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the ancient world on television              august 9 - 15, 2004
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Monday, August 9
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5.00 p.m. |DCIVC| Ancient Warriors: The Samurai
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5.30 p.m. |DCIVC| Ancient Clues: Neanderthals
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6.00 p.m. |HINT| The Odyssey of Troy
What is it about the legendary city that 3,200 years after its fall,
we still try to unravel Troy's mysteries? Scholars attempt to answer
the question by researching the Greek poet Homer, possibly one of the
greatest poets in Western Europe's history, and his epic tale of love
and war, and comparing his text to archaeological sites.
 
7.00 p.m. |HINT| King Herod's Lost City
Two-thousand years ago, King Herod built a wondrous city by the sea.
For 12 centuries his dream city flourished before it was lost to
time, its treasure buried beneath sea and sand. Caesarea's tortured
history includes transformation from Roman paganism and Judaism to
Christianity, and eventual destruction by conquering Moslems.
 
9.00 p.m. |DCIVC| The Language of the Mummies
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10.00 p.m. |DCIVC| Riddle of the Desert Mummies
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Tuesday, August 10
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7.00 p.m. |HINT| Moses at Mount Sinai
Story of the search for the mountain where Moses spoke to God and
received the Ten Commandments. Explores the possibility that the site
could be at St. Catherine's monastery.

8.00 p.m. |HISTC| Gladiatrix Savage Sister
Tells the remarkable story of female gladiators for the first time.
As the story unfolds, key questions are answered which deepen our
understanding of Roman times and the role of women in a bloody, male-
dominated sport’and society.

9.00 p.m. |PBS| Amazon Warrior Women
Stories of beautiful, bloodthirsty female warrior women thundering
across arid battlefields have been told, re-told and speculated about
for thousands of years. Greek myths are filled with tales of the
Amazons and their exploits. But are they real or myth? New burial
mounds recently opened outside the town of Pokrovka in Russia
contained the 2,500-year-old remains of women, some likely to be
royalty. This program investigates whether any of these long-dead
women actually are the mythical Amazons of Greek legend.
Investigators follow a trail of artifacts to the remotest region of
modern Russia to find out if forensic experts can use DNA to locate
the descendants of these famous — and infamous — warrior women.
[check local listings]

10.00 p.m. |DCIVC| Meet The Ancestors: Britain's Oldest House
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Wednesday, August 11
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9.00 p.m. |HINT| Lost Civilizations: Greece: A Moment of Excellence
Journey back to Athens, where the world's first democracy took seed,
as Pericles ushered in a Golden Age of unparalleled learning in
philosophy, architecture, science, art, and drama, when small city-
states in Greece rose from obscurity to ignite one of the most
spectacular explosions of cultural achievement in Western
Civilization's history. Learn why the modern world still clings to
the ideals of Ancient Greece for intellectual and aesthetic
inspiration. Sam Waterston narrates.

10.00 p.m. |HINT| Time Team: Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent
Burslem--one of six towns that make up Stoke-on-Trent in England--
was the site of Josiah Wedgwood's first factory, where a thriving
business was born during the Industrial Revolution. Before building
begins on a new potteries museum in the town square, Time Team has
just three days to find out how much of that important history still
survives under modern paving stones. Experts Mick Aston, Phil
Harding, and Carenza Lewis use ground-penetrating radar to unearth
evidence layer by layer.
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Thursday, August 12
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7.00 p.m. |HINT| The Great Empire: Rome: Building an Empire
Host Joe Mantegna visits the vast territories conquered by the
imperial army--by the 2nd century AD, the empire spanned three
continents. The over 4,000 Roman cities were cultural melting pots,
where diverse customs and beliefs blended. Features life in Pompeii,
the flamboyant Emperor Hadrian, and religious revolts in Judea. 
 
8.00 p.m. |HINT| Battle of the Clans
A 2-hour look beyond the myth of the Highland Clansman that tells
the often tragic story of this symbol of Scotland--heroic warrior
clad in tartan kilt marching to the bagpipe. See why, 250 years ago,
Clansmen were seen as barbaric, and special laws were enacted
prohibiting the wearing of tartans, playing of pipes, and even
speaking Gaelic!

8.00 p.m. |DISCU| From The Ice Age to Manhattan
While the Ice Age defrosted, alligators hunted in wetlands and water
birds nested in noisy colonies in America’s Deep South as this sub-
tropical region was also a refuge for the earliest humans. Today, the
animals continue to flourish alongside people.

9.00 p.m. |DISCU| Seven Wonders of Ancient Greece
The ancient Greeks built the first theatres, staged the first sports
events and worshipped in some of the most spectacular temples ever
built.. From prehistoric palaces to bold symbols of victory, explore
the wonders of this ancient civilization.

10.00 p.m. |DISCU| First Olympian
Witness the spectacular world of the Olympics in 500 BC. The
skeletal remains of Ikkos, the athlete Taranto, were studied to piece
together the lifestyle of the earliest Olympic athletes. Find out how
the first Olympians trained, lived and worshipped.

10.00 p.m. |NGU| Curses of Ancient Egypt
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11.30 p.m. |HISTU| Decisive Battles: Marathon 
Marathon, Greece, September 490 BC. King Darius leads his Persian
army in an attack on Greece. When the Persian fleet, carrying massive
infantry and cavalry, arrived on Greek soil at Marathon Bay, the
Greeks were outnumbered 4:1. But in an heroic effort, the Athenian
hoplite warriors were victorious in a fight against both greater
numbers and time. Yet while they fought on land, Persian ships were
sailing round to sack the undefended city. Athens had to be warned--
thus Phidippides' 26-mile run.
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Friday, August 13
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3.00 p.m. |DCIVC| The Quest for the True Cross
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5.00 p.m. |DCIVC| Meet The Ancestors: Napoleon's Lost Army
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6.00 p.m. |DISCU| Monumental Mysteries
Controversial new ideas are challenging basic beliefs about biblical
history and the ancient world. The Sphinx may be much older than
previously believed. David and Solomon may have only existed as
mythical characters, not as real people.

7.00 p.m. |HINT| Leif Ericson: Voyages of a Viking
Saga of the Viking thought to be the first European to land in
America. The son of the explorer Eric the Red, Leif brought
Christianity to Greenland and sailed to a place he called "Vinland",
which most scholars believe to be in modern New England.

7.00 p.m. |DTC| Mystery of the Tibetan Mummy
In a lost corner of Tibet, a team of Discovery scientists have
uncovered the story of a centuries old body... perfectly intact. It
wasn't embalmed like the Egyptian pharaohs or preserved in a glacier.
Could this mysterious man have mummified himself?

8.00 p.m. |DTC| Mummies That Made Themselves
Travel to Japan to learn how Shingon Buddhist monks mummified their
own bodies while still alive as a way to become Buddha in their own
body. Learn how they stopped decomposition and if this painful
process was worth the ultimate prize of immorality.

8.00 p.m. |HINT| Hidden Cities of the Etruscans  
A look at the fascinating people that ruled Italy centuries before
the Romans. Explores the contradictions in the character of the
Etruscans, who embraced both art and slavery, technology and
sensuality.

9.00 p.m. |HINT|  The Roman Emperors 
When the power of Rome was concentrated into the hands of supreme
rulers, the empire began to corrode as the emperors led lives of
increasing depravity. We'll visit their mansions to get an inside
look at the splendor--and squalor--in which they lived, and insight
into their often inexplicable acts. 
 
9.00 p.m. |DTC| Seduction of Power
Trace the evolution of Roman politics from the world's first
representative government through the lives of Gracchi, Julius
Caesar, Nero, and Septimius Severus and into a tumultuous and
theatrical display of power over substance.

9.00 p.m. |HISTU| Decisive Battles: Thermopylae 
Using cutting-edge computer gaming technology, we recreate conflicts
that shaped the ancient world and witness great battles like never
before. Hosted on location by Matthew Settle, we return to
Thermopylae in 480 BC, where 300 Spartans occupied a mountain pass
and held off the colossal army sent by the Persians to avenge their
defeat at Marathon. The Greeks held the pass for over a week in one
of history's greatest displays of military heroism--and died to the
last man rather than surrender.

10.00 p.m. |DTC| The Priests of Amun
A group of priests gathers to plot murder. Set against the backdrop
of a nation in turmoil, this is the story of a 30-year feud that tore
a city apart and brought down one of the most powerful dynasties in
Egypt.
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Saturday, August 14
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6.00 p.m. |DCIVC| Discovery Time Capsule: Ancient Mysteries
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Sunday, August 15
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6.00 p.m. |DISCU| Seven Wonders of Ancient Greece
The ancient Greeks built the first theatres, staged the first sports
events and worshipped in some of the most spectacular temples ever
built.. From prehistoric palaces to bold symbols of victory, explore
the wonders of this ancient civilization.

7.00 p.m. |HINT| Time Team: Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent
Burslem--one of six towns that make up Stoke-on-Trent in England--
was the site of Josiah Wedgwood's first factory, where a thriving
business was born during the Industrial Revolution. Before building
begins on a new potteries museum in the town square, Time Team has
just three days to find out how much of that important history still
survives under modern paving stones. Experts Mick Aston, Phil
Harding, and Carenza Lewis use ground-penetrating radar to unearth
evidence layer by layer.
 
7.00 p.m. |DISCU| First Olympian
Witness the spectacular world of the Olympics in 500 BC. The
skeletal remains of Ikkos, the athlete Taranto, were studied to piece
together the lifestyle of the earliest Olympic athletes. Find out how
the first Olympians trained, lived and worshipped.

9.00 p.m. |HINT| The Third Crusade
Proclaimed by Pope Gregory VIII, the Third Crusade (1189-1192) set
out to reclaim Jerusalem from Saladin, Sultan of Egypt and Syria, who
had seized it after the Battle of Hittin in 1187. Led by the three
great leaders of Western Christendom--Richard I, Frederick I, and
Philip II--the Crusaders left home with high hopes and expectations.
Using groundbreaking 3-D CGI animation, combined with atmospheric
recreations, we'll show viewers why their hopes would be dashed and
expectations go largely unmet.  

11.00 p.m. |HISTU| Decisive Battles: Thermopylae 
Using cutting-edge computer gaming technology, we recreate conflicts
that shaped the ancient world and witness great battles like never
before. Hosted on location by Matthew Settle, we return to
Thermopylae in 480 BC, where 300 Spartans occupied a mountain pass
and held off the colossal army sent by the Persians to avenge their
defeat at Marathon. The Greeks held the pass for over a week in one
of history's greatest displays of military heroism--and died to the
last man rather than surrender.
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                        Channel Guide

A&E     The Arts and Entertainment Channel (cable)
DTC     Discovery Times Channel (U.S. Cable)*
DCIVC   Discovery Civilization (Canadian Cable)
DISCC   Discovery Channel (Canadian Cable)
DISCU   Discovery Channel (U.S. Cable)
HINT    History International (U.S. Cable)
HISTU   The History Channel (U.S. Cable)
HISTC   History Television (Canadian Cable)
NGU     National Geographic Channel (U.S. Cable)*
PBS     Public Broadcasting System (U.S. National Schedule)
TLC     The Learning Channel (cable)

*n.b. Canadian versions of these two channels have recently
been made available although the Canadian versions don't seem
to be making their schedules available yet. For what it's worth,
the Canadian version does seem to 'match up' in regards to
ancient programming most of the time.
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