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First Civilizations episode 1 – War

History / 3 minutes of reading / December 27, 2019 / By HDclump

First Civilizations episode 1 – War – Examine the process of “destructive creation”, the idea that fear, rivalry and conflict strengthen community bonds while stimulating an arms race of technological progress. The result is civilization. Ancient Mesoamerica exemplifies this development. First Civilizations Having lived as mobile foragers for 99 percent of our time on Earth, why did humans set out on the road to civilization? How did they create villages, towns, cities, and states, and establish the blueprint for the modern world? First Civilizations episode 1 – War First Civilizations identifies four cornerstones of civilization – […]

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Galapagos

Nature / 2 minutes of reading / December 27, 2019 / By HDclump

The Galapagos islands are a fascinating microcosm of natural life and home to some of the most astonishing creatures found anywhere on Earth. With spectacular cinematography from land, sea and air, and blending rugged volcanic landscapes with intimate animal behaviour, this ambitious series brings this remarkable archipelago to captivating life. Galapagos Part 1: Born of Fire This opening episode chronicles the many fascinating stages of the island chain’s existence, and reveals how creatures have developed enterprising ways of dealing with life on this restless Pacific outpost. Galapagos Part 2: Islands that Changed the World From flightless cormorants hunting underwater

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Alan Titchmarsh’s Garden Secrets – 18th Century episode 2

Alan Titchmarsh's Garden Secrets / 2 minutes of reading / December 27, 2019 / By HDclump

Alan Titchmarsh’s Garden Secrets – 18th Century episode 2: Alan Titchmarsh explores Britain’s great gardens. In this edition, he looks at Stowe in Buckinghamshire, an example of a design by the 18th-century landscape movement. Alan Titchmarsh presents a stunning series that reveals the amazing secrets behind Britain’s great gardens, examining how they continue to influence gardeners, including himself, today. Few gardening movements can match the impact of the 18th-century landscape movement, and Stowe in Buckinghamshire is one of the most important examples of their revolutionary designs. Here, we find a rejection of the rigid formality of the previous

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The Victorians – Their Story In Pictures

Art, History / 3 minutes of reading / December 26, 2019 / By HDclump

In The Victorians, Jeremy Paxman takes his love of Victorian paintings as the starting point for a journey into Victorian Britain. Such pictures may not be fashionable today, but they are a goldmine of information about the most dynamic age in British history. The Victorians Part 1: Painting The Town He investigates the most dramatic event of Victorian Britain: the explosion of great cities. At first the Victorians feared these new monsters in their midst, but then grew to love and transform them. Jeremy explores the canals and sewers, suburbs and back streets, workhouses and magnificent buildings of the

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Ancient Aliens – Mysterious Places

Conspiracy / 2 minutes of reading / December 26, 2019 / By HDclump

Ancient Aliens – Mysterious Places: Mysterious places can be found around the Earth, and, inexplicably, UFOs are often sited near these mystical areas. Download Planes and ships unaccountably disappear in the infamous Bermuda Triangle. Strange magnetic anomalies in Mexico’s Zone of Silence have not only drawn missiles off their course, but seem to pull meteorites out of the sky. An ancient doorway carved into a sheer rock wall in Peru’s Puerta de Hayu Marka is said to be a portal to other worlds. Markawasi’s plateau is filled with strange rock formations allegedly left behind by an ancient advanced

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Alan Titchmarsh’s Garden Secrets – 17th Century episode 1

Alan Titchmarsh's Garden Secrets / 3 minutes of reading / December 26, 2019 / By HDclump

Alan Titchmarsh’s Garden Secrets – 17th Century: explores Britain’s great gardens. Here, he visits Hatfield House to look at the key design features of the gardens of this 17th-century stately home. Alan Titchmarsh presents a stunning series that reveals the amazing secrets behind Britain’s great gardens, examining how they continue to influence gardeners, including himself, today. Alan Titchmarsh’s Garden Secrets – 17th Century episode 1 In the first episode, Alan visits Hatfield House in Hertfordshire to look at the key design features of the gardens of this 17th-century stately home. This was a time when horticulture and

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Ancient Aliens – The Return

Conspiracy / 2 minutes of reading / December 25, 2019 / By HDclump

Ancient Aliens – The Return: There is evidence that suggests we experienced 20th century alien contact. In 1942, the Battle of Los Angeles involved the US military and Air Defense allegedly fighting a UFO. WWII Allied Air Force planes were buzzed by balls of light that some think could have been extraterrestrial. Download And the alleged crash of a flying saucer in Roswell, New Mexico in 1947 propelled the world into the age of UFOs. For decades, some people have been searching for the sounds of extraterrestrial intelligence, while others have been sending messages out into deep space.

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The Medici – Godfathers of the Renaissance

History / 4 minutes of reading / December 25, 2019 / By HDclump

The Medici – Godfathers of the Renaissance: From a small Italian community in 15th-century Florence, the Medici family would rise to rule Europe in many ways. Using charm, patronage, skill, duplicity and ruthlessness, they would amass unparalleled wealth and unprecedented power. The Medici – Birth of a Dynasty part 1 Europe, 1400: A continent torn apart by war and plague is dominated by the authority of the Catholic Church. In the towns and cities live merchants and entrepreneurs who sense that their world is changing. With increasing trade and wealth an appetite for enlightenment develops. No longer neglected

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Ancient Aliens – Closer Encounters

Conspiracy / 3 minutes of reading / December 24, 2019 / By HDclump

Ancient Aliens – Closer Encounters: Reports of encounters with strange beings and sightings of mysterious objects in the sky have occurred throughout history. Download A 13th century historical book, Otia Imperialia, includes an account of a creature descending from a flying craft over Bristol, England. The log from Christopher Columbus’ first voyage to America contains a report of strange lights in the sky. Medieval art pieces depict disc-shaped objects floating in the heavens. Sightings of flying cigar-shaped crafts were reported during the Black Plague. And there were even discussions of extraterrestrial life among America’s Founding Fathers. Could these

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Hannibal in the Alps

History / 2 minutes of reading / December 24, 2019 / By HDclump

Hannibal in the Alps: Hannibal, one of history’s most famous generals, achieved what the Romans thought to be impossible. With a vast army of 30,000 troops, 15,000 horses and 37 war elephants, he crossed the mighty Alps in only 16 days to launch an attack on Rome from the north. For more than 2,000 years, nobody has been able to prove which of the four possible routes Hannibal took across the Alps, and no physical evidence of Hannibal’s army has ever been found…until now. In Secrets of the Dead: Hannibal in the Alps, a team of experts –

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Dream Gardens episode 8 2019

Dream Gardens season 2 / 1 minute of reading / December 24, 2019 / By HDclump

Dream Gardens episode 8 2019: Michael McCoy revisits a garden built after the owners lost their original property in a horror bushfire. Dream Gardens episode 8 2019 Join leading landscape designer Michael McCoy as he showcases some of Australia’s most lavish and magnificent gardens from the first spade hitting the ground to the incredible end result. What does it mean to make a garden? What longings do gardens fulfil ? These are the question at the heart of a new show, Dream Gardens, launching on ABC TV this week. Eschewing how-to tips on growing plants (done so

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Rosslyn Chapel: A Treasure in Stone

History / 2 minutes of reading / December 23, 2019 / By HDclump

Rosslyn Chapel: A Treasure in Stone: Art historian Helen Rosslyn, whose husband’s ancestor built the chapel over 500 years ago, is the guide on a journey of discovery around this perfect gem of a building – Rosslyn Chapel. Extraordinary carvings of green men, inverted angels and mysterious masonic marks beg the questions of where these images come from and who were the stonemasons that created them? Helen’s search leads her across Scotland and to Normandy in search of the creators of this medieval masterpiece. The exquisite Rosslyn Chapel is a masterpiece in stone. It used to be one

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