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Tours of Teotihuacán, Pompeii, Petra, and four of Crete’s Bronze-Age palaces. Each site includes the complete article from the ‘Scientific American’ anthology ‘Ancient Cities’, plus animations,...
Covers the 1986 season of the British Museum Excavation project at the 3000-year-old Bronze Age settlement of Runnymede Bridge and the subsequent laboratory work on the finds.
In Red Bay, Labrador, in 1978, a Basque whaling ship dating from the 16th century was discovered in water only dozens of feet deep. The discovery meant that Basque fisherman had whaled off the coasts of...
Discusses the archaeological remains of the First and Second Temple periods which lie buried beneath the city.
Examines the Celtic, Greek and Roman archaeological remains in Arles, Entremont and Glanum. Traces the growth of Roman influence through the establishment of the first Roman province in southern France and...
Examines the architectural achievements of Herod the Great, using some aerial footage, and assesses his relationship both with the Jews and with Rome. Caesarea and Samaria (Sebaste) and the base of the...
Places in context the portraits of the Emperor Augustus that have survived on coins and as busts. Discusses the development of portraiture from the idealised representations of Alexander the Great through to...
Introduces the whole range of Roman remains and shows how, in the specific case of Augustus, both coins and remains of buildings can be used as historical evidence. Concentrates on Augustus’ buildings in...
An account of the salvaging and subsequent conservation of the warship ‘Wasa’ and its contents which sank in Stockholm harbour in 1628. Some dramatic reconstruction using actors illustrates the events...
Discusses two approaches to determining the age of an archaeological site, relating to other sites. Introduces methods of dating artifacts absolutely, including tree-ring dating (dendrochronology),...
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