hawass and a team of experts as they uncover new evidence about how early engineers were able to construct the elaborate structures of tombs and chambers.

Released last month and inspired by true stories, the film is titled “678,” for the number of the bus that one of the main characters rides to work each morning, where she becomes the helpless object of lewd behavior. Writer-director Mohamed Diab said the numerals also signified a problem that was increasing steadily as Egypt confronted a complex mix of social issues: economic stagnation, rising religious conservatism and changing attitudes about women and sex.

In the film, a mob of men assaults a jeweler outside a soccer game; afterward, her husband says he can’t bear to look at her. A pretty young woman from a well-to-do family chases frantically after a truck driver who grabbed her breast as he drove past.

The two victims form an unlikely friendship with the working-class woman on the bus, and together they plot to exact violent revenge on Cairo’s men.

At least one lawsuit already has been filed against Diab, accusing him of inciting women to violence. Another accused him of sullying Egypt’s image; that suit was thrown out of court.

Excerpted from an article by Shashank Bengali for The Jerusalem Post

“Time Team is currently in production for their 19^th series and is looking to make some changes to the on screen team.

We are looking for a FEMALE co- host, someone who ideally has experience in presenting archaeology, history or anthropology programming. It would also be great to hear about presenters with a proven passion for these subjects, an academic background or otherwise. This person does not have to be overly experienced or knowledgeable as we have plenty of expertise within the existing on and off- screen team, however intelligence, natural curiosity and a passion for Archaeology is a must! Tony Robinson will continue to be the Series Presenter, introduce the programmes and voice them.

The shoot schedule runs from 4 April to 12 August, with three filming days every other week, tending to fall Tuesday – Thursday with travel days either side. The digs and their locations are still to be confirmed.

We are also looking for someone who has expertise in Computational Archaeology to be an occasional contributor (specific programmes only), explaining all computer output to the presenters and on- screen team (ie. they would not be required to present).

We are looking for a Landscape Archaeologist to be an occasional contributor (for specific programmes only). Again this would be to work with the presenters and the rest of the on- screen team (ie. they would not be required to present).

We are looking for an Archaeologist who would essentially be a digger, spending all three days of every programme in a trench. At least 24 months of full time digging experience would be required.

For these three non- presenter roles we are happy to consider people with or without broadcast experience. What is important is high energy, good rapport with the team and of course to be comfortable on camera”

If you are interested in any of these positions and you have not yet updated your details on our talent database, please complete the instructions on our website @ http://www.pastpreservers.com/ourpeople.html

Then after completion of the update please email us @ casting@pastpreservers.com and let us know what positions you are interested in and we will require a video audition.

Please note these positions are UK based and you need to be available for the entire shooting period.

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Owner & Founder
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On very rare occasions you get to watch a movie so enticing that you never want it to end. Such is the case of Cairo Time, a stunningly beautiful film that leaves you wanting for yet another chance to reach a conclusion that is simply not there.

Everyone who sees Cairo Time feels as much for Juliette in her desire to spend more time in the city of the thousand minarets and give the main characters an opportunity to turn their infatuation into full-fledged love. The problem is that this is a love affair, an unexpected circumstance due to the politics of the Middle East region.

Except for the chaotic traffic, time seems to take a leisurely stroll as we witness Juliette alone or accompanied by Tareq touring alluring Cairo in a way that Syrian-Canadian writer/director Ruba Nadda has very cleverly woven into the story line.

Cairo Time has the perfect blend of elements for a captivating romantic film; incredible cinematography, breathtaking vistas, superb acting, a script that has just the right words and an evocative soundtrack that captures the mounting sexual tension within the grandeur of eternally exotic Cairo.

National Geographic Channel (NGC) has commissioned two coproduction specials – a factual heist comedy set in ancient Egypt and a Tony Robinson-fronted history special about the formation of Britain.

The Egyptian Job is being coproduced with French terrestrial France 5 and CGI-specialist Wide-Eyed Entertainment, and is billed as a factual comedy that will “bring to life the most daring heist of the ancient world.” It is being co-funded by ITV Studios Global Entertainment, which is handling worldwide free-TV and DVD distribution.

The series will premiere on NGC internationally and in the US next year.

The Egyptian Job was commissioned by Steve Burns, NGC’s exec VP of content; Sydney Suissa, National Geographic Channels International’s (NGCI) outgoing exec VP of content; and Caroline Béhar, head of acquisitions and international coproductions at France Télévisions.

It will be produced and directed by Nick Green and exec produced by David McNab for Wide-Eyed Entertainment.

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Hawass is a very big deal in his field and a superstar in his country. And he didn’t get there by being Dr. Nice Guy. (In Chasing Mummies) He’s a tyrant with a short fuse, and he detonates in nearly every other scene.

When not exploding, Hawass betrays an avuncular nature, nurturing young female interns in the ways of Egyptology. Often in tight spaces. But at his most entertaining, he’s a shouter, a screamer, a terminator, if you will. If you can imagine an older, slightly sun-baked Omar Sharif-type portraying the Soup Nazi from “Seinfeld,” you’ve come close to picturing our mummy chaser.

According to a report on South Hall Travel, more people are booking flights to Egypt, as a result of the popular TV series Tropic of Cancer, which started airing on BBC March 14, 2010.

Simon Reeve, author and broadcaster, has been traveling around little-known regions of the world for a series of BBC television documentaries. In Tropic of Cancer, Reeve embarks on his most ambitious journey yet, circling the world following the line that marks the northern border of the earth’s tropical region.

The episode in which Reeve visits Egypt was broadcast on April 3rd. He visited the ancient temples of Abu Simbel in the southern part of the country, as well as going diving in the Red Sea.