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Publisher
Time-Life Video and Television (distributor)
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
This Emmy-Award winning series for Outstanding Informational Series features original location cinematography in 25 countries, taking the viewer around the world on an incredible journey from ancient Mesopotamia to modern Tibet.
Series
Ancient civilizations volume 19
Publisher
International Masters Publishers
Pub. Date
2008, c2007
Language
English
Description
In 1922 archaeologist Howard Carter discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun. Learn about the treasures within the tomb of the pharaoh, from objects of beauty to practical items that were provided for the king's journey to the underworld.
Publisher
Dreamscape Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
For over 50 years, archaeologist Dr. Douglas Anderson, of Brown University, studied the Inupiaq Natives of Northwestern Alaska. When one of the last excavations of his career shuts down due to the discovery of human remains, he must rely on the relationships he has built with the Inupiaq.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Forty years ago, hundreds of skeletons were unearthed in a mass grave in an English village. Bioarchaeologist Cat Jarman believes these bones are the last remains of the 'Great Heathen Army,' a legendary Viking fighting force that once invaded England. Cat's team uncovers human stories from the front line, including evidence of women warriors and a lost king reunited with his son in death.
Publisher
Thinking Man Films
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Did the Israelites' exodus from Egypt really happen? There's evidence that it did. Traveling from the United States to Israel and England, filmmaker Timothy Mahoney sifts through archaeological and historical clues, as well as comments from scholars and experts, to determine the truth as he builds a new case for an ancient, and often controversial, story.
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
In central China, a vast underground mausoleum conceals a life-size terracotta army built to serve China's first emperor, Qin Shi Huang Di, in the afterlife. With exclusive access to pioneering research, it reveals how the Emperor directed the manufacture of the tens of thousands of bronze weapons carried by the clay soldiers including lethal crossbows engineered with astonishing precision.
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