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Secrets of lost empires Cover Image DVD DVD

Secrets of lost empires [DVD] / a Nova production by the WGBH/Boston Science Unit and BBC-TV.

Keach, Stacy. (Added Author). Page, Cynthia. (Added Author). Cort, Julia. (Added Author). Barnes, Michael. (Added Author). WGBH Video (Firm) (Added Author). WGBH Educational Foundation. (Added Author). WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.) (Added Author). WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.). Science Unit. (Added Author). British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service. (Added Author).

Summary:

Investigates five archaeological sites in an attempt to determine how, with limited technology, ancient people accomplished the building of the Great Pyramid of Giza, the colossal Obelisk, the Colosseum in Rome, Stonehenge, and the Incan citadels in the Peruvian Andes.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781593755515
  • ISBN: 1593755511
  • Physical Description: 3 videodiscs (ca. 280 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition: Standard format.
  • Publisher: [South Burlington, Vt.] : WGBH Boston Video, 2006, c1992.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Collective title from containers, disc labels, and menu screens.
As seen on the public television program Nova between 1992 and 1997.
Includes DVD-ROM feature with web link and printable teaching materials.
Formatted Contents Note:
disc 1. Colosseum ; Stonehenge / produced by Cynthia Page, Julia Cort -- disc 2. Inca / written, produced and directed by Michael Barnes -- disc 3. This old pyramid / written, produced and directed by Michael Barnes ; Obelisk / written, produced and directed by Michael Barnes.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Cinematography, Nigel Meakin (1-2, 5), John Hazard (3), Graham Smith (4), Harry Dawson (4), Tariq Telemesani (4), Noel Smart (5), Samir Bahzan (5) ; editors, Dick Bartlett, David Elliot (3) ; music, Ray Loring.
Participant or Performer Note:
Narrator, Stacy Keach.
Target Audience Note:
Young Adult Follett Library Resources
Not rated WGBH Boston Video.
System Details Note:
DVD; Dolby digital; region 1.
DVD-ROM system requirements: DVD-ROM drive, PDF reader.
Language Note:
Soundtrack in English.
Closed-captioned.

Search for related items by subject

Subject: Colosseum (Rome, Italy)
Architecture, Ancient.
Technology and civilization.
Inca architecture > Peru.
Great Pyramid (Egypt)
Obelisks > Egypt.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Stonehenge (England)
Genre: Documentary television programs.
DVD-Video discs.

Available copies

  • 3 of 3 copies available at Skagit Evergreen Libraries. (Show)
  • 3 of 3 copies available at Burlington Public Library System. (Show)
  • 3 of 3 copies available at Burlington Public Library.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 3 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Burlington Public Library DVD 932 SECRETS 2006 39851000787003 Non-fiction (DVD) Copy hold Available -
Burlington Public Library DVD 937.6 SECRETS 2006 39851000786989 Non-fiction (DVD) Copy hold Available -
Burlington Public Library DVD 985 SECRETS 2006 39851000786997 Non-fiction (DVD) Copy hold Available -

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