Ancient Voices

Synopsis
A series of 11 programmes investigating the mysteries of specific historical artefacts and monuments and the cultures that spawned them.
Language
English
Country
Great Britain
Year of release
2006
Year of production
1999
Notes
Broadcast in 11 50-minute episodes on BBC2, beginning 1/9/1999
Subjects
Archaeology; History
Keywords
ancient civilisations; archaeological sites

Distribution Formats

Type
DVD
Format
Region 2 PAL
Price
£29.99 the set
Availability
Sale
Duration/Size
550 minutes
Year
2006

Sections

Title
Tracking the first Americans
Synopsis
The discovery in Brazil of an 11,000-year-old-female skull, dubbed "Luzia", has challenged received ideas about who the first settlers in the Americas were. Forensic artist Dr Richard Neave helps to investigate her identity and origins.
Duration
50 mins

Title
Egypt’s Lost City
Synopsis
The story behind the revolutionary cult introduced by pharaoh Akhenaten to the city of Amarna, which now lies in ruins. The most traumatic chapter in Eqypt’s history, it unleashed a violent backlash which wiped the name of Akhenaten from Egyptian history - and could explain the untimely fate of King Tutankhamun.
Duration
50 mins

Title
Cahokia: America’s Lost City
Synopsis
Film about the rise and fall of the civilisation that built a great city of earth mounds called Cahokia, the remains of which now lie buried beneath St Louis, in the heart of North America. The programme reveals how, in its heyday 1,000 years ago, the city was bigger than London or Rome, yet few people know of its existence.
Duration
50 mins

Title
Seeking Noah’s Flood
Synopsis
According to both the Bible and the Koran, a mighty flood once submerged the ancient world. This film follows the trail back many thousands of years to the time of Noah and the great flood, uncovering evidence of a time when the entire oceans of the world broke into and destroyed forever the lowland civilisation located in the area now known as the Black Sea.
Duration
50 mins

Title
In Pursuit of the Holy Grail
Synopsis
An investigation into the pursuit of the Holy Grail, the most precious object in Christendom which is charged with divine power and visible only to the pure of mind and body.
Duration
50 mins

Title
Traders of the Dead Sea Scrolls
Synopsis
The story of the race to track down fragments of one of history’s most controversial discoveries - the Dead Sea Scrolls. In 1947, a young Bedouin shepherd stumbled upon cryptic writings that had lain hidden for nearly 2,000 years. An examination of what the Dead Sea Scrolls can teach us about the origins of Christianity.
Duration
50 mins

Title
Secret of Stonehenge, The
Synopsis
Dr Tony Spawforth investigates the history and importance of Stonehenge. Since it was encountered by the Romans two thousand years ago it has been shrouded in mystery. But clues to its meaning have been found as far afield as northern Scotland and Madagascar’s tribal villages.
Duration
50 mins

Title
Riddle of Nubia’s Tombs
Synopsis
Concealed for millennia in Africa beneath the burial mounds of the once-mighty Nubian empire, the skeletons of hundreds of royal servants line the interior of their king’s grave.
Duration
50 mins

Title
Mystery of the Taj Mahal
Synopsis
Dr Kate Spence presents a documentary about the Taj Mahal, built by Shah Jahan as a mausoleum for his wife Mumtaz. But the building is far more than a magnificent tomb. New research by Professor Wayne Begley of the University of Iowa reveals the surprising secrets of the structure, which have remained hidden for almost 400 years, and discloses the Shah’s real intentions.
Duration
50 mins

Title
Aztecs: Inside the Hidden Empire
Synopsis
Beneath the sprawl of modern-day Mexico City lie the once-glorious remains of the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan.
Duration
50 mins

Title
Search for El Dorado
Synopsis
The story of how the Spanish adventurer, Gonzalo Jimenez de Quesada, travelled across the Andes in search of El Dorado, the city of gold, where at the dawn of the 16th century divine mummies led native armies, children were sacrificed to the sun and men were worshipped as living gods.
Duration
50 mins

Production Company

Name

Time-Life Broadcasting

Distributor

 

Available from retail outlets

Name

Simply Media

Contact
Laura Smith
Email
info@simplymedia.tv
Web
http://www.simplymedia.tv/ External site opens in new window
Phone
0203 542 3722
Address
Highlight House
57 Margaret Street
London W1W 8SJ
Notes
Formerly known as DD Home Entertainment or DDHE
Name

Time-Life Video

Phone
020 7438 4719
Address
Direct Entertainment UK Ltd
Brettenham House
Lancaster Place
London
WC2E 7TL

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