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Churches: How to Read Them, Episode 6, The Victorians and After
directed by Karen Selway, fl. 2007; presented by Richard Taylor, 1967-; produced by Karen Selway, fl. 2007, British Broadcasting Corporation, in Churches: How to Read Them, Episode 6 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2010), 33 mins
Richard Taylor discovers how, at the height of the Industrial Revolution, medieval imagery and ritual make a surprise return to Victorian places of worship and plunge the Anglican Church into conflict. Richard retraces the controversy surrounding this Oxford Movement of Anglo-Catholics and explores their finest ch...
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directed by Karen Selway, fl. 2007; presented by Richard Taylor, 1967-; produced by Karen Selway, fl. 2007, British Broadcasting Corporation, in Churches: How to Read Them, Episode 6 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2010), 33 mins
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Richard Taylor discovers how, at the height of the Industrial Revolution, medieval imagery and ritual make a surprise return to Victorian places of worship and plunge the Anglican Church into conflict. Richard retraces the controversy surrounding this Oxford Movement of Anglo-Catholics and explores their finest churches, showing how some of its most fervent supporters, including William Morris, had a change of heart about the radical restructurin...
Richard Taylor discovers how, at the height of the Industrial Revolution, medieval imagery and ritual make a surprise return to Victorian places of worship and plunge the Anglican Church into conflict. Richard retraces the controversy surrounding this Oxford Movement of Anglo-Catholics and explores their finest churches, showing how some of its most fervent supporters, including William Morris, had a change of heart about the radical restructuring that it brought to ancient buildings. But the 20th century would bring even more powerful changes. Richard sees how the impact of war is reflected on imagery in our churches and how the First World War brought a return to another medieval practice - the commemoration of the dead. He visits a 21st century church that looks more like a rock venue and he finally finds the perfect place to reflect on what he has learned from his reading of Britain's churches.
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Field of Study
Religion & Thought
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Karen Selway, fl. 2007, British Broadcasting Corporation
Author / Creator
Karen Selway, fl. 2007, Richard Taylor, 1967-
Date Published / Released
2010
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
Churches: How to Read Them
Topic / Theme
Anglican, Christian
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Copyright © 2010 BBC Worldwide
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Did Darwin Kill God?
directed by Emily Davis, fl. 2004; presented by Conor Cunningham, 1972-; produced by Emily Davis, fl. 2004, British Broadcasting Corporation (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2009), 56 mins
Can Darwin and religion exist side by side? In this thought-provoking programme, Anglican Christian, philosopher and theologian Conor Cunningham explains why these two beliefs are not in conflict. Richard Dawkins, famous for his book The God Delusion, believes there is an irreconcilable clash between the theory of...
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directed by Emily Davis, fl. 2004; presented by Conor Cunningham, 1972-; produced by Emily Davis, fl. 2004, British Broadcasting Corporation (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2009), 56 mins
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Can Darwin and religion exist side by side? In this thought-provoking programme, Anglican Christian, philosopher and theologian Conor Cunningham explains why these two beliefs are not in conflict. Richard Dawkins, famous for his book The God Delusion, believes there is an irreconcilable clash between the theory of evolution and a belief in God. But Conor thinks Dawkins is mistaken. He uncovers traditional Christian thinking about the creation of...
Can Darwin and religion exist side by side? In this thought-provoking programme, Anglican Christian, philosopher and theologian Conor Cunningham explains why these two beliefs are not in conflict. Richard Dawkins, famous for his book The God Delusion, believes there is an irreconcilable clash between the theory of evolution and a belief in God. But Conor thinks Dawkins is mistaken. He uncovers traditional Christian thinking about the creation of life, reveals how Christians were never expected to read the creation account in Genesis literally and discovers that Creationism is a modern invention. Communicating his passion for the subject with rich visual metaphors, making complex ideas accessible, Conor shows how Darwin's vision of the universe enhances our appreciation of a natural world that is full of wonder and stunning intelligibility - a vision of existence which neither leads to nor precludes either atheism or faith.
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Field of Study
Science
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Emily Davis, fl. 2004, British Broadcasting Corporation
Author / Creator
Emily Davis, fl. 2004, Conor Cunningham, 1972-
Date Published / Released
2009
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Person Discussed
Charles Darwin, 1809-1882
Topic / Theme
Christian
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Copyright © 2009 BBC Worldwide
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Earth's Sacred Wonders, 2, Closer to the Divine
directed by George Pagliero, fl. 1998 and Anthony Barwell, fl. 2007; produced by British Broadcasting Corporation, in Earth's Sacred Wonders, 2 (Arlington Heights, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2020), 55 mins
In Mali, a young Muslim helps to re-plaster the Great Mosque of Djenné, in the hope of a place in paradise. At Japan’s Nachi waterfall, a Shinto devotee undertakes a gruelling challenge to ensure the wellbeing of Japan for another year. And at the Cathedral of St John the Divine in New York, an Episcopal priest...
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directed by George Pagliero, fl. 1998 and Anthony Barwell, fl. 2007; produced by British Broadcasting Corporation, in Earth's Sacred Wonders, 2 (Arlington Heights, VA: Public Broadcasting Service, 2020), 55 mins
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In Mali, a young Muslim helps to re-plaster the Great Mosque of Djenné, in the hope of a place in paradise. At Japan’s Nachi waterfall, a Shinto devotee undertakes a gruelling challenge to ensure the wellbeing of Japan for another year. And at the Cathedral of St John the Divine in New York, an Episcopal priest performs an astonishing ceremony to bring people, and their animals, closer to God.
Field of Study
Religion & Thought
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
British Broadcasting Corporation, Elena Saurel, fl. 2010
Author / Creator
George Pagliero, fl. 1998, Anthony Barwell, fl. 2007
Date Published / Released
2020
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Series
Earth's Sacred Wonders
Speaker / Narrator
Elena Saurel, fl. 2010
Topic / Theme
Religious beliefs, Worship, Property maintenance, Jewish, Episcopalian, Shinto, Nation of Islam
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2020 BBC, Public Broadcasting Service
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Everyman, Can Prayer Heal?
directed by Christopher Morris, fl. 2008; produced by Lydia Bendersky, fl. 2003 and Anna Cox, fl. 1998-2013, Discovery Health Channel and British Broadcasting Corporation, in Everyman (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2003), 55 mins
"I don't believe prayer works, I know it does." These are the words of Mitchell Krucoff, one of America's top heart surgeons, who with his colleague Suzanne Crater, is at the helm of one of the most scientifically driven and ambitious clinical studies to examine the link between prayer and healing. For much of mod...
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directed by Christopher Morris, fl. 2008; produced by Lydia Bendersky, fl. 2003 and Anna Cox, fl. 1998-2013, Discovery Health Channel and British Broadcasting Corporation, in Everyman (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2003), 55 mins
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"I don't believe prayer works, I know it does." These are the words of Mitchell Krucoff, one of America's top heart surgeons, who with his colleague Suzanne Crater, is at the helm of one of the most scientifically driven and ambitious clinical studies to examine the link between prayer and healing. For much of modern history, religion has been considered a way to heal the soul, while medicine concentrated on ways to heal the body. Krucoff and Cra...
"I don't believe prayer works, I know it does." These are the words of Mitchell Krucoff, one of America's top heart surgeons, who with his colleague Suzanne Crater, is at the helm of one of the most scientifically driven and ambitious clinical studies to examine the link between prayer and healing. For much of modern history, religion has been considered a way to heal the soul, while medicine concentrated on ways to heal the body. Krucoff and Crater hope their study, involving 1500 patients, will prove what they both intuitively believe - that prayer can change lives. The film captures them praying together before performing high-risk heart operations; battling to secure funding; and waiting in nervous anticipation for the results of the study.
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Field of Study
Religion & Thought
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Lydia Bendersky, fl. 2003, Anna Cox, fl. 1998-2013, Discovery Health Channel, British Broadcasting Corporation, Tom Hodgkins, fl. 2005-2006
Author / Creator
Christopher Morris, fl. 2008
Date Published / Released
2003
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
Everyman
Speaker / Narrator
Tom Hodgkins, fl. 2005-2006
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2003 BBC Worldwide
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Feasts, 1, India
directed by Kari Lia, fl. 2002-2010; produced by Kari Lia, fl. 2002-2010, British Broadcasting Corporation, in Feasts, 1 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2009), 52 mins
Festivals are the one time of the year when families, communities and whole countries come together to celebrate. But what do these ritual festivals tell us about people and their cultures? Food writer and presenter Stefan Gates immerses himself in some of the most extraordinary feasts and festivals on Earth. By j...
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directed by Kari Lia, fl. 2002-2010; produced by Kari Lia, fl. 2002-2010, British Broadcasting Corporation, in Feasts, 1 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2009), 52 mins
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Festivals are the one time of the year when families, communities and whole countries come together to celebrate. But what do these ritual festivals tell us about people and their cultures? Food writer and presenter Stefan Gates immerses himself in some of the most extraordinary feasts and festivals on Earth. By joining ordinary people in these strange and wonderful distillations of their culture and beliefs, he hopes to gain a revelatory insight...
Festivals are the one time of the year when families, communities and whole countries come together to celebrate. But what do these ritual festivals tell us about people and their cultures? Food writer and presenter Stefan Gates immerses himself in some of the most extraordinary feasts and festivals on Earth. By joining ordinary people in these strange and wonderful distillations of their culture and beliefs, he hopes to gain a revelatory insight into how the world thinks and feels. Stefan makes a journey across India to discover how feasts and celebration divide – and bring together – a turbulent nation that can be riven by religious tension and extremes of wealth. He is shocked to see how much extravagance and social engineering there is in an expensive showpiece Rajasthani Hindu wedding, yet how little emotion is actually expressed. These events are spectacular, and the scale is terrifying for a father of two young daughters. In Kerala, Stefan experiences the bewildering festival of Onam, a Hindu celebration that brings this massive state of millions of people together, Hindu and Christian, rich and poor alike. Over several days he joins almost all of the entire 32 million population in sitting down to exactly the same meal, an 11-portion feast eaten with fingers from a banana leaf. Stefan joins in the Pulikali, the tiger dance, and is apparently he first westerner ever to take part. It is the most physically uncomfortable, gruesome day of his life. He has his body hair shaved off with a dry razor, then spends five hours being painted with several layers of household gloss paint, holding on to two sticks to keep his arms outstretched as he dries out. He is then covered in a sweaty, sticky mask and a pair of bordello pants, and packed off into the streets to join his team in dancing like a maniac around the baking-hot streets of the city of Thrissur for four hours.
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Field of Study
Religion & Thought
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Kari Lia, fl. 2002-2010, British Broadcasting Corporation, Stefan Gates, 1967-
Author / Creator
Kari Lia, fl. 2002-2010
Date Published / Released
2009
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
Feasts
Speaker / Narrator
Stefan Gates, 1967-
Topic / Theme
Religious festivals, Food habits, Local foods, Local customs, Cultural identity, Religion & Philosophy, Early 21st Century United States (2001– ), Indians (Asian)
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Copyright © 2009 BBC Worldwide
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Great Philosophers, Episode 13, Bryan Magee talks to Sidney Morgenbesser about the American pragmatists
produced by Jill Dawson, fl. 1975, British Broadcasting Corporation; interview by Bryan Magee, 1930-, in Great Philosophers, Episode 13 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 1987), 42 mins
Bryan Magee presents a stimulating and accessible history of Western philosophy through the ages, beginning with Plato and Aristotle, and following the story through the centuries, via Descartes, Kant and Nietzsche, to recent figures such as Bertrand Russell and Wittgenstein. Magee interviews internationally renow...
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produced by Jill Dawson, fl. 1975, British Broadcasting Corporation; interview by Bryan Magee, 1930-, in Great Philosophers, Episode 13 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 1987), 42 mins
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Bryan Magee presents a stimulating and accessible history of Western philosophy through the ages, beginning with Plato and Aristotle, and following the story through the centuries, via Descartes, Kant and Nietzsche, to recent figures such as Bertrand Russell and Wittgenstein. Magee interviews internationally renowned contemporary philosophers, such as Martha Nussbaum, Bernard Williams and and John Searle, all of whom offer lively and clear discus...
Bryan Magee presents a stimulating and accessible history of Western philosophy through the ages, beginning with Plato and Aristotle, and following the story through the centuries, via Descartes, Kant and Nietzsche, to recent figures such as Bertrand Russell and Wittgenstein. Magee interviews internationally renowned contemporary philosophers, such as Martha Nussbaum, Bernard Williams and and John Searle, all of whom offer lively and clear discussions of difficult philosophical concepts, providing not only an introduction to the philosophers of the past, but also a valuable insight into the view and personalities of some of the most influential philosophers of the late 20th Century.
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Field of Study
Religion & Thought
Content Type
Interview
Contributor
Jill Dawson, fl. 1975, British Broadcasting Corporation
Author / Creator
Bryan Magee, 1930-
Date Published / Released
1987
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
Great Philosophers
Person Discussed
Sidney Morgenbesser, 1921-2004, John Dewey, 1859-1952, William James, 1842-1910, Charles Sanders Peirce, 1839-1914
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Copyright © 1987 BBC Worldwide
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Great Philosophers, Episode 14, Bryan Magee talks to A.J. Ayer about Frege, Russell and modern logic
produced by Jill Dawson, fl. 1975, British Broadcasting Corporation; interview by Bryan Magee, 1930-, in Great Philosophers, Episode 14 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 1987), 44 mins
Bryan Magee presents a stimulating and accessible history of Western philosophy through the ages, beginning with Plato and Aristotle, and following the story through the centuries, via Descartes, Kant and Nietzsche, to recent figures such as Bertrand Russell and Wittgenstein. Magee interviews internationally renow...
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Great Philosophers, Episode 14, Bryan Magee talks to A.J. Ayer about Frege, Russell and modern logic
produced by Jill Dawson, fl. 1975, British Broadcasting Corporation; interview by Bryan Magee, 1930-, in Great Philosophers, Episode 14 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 1987), 44 mins
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Bryan Magee presents a stimulating and accessible history of Western philosophy through the ages, beginning with Plato and Aristotle, and following the story through the centuries, via Descartes, Kant and Nietzsche, to recent figures such as Bertrand Russell and Wittgenstein. Magee interviews internationally renowned contemporary philosophers, such as Martha Nussbaum, Bernard Williams and and John Searle, all of whom offer lively and clear discus...
Bryan Magee presents a stimulating and accessible history of Western philosophy through the ages, beginning with Plato and Aristotle, and following the story through the centuries, via Descartes, Kant and Nietzsche, to recent figures such as Bertrand Russell and Wittgenstein. Magee interviews internationally renowned contemporary philosophers, such as Martha Nussbaum, Bernard Williams and and John Searle, all of whom offer lively and clear discussions of difficult philosophical concepts, providing not only an introduction to the philosophers of the past, but also a valuable insight into the view and personalities of some of the most influential philosophers of the late 20th Century.
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Field of Study
Religion & Thought
Content Type
Interview
Contributor
Jill Dawson, fl. 1975, British Broadcasting Corporation
Author / Creator
Bryan Magee, 1930-
Date Published / Released
1987
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
Great Philosophers
Person Discussed
Alfred Jules Ayer, 1910-1989, Bertrand Russell, 1872-1970, Gottlob Frege, 1848-1925
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1987 BBC Worldwide
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Horizon, Season 47, Horizon Special, The End of God?: A Horizon Guide to Science and Religion
directed by Naomi Law, fl. 2007; presented by Thomas Dixon, fl. 2002; produced by Naomi Law, fl. 2007, British Broadcasting Corporation, in Horizon, Season 47, Horizon Special (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2010), 1 hour 7 mins
As the Pope ends his visit to Britain, historian Dr Thomas Dixon delves into the BBC's archive to explore the troubled relationship between religion and science. From the creationists of America to the physicists of the Large Hadron Collider, he traces the expansion of scientific knowledge and asks whether there i...
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directed by Naomi Law, fl. 2007; presented by Thomas Dixon, fl. 2002; produced by Naomi Law, fl. 2007, British Broadcasting Corporation, in Horizon, Season 47, Horizon Special (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2010), 1 hour 7 mins
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As the Pope ends his visit to Britain, historian Dr Thomas Dixon delves into the BBC's archive to explore the troubled relationship between religion and science. From the creationists of America to the physicists of the Large Hadron Collider, he traces the expansion of scientific knowledge and asks whether there is still room for God in the modern world.
Field of Study
Science
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Naomi Law, fl. 2007, British Broadcasting Corporation
Author / Creator
Naomi Law, fl. 2007, Thomas Dixon, fl. 2002
Date Published / Released
2010
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
Horizon
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2010 BBC Worldwide
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Horizon, Season 48, Episode 5, Are You Good or Evil?
directed by Nikki Stockley, fl. 1993-2013; produced by Nikki Stockley, fl. 1993-2013, British Broadcasting Corporation and Science Channel, in Horizon, Season 48, Episode 5 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2011), 52 mins
Ted Bundy, Charles Manson, David Berkowitz - these men were notorious killers. But were they born bad? In the hunt for morality, Horizon takes a look inside the minds of criminals and finds out what makes their brains different. If you start out life with parts of your moral machinery broken, how likely are you to...
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directed by Nikki Stockley, fl. 1993-2013; produced by Nikki Stockley, fl. 1993-2013, British Broadcasting Corporation and Science Channel, in Horizon, Season 48, Episode 5 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2011), 52 mins
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Ted Bundy, Charles Manson, David Berkowitz - these men were notorious killers. But were they born bad? In the hunt for morality, Horizon takes a look inside the minds of criminals and finds out what makes their brains different. If you start out life with parts of your moral machinery broken, how likely are you to fulfil your psychotic destiny? Could 'defective moral hard-wiring' be used as a defence in court? And what would it take for things to...
Ted Bundy, Charles Manson, David Berkowitz - these men were notorious killers. But were they born bad? In the hunt for morality, Horizon takes a look inside the minds of criminals and finds out what makes their brains different. If you start out life with parts of your moral machinery broken, how likely are you to fulfil your psychotic destiny? Could 'defective moral hard-wiring' be used as a defence in court? And what would it take for things to fall out of balance in our 'normal' brains? Could we all become natural born killers? Horizon finds out just how delicately balanced our brains are.
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Field of Study
Psychology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Nikki Stockley, fl. 1993-2013, British Broadcasting Corporation, Science Channel, Bernard Hill, 1944-
Author / Creator
Nikki Stockley, fl. 1993-2013
Date Published / Released
2011
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
Horizon
Speaker / Narrator
Bernard Hill, 1944-
Topic / Theme
Behavioral assessment, Psychopathology
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2011 BBC Worldwide
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Horizon, Season 51, Episode 11, Animal Mummies: Egypt's Dark Secret
directed by Jon Eastman, fl. 2010; produced by Jon Eastman, fl. 2010, British Broadcasting Corporation, in Horizon, Season 51, Episode 11 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2015), 52 mins
Investigating the use of modern medical technology to scan Egyptian animal mummies from museums across the world. By creating 3D images of their content, experts are discovering the truth about the role animals played in ancient Egyptian belief.
This episode of Horizon also meets the scientists working in Egypt wh...
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directed by Jon Eastman, fl. 2010; produced by Jon Eastman, fl. 2010, British Broadcasting Corporation, in Horizon, Season 51, Episode 11 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2015), 52 mins
Description
Investigating the use of modern medical technology to scan Egyptian animal mummies from museums across the world. By creating 3D images of their content, experts are discovering the truth about the role animals played in ancient Egyptian belief.
This episode of Horizon also meets the scientists working in Egypt who are exploring the ancient underground catacombs where mummies were originally buried to reveal why the ancient Egyptians mummified mi...
Investigating the use of modern medical technology to scan Egyptian animal mummies from museums across the world. By creating 3D images of their content, experts are discovering the truth about the role animals played in ancient Egyptian belief.
This episode of Horizon also meets the scientists working in Egypt who are exploring the ancient underground catacombs where mummies were originally buried to reveal why the ancient Egyptians mummified millions and millions of animals. Up to 70 million creatures were wrapped and buried in underground catacombs.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Stephen Buckley, fl. 2015, Dr. Joann Fletcher, 1966-, Salima Ikram, 1965-, Lidija McKnight, fl. 2015, Jon Eastman, fl. 2010, British Broadcasting Corporation, Robert Ashby
Author / Creator
Jon Eastman, fl. 2010
Date Published / Released
2015
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
Horizon
Speaker / Narrator
Robert Ashby
Topic / Theme
Religious artifacts, Egyptian people, Ancient civilizations, Egyptians
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2015 BBC Worldwide
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