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  1. 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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  2. 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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  3. Pompeii: Life in a Roman Town (2013)

    Director
    Paul Elston
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 90 minutes), £14.99

    Television documentary. Cambridge Professor of Classics, Mary Beard, presents new insights into the lives of the people who lived and died in Pompeii, based on the discovery of 54 skeletons in a cellar in...

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  4. 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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  5. Bible’s Buried Secrets, The (2011)

    Producer
    Emily Jarvis; Rob Cowling
    Subject
    Archaeology; Religious studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 150 minutes), £585.00

    Hebrew scholar Francesca Stavrakopoulou examines how recent archaeological discoveries are changing the way stories from The Bible are interpreted and how these, in turn, are forcing a re-assessment of the...

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  6. Solomon Treasures, The (2008)

    Director
    Robert Eagle
    Subject
    Archaeology; History; Religious studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 50 minutes), £20.00

    In 2001 a tablet was offered for sale to the Israel Museum which appeared to come from the Temple of Solomon. Scholars and scientists declared it genuine, but an official investigation revealed that the...

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  7. First Emperor, The: The Man Who Made China (2007)

    Director
    Nic Young
    Subject
    Archaeology; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 110 minutes), £17.99

    Combining re-enactments, expert commentary, and impressive graphic re-creations, Discovery Channel’s THE FIRST EMPEROR: THE MAN WHO MADE CHINA traces the ingenious and brutal rise of Qin Shi Huang, the...

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  8. First Emperor, The: China’s Terracotta Army (2007)

    Subject
    Archaeology; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 40 minutes), £15.99

    Made for the British Museum to accompany the exhibition of Chinese terracotta figures.Based on th4e latest research and including location photography at key sites in China, this film sheds new light on the...

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  9. First Emperor of China, The (2006)

    Subject
    Archaeology; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes), £16.99

    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...

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  10. Sutton Hoo Helmet, The (2006)

    Subject
    Archaeology; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 30 minutes), £9.99

    Documentary about the Sutton Hoo helmet and the other treasures which were found when the Anglo-Saxon ship burial was excavated near Woodbridge in Suffolk on the eve of World War II. The film includes...

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