The Latest Secrets of Hieroglyphs

The Latest Secrets of Hieroglyphs: In 1822, Jean-François Champollion became the first person to decipher hieroglyphs in over a thousand years. Now, a new generation of Egyptologists is learning more about the people who wrote them. The great history of Egypt is inscribed on its monuments, temples and tombs, but hieroglyphs – the written language of the ancient Egyptians – fell silent until 1822 when a young French scholar, Jean-François Champollion, became the first person to decipher their texts for…

Pavlopetri - The City Beneath the Waves

Post category:History
Post author:HDclump
Post published:October 3, 2022
Reading time:3 mins read

Pavlopetri – The City Beneath the Waves

Pavlopetri - The City Beneath the Waves: Just off the southern coast of mainland Greece lies the oldest submerged city in the world. It thrived for 2,000 years during the time that saw the birth of western civilisation. An international team of experts uses cutting-edge technology to prise age-old secrets from the complex of streets and stone buildings that lie less than five metres below the surface of the ocean. State-of-the-art CGI helps to raise the city from the seabed,…

Secrets of Pompeii's Greatest Treasures episode 2

Post category:History
Post author:HDclump
Post published:May 6, 2022
Reading time:5 mins read

Secrets of Pompeii’s Greatest Treasures episode 2

Secrets of Pompeii's Greatest Treasures episode 2: Bettany Hughes unearths some fascinating stories from the devastated city, from its famous villas to tragic human casts. The streets and houses of Pompeii offer a mesmerising window into the life and times of the ancient Romans. Bettany Hughes heads to the Ancient Roman City of Pompeii. Once compounded by volcanic ash, now a treasure trove of history. Almost 2,000 years on, Bettany explores the city to find remnants of the…

Secrets of Pompeii's Greatest Treasures episode 1

Post category:History
Post author:HDclump
Post published:May 4, 2022
Reading time:4 mins read

Secrets of Pompeii’s Greatest Treasures episode 1

Secrets of Pompeii's Greatest Treasures episode 1: Bettany Hughes heads to the Ancient Roman City of Pompeii. Once compounded by volcanic ash, now a treasure trove of history. Almost 2,000 years on, Bettany explores the city to find remnants of the Roman empire, revealing the secrets of those who lived there, and really how different ancient Rome is to our world today. Exploring the villas usually off-limits to the public and the chilling remains of those that tried to escape…

Ancient Civilizations - Interstellar Links to Göbekli Tepe

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Post author:HDclump
Post published:May 3, 2022
Reading time:3 mins read

Ancient Civilizations – Interstellar Links to Göbekli Tepe

Ancient Civilizations - Interstellar Links to Göbekli Tepe: Was Göbekli Tepe built as a sacred interstellar portal connecting the people of Earth with extraterrestrial civilizations? As we conclude Season One, our team of researchers explain that Göbekli Tepe is aligned with the Cygnus constellation and constructed in harmonic resonance with the periodic signals beaming from one of the constellation’s stars. These signals have been found to be transmitting multiples of eleven, which can be found in Pascal’s triangle, and encoded…