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Heritage Episodes

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    Tutankhamen

    Howard Carter, Lord Carnarvon and their discovery in 1922 of the young king's tomb

  2. Knossos

    Knossos on the Greek island of Crete could be the birthplace of European culture

  3. Jamaica

    From pirate ships to slave plantations Jamaica's history is being reassessed

  4. American Colonisation

    Preserving the monuments and settlements of the Tudor Roanoke Colony in North Carolina

  5. Future Monuments

    From eyesores to ancient monuments, the race to save Britain's World War Two pillboxes

  6. Bosnia

    The Siege of Sarajevo and its legacy on the city

  7. Troy

    Immortalized by Homer in the Iliad Troy still draws archaeologists from around the world

  8. The Colonial Williamsburg Fifes and Drums

    The Fifes and Drums continue to play military music from the American Revolution

  9. Pompeii

    The continuing destruction of Pompeii 2,000 years after Mount Vesuvius

  10. United Arab Emirates

    The astonishing transformation of pearling and fishing villages into oil rich metropolises

  11. Zanzibar

    The history of Zanzibar, a cornerstone of world trade for over a 1000 years

  12. Joods Historisch Museum

    Destroyed by the Nazis, the Jewish Historical Museum was rebuilt in Amsterdam in 1955

  13. Byzantine Shipwreck

    The discovery of a Byzantine wreck in Tantura Lagoon once the ancient harbour of Tel Dor

  14. London

    Archeologists have discovered some strange things under and around London.

  15. Hong Kong

    From an island of fishermen to one of the world's first "tiger economies"

  16. The Great Irish Famine

    Moves to commemorate the Great Irish Famine which began in 1845

  17. Zuiderzee Museum

    A maritime museum dedicated to preserving the heritage of the Zuiderzee region

  18. Venice

    Venice is sinking. Can concerned organisations from all over Europe hold back the tides?

  19. Australia

    The new-found desire in Australia to preserve their colonial convict and industrial past

  20. Ethiopian Christianity

    Ethopia's Christian heritage is an ancient one. But how many of their sites have survived?

  21. Sana'a in Yemen

    How did the ancient city of Sana'a develop multi-storey buildings with geometric patterns?

  22. Orford Ness

    The Suffolk nature reserve that was once a top secret military site

  23. The Monuments of Vietnam

    Vietnam's history is written in its monuments. But can they be protected from developers?

  24. Prague

    Despite war revolution and occupation Prague remains one of Europe鈥檚 best preserved cities

  25. Ironbridge Gorge

    How a gorge in the heart of England's Shropshire became a Unesco World Heritage site

  26. The Australian Museum

    Australia's first museum was established by early European settlers in 1827

  27. Petra

    How was Petra's extraordinary rock-cut architecture achieved?

  28. Hagia Sophia

    Hagia Sophia, one of the great buildings of the ancient world is painstakingly cleaned

  29. Uluburun Shipwreck

    The Uluburun shipwreck sank in 1,400BC with enough bronze on board to equip a small army

  30. British Museum - Lyre

    A 7th Century lyre from a ship burial at Sutton Hoo is reconstructed and played

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