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Why Scientists Are Cooking Ancient Pots
Unlocking the mysteries of ancient ceramics is a bit complicated. Radiometric dating tells us the age of the clay, but when was it first shaped by a human? We can find out by blasting it with heat again!
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Greece, Mycenae ancient city - Grave Circle A and B
Mycenae, built between two hills, Profitis llias and Sara, dominates the Plain of Argos. According to myth, Mycenae was founded by Perseus, son of Zeus and Danae. In order to build the citadel, Perseus employed the Cyclopes, mythical...
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Greece, Mycenae ancient city - Tholos tombs
Mycenae, built between two hills, Profitis llias and Sara, dominates the Plain of Argos. According to myth, Mycenae was founded by Perseus, son of Zeus and Danae. In order to build the citadel, Perseus employed the Cyclopes, mythical...
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Greece, Mycenae ancient city - Treasury of Atreus Tholos tomb
Mycenae, built between two hills, Profitis llias and Sara, dominates the Plain of Argos. According to myth, Mycenae was founded by Perseus, son of Zeus and Danae. In order to build the citadel, Perseus employed the Cyclopes, mythical...
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Greece, Mycenae ancient city - Palace
Mycenae, built between two hills, Profitis llias and Sara, dominates the Plain of Argos. According to myth, Mycenae was founded by Perseus, son of Zeus and Danae. In order to build the citadel, Perseus employed the Cyclopes, mythical...
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Latvia, Araisi Lake Prehistoric site
Araisi lake dwelling site is a popular tourist location with original and reconstructed remnants of Latvian prehistory. It is a unique nationally important archaeological site: remains of the 9th-10th centuries Latgalian fortified...
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Bulgaria, Cherven ancient Medieval city
The remains of the medieval town of Cherven are an archaeological site of great importance to the research of Bulgarian culture of the Middle Ages. The first excavations were carried out in 1910-1911 under professor Vasil Zlatarski,...
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Peru, Ollantaytambo archaeological site
Around the mid-15th century, the Inca emperor Pachacuti conquered and razed Ollantaytambo; the town and the nearby region were incorporated into his personal estate.The emperor rebuilt the town with sumptuous constructions and undertook...
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Greece, Mycenae ancient city - Lions gate
Mycenae, built between two hills, Profitis llias and Sara, dominates the Plain of Argos. According to myth, Mycenae was founded by Perseus, son of Zeus and Danae. In order to build the citadel, Perseus employed the Cyclopes, mythical...
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Latvia, Giris Island - Meitu sala prehistoric site
Girls island, the earliest human settlement by the shore of Lake Arsai dates right back to the Stone Age. This is shown by stray finds of Stone Age artefacts found during the archaeological excavation at the Viking age Araisi lake...
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Greece, Mycenae ancient city
Mycenae, built between two hills, Profitis llias and Sara, dominates the Plain of Argos. According to myth, Mycenae was founded by Perseus, son of Zeus and Danae. In order to build the citadel, Perseus employed the Cyclopes, mythical...
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Greece, Crete - Minoan culture - Knossos
The centre of Minoan civilisation and capital of Minoan Crete lay 5km south of Heraklion. Knossos flourished for approximately two thousand years. It had large palace buildings, extensive workshop installations and luxurious rock-cut...
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New construction developments, burial grounds, new technological college, banking. UAE, 1974
Clip 5 from 'Arabia, the fortunate' a documentary about the United Arab Emirates in 1974. Footage of new construction developments, archaeologists working on burial grounds from 300 BC, new Gulf Technological College, women partaking in...
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VOICED French archaeologists uncover major site
0000 Pan exterior of tomb
0005 Various of workers removing wax from tomb exterior
0014 Pan interior of tomb
0019 Archaeologist looking at wall drawings and wall writings
0021 Close-up of wall drawing
0028 Various of wall drawing...
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Ancient Roman ruins. France, 1955
Clip 4 from the 1955 film 'La Piste Du Soleil', exploring the possibilities of exotic photography in France. Shots of ancient Roman ruins and a town procession of a reenacted crucifixion and villagers in costume.