The Power of the Past
Description
Archaeologist Richard Miles presents a series charting the history of the breakthroughs and watersheds in our long quest to understand our ancient past. He shows how 20th-century attention turned from civilization and kings to the search for the common man against a background of science and competing political ideologies.
Runtime
60 min
Series
Subjects
- Archaeology (199)
- Social structure (572)
- Civilization, Ancient (344)
- Social movements (245)
- Collective behavior (206)
- Economics (3707)
Genre
Date of Publication
[2014], c2013
Database
Films on Demand
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