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"For the past few hundred years, most of what we've been taught about the native cultures of North America came from reports authored by the conquerors and colonizers who destroyed them. Now, with the technological advances of modern archaeology and a new perspective on world history-we are finally able to piece together their compelling true stories. In Ancient Civilizations of North America, Professor Edwin Barnhart, Director of the Maya Exploration...
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Rome, 4th century AD. The Empire is now too vast to be ruled by a single man. For the first time, it is decided to divide it into two. Valentinian, an excellent general, rules the Western Empire. Valens, his brother, a far less talented man, governs the Eastern Empire. After receiving a delegation from the barbarian chiefs, Valentinian plunges into one of his habitual, violent rages. On this occasion, his body gives up: suffering a brain hemorrhage,...
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This film organizes Roman history around a timeline, dividing it into periods. It covers Rome's origins and the development of the republic, and follows Rome's rise and victories in the Punic Wars. It shows how the Senate lost control of the army, leading to emperors replacing the Republic. It covers the achievements and legacy of Roman civilization.
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In this episode—which includes special guest appearances from The League of Gentlemen’s Reece Shearsmith, Mark Gatiss and Steve Pemberton—we meet a surprisingly charming Stuart highwayman, the captain of the Titanic holds the world’s worst safety briefing, famous writer Mary Shelley pitches the movie of her life, and those violent Vikings show their softer side in a song.
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In the city of Taranto, Southern Italy, lie the remains of the only athlete to survive from antiquity, the skeleton of an ancient Greek champion from 500BC. Recreating that athlete and the fabulous world of the Ancient Olympics using computer graphics, dramatic reconstruction, and forensic science, this film features boxing matches, chariot races, and spectacular action to show how the athlete could have battled for glory 2,500 years ago. Modern athletes...
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An introduction to Greece and the Greeks. Broadly covering the period from the Mycenaean Age (1300 BC) to the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC, this program sets out the principal historical landmarks and presents some of the work of the most important Greek writers, philosophers, historians, and politicians of the period. (53 minutes)
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At the end of a succession of civil wars which have weakened the Roman Republic, Caesar proclaims himself dictator for life. However, on March 14, 44 BC, he is assassinated by conspirators in the name of the Republic. Mark Antony, his right arm, succeeds in making of Caesar a martyr and tries to claim his inheritance for himself. But the late Caesar had drawn up a will in which he had declared he adopted his great-nephew Octavian, who will later be...
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The Vikings were an ambitious, daring and frightening people who left an indelible mark on the British psyche. Yet archaeology has revealed very little about their time in Britain and even less about what happened to them afterwards. Archaeologist Julian Richards finds new evidence about what really happened during the dramatic period when Vikings roamed the seas around Britain. Julian Richards recalls how, after years of raiding, England's resistance...
11) The Arabs
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The Arabs have been bringing knowledge of the ancient world to Europe since the 8th century. In the fields of medicine, mathematics or philosophy, their scholars were far beyond their time and still affect our world today. For a long time, the Arabs were estranged, not united by one nation or leader. They had little in common beyond a shared language. This didn’t change until Mohammed ended polytheism, founding a new religion and uniting all of...
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The Vikings were an ambitious, daring and frightening people who left an indelible mark on the British psyche. Yet archaeology has revealed very little about their time in Britain and even less about what happened to them afterwards. In this episode, Julian Richards investigates the impact of the Vikings in Britain. This episode focuses on the archaeological trail left by the Vikings as they traveled from Norway along the sea road to Dublin. Settlements,...
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This film covers ancient Greek civilization, and is organized around a timeline that divides this civilization into historical periods. It covers the Minoan, Mycenaean and Dorian periods, and emphasizes the era of city states and the development of democracy in Athens and the Persian and Peloponesian Wars. Ancient Greek culture has been a contributing influence throughout Western civilization in the areas of art, literature, philosophy, drama, architecture...
14) Bolshy Boudica
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The award-winning Horrible Histories returns for a special about the great British Queen Boudica, starring Lorna Watson from Watson & Oliver. We follow Boudica as he she turns against her Roman masters and unleashes her "Wrecking Ball" on Colchester, St. Albans, and London. Cut-throat Celts versus Rotten Romans, it's going to end up gory! Meanwhile across the world we meet famous Emperors Caligula and Nero dishing out their own unique brand of Imperial...
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For 750 years, the local colosseum was the only place to go if you were looking for some action. What began as human sacrifice during funeral rites for wealthy families resulted in a violent, bloody battle staged in front of 50,000 fans. Gladiators were slaves, but the archaeological remains at Pompeii and the Roman Colosseum reveal that they were held in the same esteem as modern day sports stars. Gladiators explains how this "sport" was used as...
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The eruption of the Vesuvio froze the town of Pompei forever. The catastrophe led to a vast interdisciplinary project: volcanology reveals the force of the eruption, archeology and the study of texts uncover new objects of daily life found in the remains of buildings and roadways, including graffiti on the walls… But can one be sure that all of these discoveries date back to the eruption?
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The Carthaginians were sly merchants and cruel child killers—at least according to the Ancient Romans and Greeks. Research shows that they weren’t as bad as their reputation. The Carthaginians’ story began around 3,000 years ago, when settlers left their homes in what is now Lebanon to set up new colonies around the Mediterranean. The most splendid and powerful of these settlements was Carthage, a bustling Metropolis in what is now Tunisia with...
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The Vikings were an ambitious, daring and frightening people who left an indelible mark on the British psyche. Yet archaeology has revealed very little about their time in Britain and even less about what happened to them afterwards. In the last episode of the series, Julian Richards uncovers new information from the battle in 1066 between Viking warlord Harald Hardrada and King Harold of England that marked the end of the Viking age in Britain. Results...
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The group of Neolithic monuments on Orkney consists of a large chambered tomb (Maes Howe), two ceremonial stone circles (the Stones of Stenness and the Ring of Brodgar) and a settlement (Skara Brae), together with a number of unexcavated burial, ceremonial and settlement sites. The group constitutes a major prehistoric cultural landscape which gives a graphic depiction of life in this remote archipelago in the far north of Scotland some 5,000 years...
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The Pont du Gard was built shortly before the Christian era to allow the aqueduct of Nîmes, 31 miles long, to cross the Gard River. The hydraulic engineers and Roman architects who conceived this bridge, which is almost 165 feet high over three levels—the longest measuring 900 feet—created a technical as well as an artistic masterpiece.