Valley of the Kings Movie (1954)

WilliamBoyd8

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Valley of the Kings and the Cruciform Sword (?)

I watched the 1954 film "Valley of the Kings" for the first time last night.

I thought that it was a pretty good film.

I did happen to notice something, in the scene where Robert Taylor and Eleanor Parker
are captured by the Tauregs, one of the Tauregs wears an emblem
that looked familiar, something like the Cruciform Sword from "Last Crusade".

The screen captures I have are not the best.

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Taureg wearing emblem 1

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Taureg wearing emblem 2

Perhaps someone with a DVD of the film can get some higher-resolution captures.

I visited Egypt and Israel sometime ago and saw some of the places
which appear in the film, including Luxor, the Valley of the Kings,
and the Monastery of St. Catherine in Sinai.

:)
 
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Stoo

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WilliamBoyd8 said:
I watched the 1954 film "Valley of the Kings" for the first time last night.

I thought that it was a pretty good film.
I'm glad that you finally got to see this, William! Many Indy fans would probably enjoy it and I wish there was more interest.

The fight with the Tuareg is one of my favourite scenes. I'll see if I can get a better screengrab of the necklace but your picutres might be sharper than mine since I burned my DVD from the VHS tape. I think it's only available (legitmately) on Italian DVD, "La Valle dei Re".
WilliamBoyd8 said:
I visited Egypt and Israel sometime ago and saw some of the places
which appear in the film, including Luxor, the Valley of the Kings,
and the Monastery of St. Catherine in Sinai.
Were you able to go up in the basket at the monastery?
 

WilliamBoyd8

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Valley of the Kings on US cable television:

According to their schedule, the US Turner Classic Movies (TCM) cable channel will run this film on Saturday, April 15, 2017 at 4:00pm EST (Eastern Time).

http://www.tcm.com/schedule

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Egypt Pound 1955 - Third anniversary of Egyptian Revolution
Gold, 23mm, 8.48gm
This coin has an image of the Egyptian Pharaoh Rameses II (BC 1279-1213) riding a chariot; the image is taken from an Abu Simbel wall relief depicting the battle of Kadesh (around BC 1274).

:)
 
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