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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...
A compilation of three programmes in which Adam Hart-Davis builds and tests some of the most extraordinary inventions from the ancient world of the Egyptians, the Romans and the Greeks. Egypt - From the...
A series of 11 programmes investigating the mysteries of specific historical artefacts and monuments and the cultures that spawned them.
Qin Shihuang was the First Emperor of China. He not only gave China its name but is responsible for founding the longest enduring nation state in the world. This programme chronicles the period of Qin...
In their heyday, the Phoenicians dominated Mediterranean waters with commercial skill and seafaring force. Yet very little is known about this ancient people; their cities, temples and culture were destroyed...
Two programmes from the series based on the works of the Turkish author and thinker Harun Yahya, who promotes a creationist view of Islam. Throughout world history, a great many very different civilisations...
Documentary series using dramatic reconstructions and computer graphics to tell the story of the rise and fall of ancient Rome, focussing on six key turning points in Roman history. Based on extensive...
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...
Twenty-five hundred years before modern air travel the ancient Chinese had learned the complicated principles of fluid and aerodynamics. The notion of "hard air" (air pressure) was understood by Taoist monks...
This DVD examines the lion hunt reliefs in the British Museum which were created around 645 BC, when the Assyrian empire was at its height and once decorated the walls of King Ashurbanipal’s palace in...
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