Lost Worlds: The Story of Archaeology(2000)
Documentary
First Air Date: 2000-04-06
Average Runtime: N/A
Rating: 10.0
Votes: 1
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 6
This six-part series presents the definitive history of archaeology, a 250-year worldwide odyssey that began with the unearthing of the ruins of Pompeii buried beneath the ash of Mt. Vesuvius. In a short time, archaeologists started pursuing very different objectives: some were treasure-seekers hoping to plunder antiquities of the ancient world; others sought to prove theories about the origins of civilization or the historical accuracy of Homer or the Bible; still others focused on humans themselves, trying to determine the age of the species. The series also looks at how archaeology has been misused as an instrument of foreign policy and where the study is going in the future with new technologies and methods.
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Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Episodes: 6E01
Stones and Bones
Air Date: 2000-04-06
The Birth of Archaeology In the last 250 years, archaeologists have changed the basic understanding of time and human...
E02
Treasure Seekers
Air Date: 2000-04-13
Archaeology Turns from Passion to Plunder Archaeology was born of treasure-seeking, but it became the stimulus for ra...
E03
Looking for the One Beginning
Air Date: 2000-04-20
The Fallacy of Diffusionism When explorers examined the remains of an advanced Mexican culture, they concluded that a...
E04
Digging by the Book
Air Date: 2000-04-27
Program Archaeology While most read Homer’s Iliad as an entertaining epic, one man believed it was more than a story ...
E05
At the Service of the State
Air Date: 2000-05-04
Archaeology as Political Tool In 1940, Hitler’s archaeologists excavated sites in Poland to try to prove that Germans...
E06
The Future of the Past
Air Date: 2000-05-11
What are the concerns of archaeology today? How will improved methods and scientific technology shift perspective on ...
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