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  1. Lost King, The (2022 Film)

    Director
    Stephen Frears
    Producer
    Steve Coogan; Philippa Langley
    Subject
    Archaeology; Drama; History; Shakespeare

    Comedy-drama cased on the true story of amateur historian Philippa Langley (played by Sally Hawkins) and her involvement in the unearthing of the remains of King Richard III in Leicester in 2012. She is...

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  2. Vikings Uncovered, The (2016)

    Director
    Harvey Lilley
    Subject
    Archaeology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 110 minutes), £390.00

    In this two-part BBC documentary archaeologist Dr. Sarah Parcak and television presenter Dan Snow travel from the east coast of Scotland to Iceland, Greenland and North America to study the role and...

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  3. Talking Stone: Rock Art of the Cosos (2014)

    Director
    Paul Goldsmith
    Subject
    Archaeology; Art
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 53 minutes), $219.00 [Institutional rate]; $19.95 [Home use]

    Hidden away in the canyons of a top-secret military base on the edge of the Mojave Desert is the largest concentration of rock art in North America. Created over thousands of years by a now vanished culture,...

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  4. Medieval Dead (2014)

    Subject
    Archaeology; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 280 minutes), £24.99

    A television series investigating the lives and deaths of the medieval world. Episode titles are: ‘Last Stand At Visby’, ‘The Mysterious Woman Of Tadcaster’, ‘The Defenders Of Masterby’,...

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  5. Richard III: The King in the Car Park / The Unseen Story (2013)

    Subject
    Archaeology; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 150 minutes), £9.99

    The KING IN THE CAR PARK follows a team of scientists as they investigate and carry out tests on a skeleton found in September 2012 at a Leicester car park believed to be the remains of Richard III, while...

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  6. 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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  7. Manuscripts of Timbuktu, The (2012)

    Director
    Zola Maseko
    Producer
    David Max Brown
    Subject
    Anthropology; Arabic studies; Archaeology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 52 minutes), $195.00

    A film on how the legendary Timbuktu became one of the world’s leading scholarly and trading centres during the 12 - 15th centuries. It dispels the myth that Africa had no science or written culture before...

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  8. Nova: Secrets of the Viking Sword (2012)

    Subject
    Archaeology; History; Science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 60 minutes), $19.99

    This documentary examines one of the most formidable weapons of of the Middle Ages: the Viking Ulfberht sword: a light, razor sharp, virtually indestructible weapon, with the name ULFBERHT inlaid along the...

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  9. Vikings (2012)

    Producer
    John Eastman
    Subject
    Archaeology; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 177 minutes), £19.99

    Neil Oliver presents this three-part history documentary exploring the truth behind the legend of the Vikings. Tracing their story from their Scandinavian origins and following their trail to America - or...

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  10. Treasures of Ancient Rome: The Art Behind the Empire (2012)

    Subject
    Archaeology; Art; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 150 minutes), £585.00

    Art critic Alastair Sooke sets out to show the art of the Romans for what it really is - both the best insight to the Roman world and an important grounding for western art. The series traces how, during the...

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