The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones arrive on DVD on October 23 in a 12-disc boxed set (see the original announcement here). Here's a look at what's on the first disc.

My First Adventure (1:25:44). From the ancient pyramids of Egypt to the exotic bazaars of Morocco, Indiana Jones finds excitement, danger and adventure at every turn.

The first chapter of the Young Indy series begins in his home town of Princeton, where we get a snapshot of the life of the Jones family -- father Henry, mother Anna, and the tireless Henry Walton Jones, Jr., better known to us as Indiana Jones. Before long, nine-year old Indy has joined his family on a trip around the world, starting in Oxford where they bring aboard Indy's no-nonsense tutor, Helen Seymour.

Their first exotic destination is Egypt's Valley of the Kings, where Howard Carter is currently excavating a newly discovered tomb. Intrigue abounds as a murder mystery takes place on the campsite, which Indy must help solve with the help of T.E. Lawrence, the legendary Lawrence of Arabia.

The next leg of Indy's journey takes him to Tangiers, Morocco, where his family stays with Walter Harris, correspondent from the London Times (and eventual author of the famous Morocco That Was). There Indy meets Emily Keene, Sharifa of Wazan, and befriends a young Moroccan slave named Omar. An ill-advised trip to a dangerous marketplace results in Young Indy and Omar being kidnapped by slave-trading brigands. Dragged on a terrifying journey across the burning sands of North Africa to the slave markets of Marrakech, Indy finds that he must rely on his courage and wits to survive the brutal ordeal.

My First Adventure stars Corey Carrier as Indy, Ruth De Sosa as Anna Jones, Lloyd Owen as Henry Jones and Margaret Tyzack as Helen Seymour.

Guest stars include Joseph Bennett (Howards End) as T.E. Lawrence, Pip Torrens ("Poirot," "Doctor Who") as Howard Carter, Kevin McNally (Gibbs in the Pirates of the Caribbean films) as Walter Harris, Rowena Cooper as Emily Keene, Ashley Walters as Omar, Oliver Ford Davies (Sio Bibble in the Star Wars prequels) as the ship's captain and Vic Tablian (Barranca and Monkey Man in Raiders of the Lost Ark) as Demetrios.

• The Egypt segment originally aired as part of the two-hour pilot, Young Indiana Jones and the Curse of the Jackal in 1992, where it was paired with the Mexico 1916 chapter wherein Indy, played by Sean Patrick Flanery, gets embroiled in the Mexican Revolution. That segment is now part of Disc Eight, also in this set.

• The Egypt segment was shot in July and July of 1991 in Egypt and Almeria, Spain.

• The Tangiers segment has never aired, as was shot specifically for the late 1990s repackaging of Young Indy's adventures as two-hour movies. It is shot five years later than the preceding Egypt segment (February and May of 1996), so Corey Carrier looks and sounds different in the second half of My First Adventure.

• The bridging segment where T.E. Lawrence confronts Demetrios was shot in Tunisia on August 11, 1997, during the production of Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace, with Joseph Bennett and Vic Tablian returning to reprise their roles and doubles playing the parts of Pierre, Indy, and Helen.

Production Credits: Directors of Photography: David Tattersall and Ashley Rowe; Editors: Edgar Burcksen and Paul Martin Smith, GBFE; Production Designers: Gavin Bocquet and Ricky Eyres; Costume Designers: Charlotte Holdich and Louise Page; Music by Laurence Rosenthal; Executive Producer: George Lucas; Producer: Rick McCallum; Egypt Screenplay by Jonathan Hales, Story by George Lucas; Tangiers segment written by Jule Selbo; Egypt segment directed by Jim O'Brien; Tangiers segment directed by Michael Schultz.

Archaeology: Unearthing Our Past (0:19:17). Man's history on Earth dates back at least tens of thousands of years, yet written records stretch back to only a fraction of that. Helping clarify the picture of humanity past is the science of archaeology. Though the cinematic escapades of Indiana Jones describe a world of globe-trotting adventure, in truth archaeologists are more like detectives, piecing together clues to mysteries of what has come before. Produced and written by Adam Sternberg.

Howard Carter and the Tomb of Tutankhamun (0:22:34). Howard Carter's unflagging persistence and stubbornness led to one of the greatest archaeological discoveries of the 20th century: the tomb of King Tut. Yet it was that same strong-headedness that would time and again jeopardize Carter's career. Learn more about the man and his discovery which propelled Egyptology into the pop culture landscape. Produced and written by Adam Sternberg.

Colonel Lawrence's War: T.E. Lawrence and Arabia (0:36:05). He was an action hero as well as an intellectual hero. T.E. Lawrence escaped a safe office job during World War I to become a guerilla war mastermind in desert combat, fighting alongside Arabs to throw off the rule of the Ottoman Empire. But despite British promises of Arab independence, the Middle East would end up being carved by European colonial treaties, and Lawrence faced the challenges of keeping his word to his trusted compatriots of the desert. Produced and written by Sharon Wood.

From Slavery to Freedom (0:30:08). Humanity has lived in, with and on the profits of slavery for most of its history. Many of its greatest achievements and monuments have tragically been built on the backs of slave labor. How could people place their economic needs ahead of the humanity of their fellow beings? How could this horrific system have lasted for so long? In this documentary track the history of slavery from Ancient Greece, to the Crusades, to the colonization of the new world and the racial slavery that sparked the American Civil War. The journey from slavery to freedom is incomplete and continues as there are still over 20 million people enslaved today. Produced and written by Mark Page.