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The librarians volume 1
Description
A team of librarians working for an ancient organization hidden under the Metropolitan Public Library recover artifacts and fight against supernatural threats as they investigate various mysteries.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
The legend of King Arthur is one of the most evocative stories in British mythology. We think of the romantic King, with his beautiful wife Guinivere by his side and the trusty sword Excalibur in his hand. The truth, we discover, is very different. The story was written in the medieval period but it was set hundreds of years earlier, in the Dark Ages.
Pub. Date
[2006]
Description
Classical archaeology, the excavation and analysis of ancient Greek and Roman sites, has been one of the leading branches of archaeology, pioneering its basic methods and major innovations. In these 36 half-hour lectures, Dr. John R. Hale of the University of Louisville guides the listener through 18th-century excavations at Herculaneum and Pompeii, tours many important archaeological sites or discoveries, from the Bronze Age to late antiquity, and...
Series
Pub. Date
c2003
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.
Pub. Date
[2010]
Description
When Columbus stepped ashore in 1492, millions of people were already living in America. It wasn't exactly a 'new world,' but an old one whose inhabitants had built a vast infrastructure of cities, orchards, canals, and causeways. After Columbus, an endless wave of explorers, conquistadors, and settlers arrived, and with each of their ships came a Noah's Ark of plants, animals, and disease. Here is an exploration into the mysterious world of ancient...
Pub. Date
c2010
Description
Every year, a million visitors are drawn to the Salisbury Plain in southern England, to gaze upon a mysterious circle of stones. Stonehenge may be the best-known and most mysterious relic of prehistory. Now investigations inside and around Stonehenge have kicked off a dramatic new era of discovery and debate. Who built Stonehenge? What was its purpose? How did prehistoric people quarry, transport, sculpt, and erect the giant stones? A new generation...
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Series
Description
Through Professor Hale's vibrant commentary and extensive field footage, you discover monumental ancient cities, classical ruins, temples, shrines, fortresses, stadiums, theaters, churches, and palaces. In each site, you explore the critical history and culture that defined them and the ways in which they influenced our modern world. In their compelling historical and visual detail, the lectures offer both a rich resource for travelers preparing to...
Pub. Date
c2008
Description
Journey back 4,500 years to unlock the secrets of the world's most enduring archaeological mystery. This television program presents world-renowned archaeologists as they reveal a revolutionary new theory about who built Stonehenge and why. Thanks to a recent discovery of a lost city just two miles from the famous stone circle, our understanding of this era is now transformed.
13) The Score
Pub. Date
[2001]
Description
Persuaded to help a desperate friend for a $6 million payday, an expert safecracker postpones his retirement to pull off one last heist with a novice thief. Their foolproof plan turns into a high risk gamble when a clash of egos threatens to bring them both down.
Pub. Date
2009
Description
"Take to the sky for a completely new view of the life of Jesus as we travel through his homeland and the sites of the Bible's most famous stories. Spectacular ariel photography captures the incredible landscapes from Nazareth to Jerusalem, while the locals who protect and care for Jesus' legacy explain the real settings behind the life story that changed the world." --Back cover.
16) Tomb of Christ
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
"For centuries, visitors to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem believed that they stood within what was merely a symbolic representation of Jesus' burial place. But what if the edicule within the church, an ancient crumbling structure, really does house Christ's actual tomb? Oxford archeologists Martin and Birthe Biddle reconstruct Jesus' final day and trace the history of the various incarnations of the edicule, looking for evidence that...
Pub. Date
[2002]
Description
It's 1880's London and Cavis and Millward are putting the finishing touches on their first Christmas musical, filled with spectacle and more electric lights than London has ever seen. Unfortunately, a church pageant is opening the same night right down the street, featuring a priceless artifact that hasn't been seen in 80 years! Just how far will Cavis go to make sure his show opens on top?
Pub. Date
2010
Description
The royal tomb of Pharaoh Psusennes I is one of the most spectacular of all the ancient Egyptian treasures. Discovered in 1939 by French archeologist Pierre Montet, why hasn't the world heard about it? Archaeologists, using the hieroglyphs inside the tomb, pieced together the identity of the pharaoh, and further investigation reveals political intrigue, a lost city, and a leader who united a country in turmoil and became the Silver Pharaoh.
Pub. Date
2006
Description
Disc 1: Pompeii -- Rome -- Egyptian pyramids -- Athens -- Etruria ; Disc 2: Karnak, Luxor, Memphis, Thebes -- Alexandria -- Greek cities of Italy -- Aztec pyramids -- Incan cities ; Disc 3: Mayan cities -- Greek cities of Turkey -- Greece -- Syrian desert -- Sailing with the Phoenicians ; Disc 4: Roman Empire in Africa -- Ancient Roman cities -- Hannibal's route across the Alps -- Roman imprint in Spain and France -- Persia ; Disc 5: Roman province...
