Explores the history of ancient civilizations, looking at the earliest civilizations including Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the Phoenicians, and examining aspects of ancient Greece and Rome. Features time lines, maps, and photographs of notable sites and artifacts.
Computer animation recreates ancient cultures, dramatizing the history, day-to-day lives, beliefs, traditions, and practices of the Aztec and Maya Empires, ancient Greece, Rome, and Egypt, Machu Picchu, and Pompeii.
Looks at ancient Chinese culture by examining monuments such as the Great Wall of China. Features graphic re-creations of a Chinese village from 7,000 years ago, the terracotta army of the First Chinese Emperor, and Beijing's Forbidden City. Features computer animation, on-location footage, and expert commentary. (50 min.).
Learn how archaeologists are penetrating Egypt's long-buried mysteries, from the science of preparing a mummy for eternity, to the art of composing a love letter in hieroglyphs, to the technology capable of raising the largest stone buildings ever erected by human beings. (36 min.).
Uses computer graphics, archival film, reconstructions, and dramatizations to examine significant people, places, and events in the ancient civilizations of Rome and Pompeii, Athens and Greece, Egypt, and the Aztec and Maya empires.
Re-creations and on-location reconstructions combine with commentary and analysis from experts to provide insights into the ancient civilizations of Egypt and Greece.
Re-creations and on-location reconstructions combine with commentary and analysis from experts to provide insights into the ancient civilizations of China and Japan.
