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Archaeology : an introduction to the world's greatest sites Cover Image DVD DVD

Archaeology : an introduction to the world's greatest sites / Dr. Eric H. Cline

Cline, Eric H., (author,, speaker.). Teaching Company, (issuing body.).

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  • ISBN: 1629972614
  • ISBN: 9781629972619
  • Physical Description: 4 videodiscs (12 hours) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 print or CD-ROM course guidebook
  • Publisher: Chantilly, VA : Great Courses/National Geographic, [2016]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Course no. 9431.
24 lectures; 30 minutes per lecture.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Course guidebook includes biographical notes, lecture guides, bibliographical references and credits.
Formatted Contents Note:
Disc 1 : The origins of modern archaeology -- Excavting Pompeii and Herculaneum -- Schliemann and his sucessors at Troy -- Early archaeology in Mesopotamia -- How do archaeologists know where to dig? -- Prehistoric archaeology.
Disc 2 : Gobekli Tepe, Catalhoyuk, and Jericho -- Pyramids, Mummies and Hieroglyphics -- King Tut's tomb -- How you do excavate at a site? -- Discovering Mycenae and Knossos -- Santorini, Akrotiri, and the Atlantis myth.
Disc 3 : The Uluburun shipwreck -- The dead sea scrolls -- The myth to Masada? -- Megiddo: Excavating armageddon -- The Canaanite Palace at Tel Kabri -- Petra, Palmyra, and Ebla.
Disc 4 : How are artifacts dated and preserved? -- The terracotta army, Sutton Hoo, and Otzi -- Discovering the Maya -- The Nazca Lines, Sipan, and Machu Picchu -- Archaeology in North America -- From the Aztecs to Future Archaeology.
Participant or Performer Note:
Lectures presented by Dr. Eric H. Cline, The George Washington University.
Summary, etc.:
"Join the Great Courses and National Geographic for a spellbinding journey to wondrous ancient sites, and explore the greatest marvels of archaeology"--Provided by publisher.
System Details Note:
DVD, all regions.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Canterbury Public Library.

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Canterbury Public Library DVD 930.1 ARCHAEOLOGY (Text) boxed set 33190153997499 Adult Nonfiction DVD Available -

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