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Excavations for New Park Disclose Ruins of Ancient Civilization

Date released

4 Apr 1932

Series name

Universal News

Issue no

181

NoS ID

138675

Story no

3 / 9

Extras

1 commentary sheet

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Cradles of Civilization: Ancient Greece (2007)

Subject

Classical studies; Philosophy

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 48 minutes), £17.99

Considered by many to be the birthplace of Western thought, ancient Greece was home to many of the world’s great minds. The complex and intriguing philosophies of Aristotle, Socrates, Plato and Pythagoras...

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Ancient World with Bettany Hughes, The: The Minoans (2010)

Subject

Archaeology; History

Historian Bettany Hughes explores Crete, once home to the mighty Minoan civilisation whose sophisticated society changed the whole of Greece. She examines the theories of Victorian archaeologist Arthur Evans...

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Hamoukar: Redrawing the Map of the World’s Earliest Cities (2007)

Subject

Archaeology

Clemens Reichel, Research Associate at the Oriental Institute, explains the importance of the groundbreaking archaeological expedition he co-directed at Hamoukar in Northern Syria. Until recently,...

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Archaeology: A Secret History (2013)

Subject

Archaeology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 150 minutes), £585.00

In this series of three films, archaeologist Richard Miles travels through the ages of the Renaissance and Enlightenment, and into the modern day, to discover how we have tried to understand our ancient...

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Erasing Memory: The Cultural Destruction of Iraq (2006)

Subject

Archaeology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 28 minutes), £19.95

Part of a 13-part series entitled SHOCKING AND AWFUL, produced by independent video activists and distributed in the US on Free Speech TV and community access channels. The series addresses the implications...

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Jacques Cousteau Odyssey (2006)

Subject

Archaeology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 624 minutes), £29.99

Jacques-Yves Cousteau was television’s most celebrated maker and presenter of documentaries about the underwater world. Setting the standard for such programmes for decades to come, he had a profound...

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Mahomet (2003)

aka: Mohammed

Subject

History; Religious studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0, 290 minutes), £27.00

A documentary series of five 52-minute episodes on the genesis of Islam, the life of the Prophet, the Koran, the Sunna, the Haddith, the emergence of the commentaries and Muslim rights, but also the Arabs,...

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Why Democracy? (Short Films) (2007)

Subject

Development studies; Philosophy; Politics & government

Distribution

Not In Distribution

In October 2007, ten one-hour films focusing on contemporary democracy were broadcast in the world’s largest ever factual media event. Running alongside the 10 documentaries, and integral to the outreach...

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