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  1. 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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  2. Digging for Britain (2011)

    Subject
    Archaeology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 240 minutes), £19.99

    A four-part television series in which Dr Alice Roberts follows an entire year of British archaeology, joining up the results of digs and investigations around the country. Each programme deals with sites...

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  3. Je ne Suis Pas Moi-MÊme (2009)

    Director
    Alba Mora; Anna Sanmarti
    Subject
    Anthropology; Art; Business studies; Development studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 50 minutes), £50.00

    Shot in Cameroon and Brussels, the film examines the complex network surrounding the international market of African antiquities, and the contradictions in a European art market hungry for new tribal...

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  4. Network (2006)

    Director
    Andreas Apostolidis
    Subject
    Archaeology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1, 60 minutes), $29.95

    In 2005, California’s Getty Museum hit the news: their former curator for antiquities, Marion True has been accused of being involved in an extensive trade in archaeological treasures and went on trial in...

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  5. Jacques Cousteau Odyssey (2006)

    Subject
    Archaeology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 624 minutes), £29.99

    Jacques-Yves Cousteau was television’s most celebrated maker and presenter of documentaries about the underwater world. Setting the standard for such programmes for decades to come, he had a profound...

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  6. Seven Wonders of Ancient Rome: Circus Maximus and Trajan’s Forum (2005)

    Subject
    Archaeology; Classical studies; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 52 minutes), £14.99

    Explores the seven wonders of ancient Rome: the Pantheon, the Aqueducts, the Via Appia, the Baths of Caracalla, Trajan’s Market, Circus Maximus and the Colosseum. These were the works of great men who...

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  7. Seven Wonders of the Ancient World: The Ancient Egyptian Pyramids of Giza (2005)

    Subject
    Archaeology; Classical studies; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 45 minutes), £14.99

    Author and archaeologist, John Romer, contemplates the mystical aspects of the Seven Wonders, exploring the enduring fascination of the only surviving Wonder, the Pyramids. He then focuses his attention on...

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  8. Secrets of Lost Empires (1995 Video)

    Producer
    Michael Barnes; Robin Brightwell; Cynthia Page
    Subject
    Archaeology; Engineering
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 4 x 50 min., 1996 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p) each 1996 sale: £200.00 (+VAT +p&p) series

    A series in which modern engineers are challenged to reproduce some of the great monuments of ancient civilisations, using historical research and engineering techniques. 1 (producer Cynthia Page): A team of...

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  9. Classical Sculpture and the Enlightenment (1993 Video)

    Producer
    Robert Philip
    Subject
    Classical studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    The Grand Tour took many people of taste and wealth to Italy in the 18th century. Antique artefacts brought back from some of these travels form the nucleus of many of today’s museum collections. This...

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  10. African King, The (1990 Video)

    Director
    Nigel Evans
    Producer
    Tariq Ali
    Subject
    Art
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 40 min.

    About the illegal trade in Third-World art treasures, which is sustained by a large and complex international network of smugglers and dealers. Follows a trail of stolen 10th-17th century terracotta statues...

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