Secrets of the ancients [videorecording].
Secrets of the ancients [videorecording].
About this item
Full title
Publisher
London : BBC, c1999; North Sydney : BBC Worldwide (distributor), 2000.
Uniform title
Date
2000.
Call Numbers
VB12513 , VB12510 , VB12512 , VB12511 , VB12514
Record Identifier
MMS ID
Language
English
Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
5 videocassettes (VHS PAL) (50 min. ea.) : sd., col. ; 1/2in.
Contents
Ep.1. Viking voyage -- ep.2. Caesar's bridge/produced by Martin Mortimer -- ep.3. The claw/produced by Sarah Hardgreaves -- ep.4. Olmec heads -- ep.5. Hanging gardens of Babylon.
Series producer: Cynthia Page.
Publication information
Publisher
London : BBC, c1999; North Sydney : BBC Worldwide (distributor), 2000.
Performers
Narrator: Robert Lindsay.
Place of Publication
New South Wales
Date Published
2000.
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Summary
Historians and engineers try to envisage the methods by which ancient peoples accomplished certain feats. Reconstructed examples include: a Viking North Sea voyage; a bridge across the Rhine; A weapon of war designed by Archimedes; Giant heads carved by Mexicans ; water engineering.
Alternative Titles
Full title
Secrets of the ancients [videorecording].
Variant title
Viking voyage [videorecording].
Caesar's bridge [videorecording].
Olmec heads [videorecording].
The claw [videorecordimg].
The hanging gardens of Babylon [videorecording].
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Notes
General note
A BBC/History Channel co-production.
"BBC Learning"--Video jacket; "BBC Education & Training"--Video label.
Language note
Non-English dialogue is subtitled.
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
VB12513 , VB12510 , VB12512 , VB12511 , VB12514
Record Identifier
74VvBbD2EWVO
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvBbD2EWVO
Other Identifiers
DDC
930
MMS ID
991016538239702626
