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Archaeology - A Secret History episode 3 - The Power of the Past

Archaeology – A Secret History episode 3 – The Power of the Past

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Archaeology – A Secret History episode 3 – The Power of the Past: shows how 20th-century attention turned from civilisation and kings to the search for the common man against a background of science and competing political ideologies.      Archaeologist Richard Miles presents a series charting the history of the breakthroughs and watersheds in our long quest to […]

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Archaeology - A Secret History episode 2 - The Search for Civilisation

Archaeology – A Secret History episode 2 – The Search for Civilisation

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Archaeology – A Secret History episode 2 : Archaeologist Richard Miles shows how discoveries in the 18th and 19th centuries overturned ideas of when and where civilisation began as empires competed to literally ‘own’ the past.     Archaeologist Richard Miles presents a series charting the history of the breakthroughs and watersheds in our long quest to understand our ancient past.

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Archaeology - A Secret History episode 1 - In the Beginning

Archaeology – A Secret History episode 1 – In the Beginning

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Archaeology – A Secret History episode 1: Richard Miles goes back 2,000 years to explore how archaeology began by trying to prove a biblical truth, a quest that soon got archaeologists into dangerous water.     Archaeologist Richard Miles presents a series charting the history of the breakthroughs and watersheds in our long quest to understand our ancient past.  

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Ireland's Treasures Uncovered

Ireland’s Treasures Uncovered

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Ireland’s Treasures Uncovered: The story of the iconic Irish artefacts that have helped to shape and create modern Ireland, both north and south.     The programme reveals the surprising tales behind treasures such as the Tara Brooch, the Broighter Hoard, the Waterford Charter Roll and others, revealing new stories behind the artefacts that we thought we knew. It also

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Mary Beard's Ultimate Rome: Empire Without Limit episode 3

Mary Beard’s Ultimate Rome: Empire Without Limit episode 4

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Mary Beard’s Ultimate Rome: Empire Without Limit episode 4: In the fourth and final episode, Mary tackles the biggest puzzle of all: why, and how, did the Roman Empire fall? Surveying the massive walls and fortifications of Britain and Germany, she discovers an empire under pressure, struggling to control its borders.     Mary seeks to redefine our understanding of

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Mary Beard's Ultimate Rome: Empire Without Limit episode 3

Mary Beard’s Ultimate Rome: Empire Without Limit episode 3

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Mary Beard’s Ultimate Rome: Empire Without Limit episode 3: In the third episode Mary takes an in-depth look at the question of identity and citizenship within the Roman Empire. What did it mean to be, or to become, Roman, and how did the very different parts of the empire react to Roman rule?     In the beautifully preserved cities

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Rome: Empire Without Limit episode 2

Mary Beard’s Ultimate Rome: Empire Without Limit episode 2

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Mary Beard’s Ultimate Rome: Empire Without Limit episode 2: In the second episode, Mary Beard explores the physical world of the Roman Empire, and finds surprising parallels with our own world.     Setting out in the footsteps of the emperor Hadrian, she discovers a vast empire bound together by a common material culture, and a globalised economy of such

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Mary Beard's Ultimate Rome: Empire Without Limit episode 1

Mary Beard’s Ultimate Rome: Empire Without Limit episode 1

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Mary Beard’s Ultimate Rome: Empire Without Limit episode 1: How could a mediocre city in central Italy come to dominate such a huge area? What held the empire together and tore it apart? Mary Beard takes in the history and archaeology of the ancient world.     In this first episode, Mary Beard reaches back to the myths and legends

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The Man who Discovered Egypt

The Man who Discovered Egypt

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The Man who Discovered Egypt: Documentary about English Egyptologist Flinders Petrie, the pioneer of systematic methodology in archaeology.     Ancient Egypt was vandalised by tomb raiders and treasure hunters until this Victorian adventurer took them on. Most people have never heard of him, but this maverick undertook a scientific survey of the pyramids, discovered the oldest portraits in the

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First Horse Warriors

First Horse Warriors

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First Horse Warriors: Horse riding played a key role in human expansion and civilization. But when and how did people first master these animals? Scientists use archaeology and genetics to uncover clues about the first horse riders and how they shaped the world.     The advent of horse riding was a momentous step in human history. But when and

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