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Women and religion

Another great documentary by Bettany Hughes.This time, Hughes examines the historical role of women in religion. Nowadays, most religions are purely man-oriented. But there was a time when women solely ruled the spiritual world. Hughes shows this long-forgotten world of female goddesses and how the introduction of male Gods coincided... Read full history →
21 December 2013 by Jan Huisman in Antiquity, Documentary, Pre-history, Religion / No Comments
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The Ancient World by Bettany Hughes

Bettany Hughes shows the marvels of the ancient world by handpicking 7 subjects. Don’t expect the usual stuff when she takes you on a journey through ancient Greece, Egypt and the muslim empires of the 7th century A.D. In every episode, Hughes thoroughly investigates her subject, giving an objective view... Read full history →
12 October 2013 by Jan Huisman in Antiquity, Documentary, Religion, Sexuality, Society, War / No Comments
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In search of the Trojan War

In this 1985 BBC-documentary Michael Wood examines the historical and archeological evidence of the legendary Trojan War. Wood travels from Berlin to the Mediterranean and explores how much truth there is to be found in the Iliad, the account of the Trojan War written by Homer around 700 B.C. As... Read full history →
12 October 2013 by Jan Huisman in Antiquity, Documentary, War / No Comments
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A history of Britain (1): Beginnings

The first part of A history of Britain, a quality documentary on the British history. In this episode narrater Simon Schama start his story in the 4th millenium BC, the earliest date were there is proof of human presence on the island. The society of this pre-Roman perdiod is reconstructed,... Read full history →
26 March 2013 by Jan Huisman in Antiquity, Documentary, News, Society / No Comments
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