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Digging for Britain episode 1 2023

Digging for Britain episode 1 2023

Digging for Britain episode 1 2023: In this exciting new series, renowned archaeologist Professor Alice Roberts embarks on a journey to explore even more archaeological sites scattered throughout the nation. With recent excavations in southern England shedding light on a previously undiscovered Roman town, a hidden Tudor ship submerged beneath a quarry, and evidence pointing to Henry VIII’s financial forgery […]

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Egyptian Journeys with Dan Cruickshank episode 6

Egyptian Journeys with Dan Cruickshank episode 6

Egyptian Journeys with Dan Cruickshank episode 6: On a lonely island in the River Nile, Dan visits the last-known hieroglyphic inscription in Egypt and discovers the surprising truth about those responsible for the final, brutal collapse of this great civilisation, a culture that had lasted more than 3,000 years.       Travelling the length of the country, from Alexandria

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Egyptian Journeys with Dan Cruickshank episode 5

Egyptian Journeys with Dan Cruickshank episode 5

Egyptian Journeys with Dan Cruickshank episode 5: Dan delves into the dark side of the court of Ramesses III, tracing the conspiracy that spread through his harem and may have led to his mysterious death. At Ramesses III’s temple at Medinet Habu, the pharaoh wrote his own legacy in stone – huge wall carvings celebrating the glories and achievements of

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Egyptian Journeys with Dan Cruickshank episode 4

Egyptian Journeys with Dan Cruickshank episode 4

Egyptian Journeys with Dan Cruickshank episode 4: Dan Cruickshank discovers the ingenious techniques that the ancient Egyptians used to make their pyramids, temples and mummies last forever, driven by their obsession with magic and the afterlife. The Egyptians believed they could live forever – that death was not necessarily the end. But to enjoy the afterlife depended on preserving the

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Egyptian Journeys with Dan Cruickshank episode 3

Egyptian Journeys with Dan Cruickshank episode 3

Egyptian Journeys with Dan Cruickshank episode 3: Dan Cruickshank travels the Nile, from magnificent Karnak to the desolate ruins of El Amarna, in search of the truth about Akhenaten, the most radical and mysterious pharaoh ever to rule Egypt, and his beautiful wife Nefertiti.       They were a golden couple, rich and all-powerful, but when Akhenaten had a

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Egyptian Journeys with Dan Cruickshank episode 2

Egyptian Journeys with Dan Cruickshank episode 2

Egyptian Journeys with Dan Cruickshank episode 2: Dan traces the unexpected twists and mysteries in the life of Howard Carter, the great British archaeologist who discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun, and reveals the hidden legacy of Carter’s work. Carter rose from humble origins to become the most famous archaeologist in the world, but despite his spectacular success in discovering Tutankhamun’s

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Egyptian Journeys with Dan Cruickshank episode 1

Egyptian Journeys with Dan Cruickshank episode 1

Egyptian Journeys with Dan Cruickshank episode 1: Dan visits the magnificent underground tombs in the Valley of the Kings, in search of clues about the unsung heroes of this ancient world – the mysterious community of craftsmen who spent their lives building lavish burial chambers for the pharaohs.       The tombs are wonderful feats of art and engineering

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Lost Kingdoms of South America episode 4

Lost Kingdoms of South America episode 4

Lost Kingdoms of South America episode 4: In the spectacular deserts of coastal Peru, archaeologist Dr Jago Cooper explores the dramatic rise and fall of Chimor, the first empire of South America. His journey begins among the ruins of a vast lost city once home to an all-powerful monarchy, whose subjects transformed the desert landscape, created gold and silver treasures

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Lost Kingdoms of South America episode 3

Lost Kingdoms of South America episode 3

Lost Kingdoms of South America episode 3: Through the mountains and jungles of Colombia, archaeologist Dr Jago Cooper goes in search of the truth behind one of the greatest stories ever told – the legend of El Dorado. His journey takes him from Bogota to the Caribbean coast, through territories once dominated by two cultures, the Muisca and the Tairona,

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Lost Kingdoms of South America episode 2

Lost Kingdoms of South America episode 2

Lost Kingdoms of South America episode 2: Deep in the Bolivian Andes at the height of 13,000ft stands Tiwanaku, the awe-inspiring ruins of a monolithic temple city. Built by a civilisation who dominated a vast swathe of South America, it was abandoned 1,000 years ago. For centuries it has been a mystery – how did a civilisation flourish at such

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Lost Kingdoms of South America episode 1

Lost Kingdoms of South America episode 1

Lost Kingdoms of South America episode 1: Archaeologist Dr Jago Cooper embarks on an epic journey into the remote Peruvian Andes in search of the mysterious Chachapoya people. Once numbering half a million, they were known as the ‘People of the Clouds’. Dr Cooper reveals how they developed sophisticated methods of recording stories, traded in exotic goods found hundreds of

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