Tutankhamun’s Fireball
In 1996 in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Italian mineralogist Vincenzo de Michele spotted an unusual yellow-green gem in the middle of one of Tutankhamun’s necklaces.
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In 1996 in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Italian mineralogist Vincenzo de Michele spotted an unusual yellow-green gem in the middle of one of Tutankhamun’s necklaces.
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As well as propagating succulent plants, Monty Don revisits his container vegetable garden, gives advice on how to get a good crop of pumpkins …
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Bettany Hughes’s three-part series profiles three very different thinkers – Buddha, Socrates, and Confucius – and assesses the major contribution they have made to different philosophical and religious traditions.  Content-wise, the programs are extremely good: Hughes interviews several experts in Buddhism, classical philosophy, and Confucianism; and visits several of the ancient sites associated with all three of
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In Mary Berry’s Easter Feast Ep.1 Mary shares her favourite Easter recipes and takes a look at how Christian communities celebrate Easter with special food.
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Wherever you are in Northern Ireland Ireland, you’re never more than a few streets away from a superb secret garden.
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In Gardeners World episode 21 2017 Monty starts to bring in the tastiest of the summer harvest, he is planning for the months ahead …
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The Spartacus Revolt: In 73 BC, Spartacus broke out of gladiator school and started the most terrifying slave revolt in Rome’s history. Visiting Pompeii, southern Italy and the British Museum, Bettany explores the importance and appalling reality of slavery in ancient Rome and how the revolt played a major role in shaping Rome’s political future. She also reveals that not
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In the The Beechgrove Garden episode 8 2015 , Jim hopes to catch up with the veg planting that he wasn’t able to do last week in the torrential rain….
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As the weather begins to warm up, there’s plenty to be getting on with in the garden. Monty Don welcomes us to Longmeadow and cracks on with some timely tasks.
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In Coast New Zealand ep.3 Neil uncovers an invasion that ruffled more than a few feathers in the Abel Tasman National Park and learns how to save whales …
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In Coast New Zealand ep.2 – The East Cape: Neil gets his first ever glimpse of a live volcano; Jacky hunts for apostles from Gisborne’s Age of Aquarius..
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East to West ep.7 explores the growing European fascination with ‘The Orient’ throughout the 19th century, as a place of culture and a trading partner
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