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  1. Ancient Worlds (2010)

    Subject
    Anthropology; Archaeology; Classical studies; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 360 minutes), £24.99

    A six-part odyssey tracing the development of Western civilisation - from the first cities of Mesopotamia to the fall of the Roman Empire. Academic and archaeologist Richard Miles travels through the Middle...

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  2. 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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  3. Ancient World with Bettany Hughes, The: Helen of Troy (2010)

    Subject
    Archaeology; Classical studies; History

    Historian Bettany Hughes embarks on an epic journey across the eastern Mediterranean to disentangle myth from reality and find out the truth about Helen of Troy, the most beautiful woman on earth. (102 minutes)

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  4. Iraq Museum, The: The Loss of a Nation’s Memory (2009)

    Subject
    Archaeology

    In April 2003, American troops entered Baghdad and the fog of war descended over the city. The staff of the National Museum of Iraq, under Director Dr. Donny George, were forced to abandon the Museum...

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  5. Victorian Farm (2009)

    Subject
    Agriculture; Archaeology; History; Veterinary science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 360 minutes), £19.99

    A six-part television series which challenged a group of experts, including a food historian and two archaeologists, to rediscover the skills and tools of the mid-19th century and run a mock-Victorian farm...

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  6. Cruachan Hollow Mountain, The (2009)

    Subject
    Archaeology; Engineering
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 81 minutes), £19.56

    The story of the construction of the Cruachan pumped storage Hydro-Electric Scheme, one of the most ambitious schemes of its time. All stages of the construction are detailed in this meticulously produced...

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  7. Archaeocast 13: Coastal and Marine Geophysics on the North Sea (2009)

    Subject
    Archaeology

    This edition of Wessex Archaeology’s audio podcasts features their coastal and marine geophysical survey team on the North Sea. Surveyor Tina Michel describes the investigation of an important Palaeolithic...

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  8. Stone Age Artists, The Magdalenian Masters (2009)

    Director
    Philippe Plailly
    Producer
    Thierry Berrod
    Subject
    Archaeology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 52 minutes), 20 euros

    The inception of art in prehistoric times is a much debated issue. Some believe it coincides with a revolution of the mind, which is thought to have started about 40,000 years ago. Others think it is the...

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  9. Forgotten Men of the Valley of the Kings, The (2008)

    aka: Les Hommes Oubliés de la Vallée des Rois

    Director
    Jérôme Prieur
    Subject
    Archaeology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 52 minutes), £19.99

    In modern Deir el-Madinah, located near Luxor in Upper Egypt, extremely rare vestiges of an Egyptian city from the time of the Pharaohs have been found. Kha, Sennedjem, Pached, Nakhtaman and Inerkhaou lived...

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  10. Face of Britain (2008)

    Subject
    Archaeology; Biology; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0, 155 minutes), £9.99

    A television series in which archaeologist Neil Oliver follows the biggest ever survey of the genetic make-up of the British people. The result is a kind of DNA map of Britain - a genetic Domesday Book -...

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