People: Hittites
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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 on the matter. Nonetheless, she…
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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 he matches the purely historical…