This silent film from the 1920s shows the Metropolitan Museum of Art's excavations at Deir el Bahri of the Mortuary temple of Hatshepsut. The footage shows a huge work-force of some 700 workers clearing the sand and earth. Also shown is a tomb and it's packed contents of wooden coffins and their removal. Additionally, we see how the wooden coffins were stabilized with wax and their eventual packing up and shipment to the museum. This film presents a wonderful glimpse into archaeology on the "grand scale" and how the excavations were conducted during the late 19th and early 20th century. ( )