Video: Topics: History: Civilizations
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Kingdom of David: The Saga of the Israelites | The End of Days | PBS (#103)
Full Program: Conflict erupts between Jews and Romans when Pompeii enters Judah in 63 BC 55:19
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NOVA | Lost King of the Maya | PBS (#2804)
Full Program: In an ancient Mayan arena, enemies of notorious King Yax kõuk Mo square off in a ball game that appears much like modern soccer. But in this fateful contest, winners live and losers lose their heads. 54:17
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Secrets of the Lost Empire | Easter Island | PBS (#103)
Full Program: Travel to Easter Island to discover the secrets of this vanished civilization through the "moai," the massive headstones that these ancient islanders created to achieve peace and harmony, yet... 54:38
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Secrets of the Lost Empire | Roman Bath | PBS (#104)
Full Program: Tour the crumbling public baths of Rome to learn intimate details of what life was really like for ancient Roman citizens, and in the process, discover the engineering feats that made these... 54:54
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Secrets of the Lost Empire | Pharaoh's Obelisk | PBS (#102)
Full Program: Discover how ancient Egyptians used nautical experience, ingenuity, and unwavering faith to raise massive 500-ton granite monoliths that have stood for thousands of years in tribute to their... 57:38
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Secrets of the Lost Empire | China Bridge | PBS (#105)
Full Program: Travel to 12th-century China as engineers, scientists and scholars help reveal the intricate mysteries behind the revolutionary strength and elegance of the Rainbow Bridge. 54:41
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NOVA | Cracking the Maya Code | PBS (#3508)
Full Program: The ancient Maya civilization of Central America left behind a riddle: an intricate and mysterious hieroglyphic script carved on stone monuments and painted on pottery and bark books. Because the... 52:49
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NOVA | Secrets of the Parthenon | PBS (#3503)
Full Program: How did the ancient Greeks design and build their masterpiece so quickly? 53:12
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THE STORY OF INDIA | Excerpt from Episode 4 | PBS (#104)
In this episode Michael Wood shows us some of the amazing achievements of medieval India: In astronomy they discovered the heliocentric universe, absolute zero and the circumference of the earth. 01:53
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THE STORY OF INDIA | Excerpt from Episode 3 | PBS (#103)
As the spice routes and the silk roads opened up, Indian civilization grew, enriched by contact and exchange. 02:40
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THE STORY OF INDIA | Excerpt from Episode 2 | PBS (#102)
Beginning with incredible images of a Jain festival that takes place once every twelve years, Wood follows the life of the Buddha, describes the invasion of India by Alexander the Great and ends... 01:41
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THE STORY OF INDIA | Excerpt 1 from Episode 1 | PBS (#101)
Michael Wood's fascinating journey through the history of the Indian Subcontinent chronicles the incredible richness and diversity of its peoples, cultures and landscapes; the originality and... 03:02
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NOVA scienceNOW | Hello, this is Earth | PBS (#305)
If Earth received a message from outer space what, if anything, would we say back? Jill Tartar, director of the SETI Institute, has thought long and hard about what we could, should, and would say... 04:58
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SECRETS OF THE DEAD | Sinking Atlantis | Trailer | PBS (#802)
Five thousand years ago the Minoans, Europe's first great civilization, flourished on the island of Crete. Yet in their heyday, they mysteriously disappeared. 00:31
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SECRETS OF THE DEAD | Aztec Massacre | Trailer | PBS (#701)
Visit www.pbs.org/secrets for more information. A grisly discovery of more than 400 mutilated bodies in Mexico is turning history on its head. Aztec Massacre paints a new picture of the violent... 00:36
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