2003 | 12 hours and 15 mins | ISBN: 1565855175 | MP3 64 kbps + M4A | 592 MB
A series of flamboyant adventurers and archaeologists discovered the earliest civilizations and deciphered mysterious ancient scripts during the 19th century, before archaeology became the science it is today. This course tells the story of these legendary discoverers and the sites they found and excavated, including: Napoleon in ancient Egypt Sir Austen Henry Layard at Nineveh Heinrich Schliemann in Homeric Troy Arthur Evans at Knossos. The series concentrates on the explorers themselves. It is designed chronologically and includes a cast of fascinating characters such as circus strongman Giovanni Belzoni and French epigrapher Jean Francois Champollion, and a series of remarkable archaeologists including Paul Emile Botta, Howard Carter, John Lloyd Stephens, and Emil de Sarzec.
1. The Quest for Civilization
2. Search for the Pharaohs
3. Tomb Robbers and Hieroglyphs
4. Mysteries by Tigris and Euphrates
5. Nineveh and Its Remains
6. The Decipherment of Cuneiform
7. The Flood Tablets
8. Temples in the Rain Forest
9. Maya Travelers
10. Underground Jerusalem
11. The Quest for Troy
12. Agamemnon’s Grave
13. A Revolution in Archaeology
14. Flinders Petrie and the Small Artifact
15. Lords of the Labyrinth
16. Hittites
17. Lords of the Andes
18. Nubian Neighbors
19. The Tomb of Tutankhamun
20. Woolley at Ur
21. Legendary Dynasties of China
22. Cities of the Indus
23. Maya Decipherment
24. Epilogue
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