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Series
Publisher
Questar
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
Jerusalem's eight gates represent the spiritual gateways of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam, and each plays a vital role in Jerusalem's past, present and perhaps future. Through the description of these gates, this documentary traces the history of the most troubled and the most revered city in the world from Abraham to modern time.
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Albert Lin seeks out the truth behind two great stories of the Bible. Could real events lie behind the parting of the Red Sea and the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah? To solve these mysteries Albert will use satellites and space age technology to look beneath the earth's surface to reveal secrets that have been buried for thousands of years.
Publisher
Screen Media
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Unraveling a series of clues left behind by his grandfather, Mickey Matson and his friends embark on a magical journey in search of a mythical ancient device. With the future of the country hanging in the balance, they will have to outsmart and outrun an evil conspiracy that dates back to the civil war. Chock full of exciting twists and turns.
11) Ancient computer
Publisher
WGBH Education Foundation
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
An unpromising lump of metal found in a 2,000-year-old shipwreck turns out to be an extraordinary treasure: the world's first computer. NOVA follows the ingenious detective work that painstakingly discovered the truth about the ancient Greek device: it was an astonishingly sophisticated astronomical calculator and eclipse predictor, unrivaled until the era of modern science and believed to be from the workshop of Archimedes.
Publisher
National Park Service
Pub. Date
[?]
Language
English
Description
From the time of Christ, the Ancestral Puebloans lived in the Four Corners Country and then they moved on. What they left behind are massive stone cities crouched low on mesa tops, nestled in natural caves and along shear canyon walls. These are some of the oldest, largest and most beautiful prehistoric ruins in North America.
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Michael Wood tells the story of one place, the village of Kibworth, Leicestershire, throughout the whole of English history. Located in the very heart of England, Kibworth has lived through the Black Death, the Civil War and the Industrial Revolution, and was even bombed in World War II. With the help of the local people and using archaeology, landscape, language and DNA, Michael Wood uncovers the lost history of this village from the Roman era to...
14) Egypt uncovered
Publisher
Kultur
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
"Using modern technology and the latest archaeological findings, world-renowned Egyptologists breathe life into one of history's most fascinating cultures."--Container.
15) The Americas
Publisher
A & E Television Networks
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Using dramatic reenactments, state of the art cinematography, location shooting, CGI and 3-D animation, historians and experts talk about the ancient history of the Americas and the discovery of a new world.
Publisher
WGBH Educational Foundation
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
"The ancient Maya civilization of Central America left behind an intricate and mysterious hieroglyphic script carved on monuments and painted on pottery and bark books ... [This program] highlights the ingenious breakthroughs that cracked the code, unleashing a flood of dramatic new insights about the ancient civilization"--Container.
Series
Publisher
Distributed in the U.S. by New Video
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Explores the truth behind the epic legend of Beowulf, the famous Viking warrior who battled bloodthirsty invaders, barbaric monsters, and a fire-breathing dragon, to emerge as Norse mythology's greatest hero. Features comments from historians and scholars and information about archaeological finds in England, including unearthed burial mounds and anicent carvings, that suggest that the story of Beowulf may be more than just a myth.
Series
Ancient civilizations volume 5
Publisher
International Masters Publishers
Pub. Date
2008, c2003
Language
English
Description
5,000 years ago, a group of Stone Age farmers began work on the most astonishing structure In Neolithic Europe. The task would take them one and a half millennia to complete. What prompted them to embark on such a project, and what do the alignments of the stones really signify?