TV Guide: Lost Worlds

Video: Lost Worlds: Jesus' Jerusalem, Part 2

Biography — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 08:17:36 -0400

A look at the inside of the Temple Mount, through computer graphic images.

Video: Atlantis

History — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:13:11 -0400

By using CGI animation, the experts recreate parts of a lost village believed to be Atlantis.

Video: Knights Templar

History — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:06:20 -0400

A brief look a the Knights Templar and their contributions to architecture

Video: Pagans

History — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:06:18 -0400

A look at the mysteries behind Woodhenge and Stonehenge in England

Video: The Real Dracula

History — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:06:17 -0400

A brief look at the fortress of Tirgoviste

Video: Churchill's Secret Bunkers

History — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:06:15 -0400

A brief look at the secret underground tunnels in London

Video: Building on Difficult Ground

History — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:03:03 -0400

Lost Worlds shows us how the ancients built these buildings on not so ideal foundations.

Video: Domes

History — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:03:02 -0400

Lost Worlds shows us some of the worlds largest domes.

Video: Pleasure Palaces

History — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:03:01 -0400

Lost Worlds takes us into some of the most famous pleasure palaces in the world.

Video: Toilets

History — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:02:59 -0400

Lost Worlds shows us the history of the sewage system and how toilets have evolved.

Video: Tunnels

History — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:02:55 -0400

Lost Worlds takes us through some of the many uses for tunnels throughout history.

Video: Water Moving

History — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:02:54 -0400

Lost Worlds shows us how moving water has been one of man's greatest feats.

Video: Ramses's Egyptian Empire

iTunes — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 05:58:58 -0400

The mighty Egyptian civilization is in its golden age. Its ruler is Ramses II, a man who intends to be the greatest of the Pharaohs. He will make his mark by building: vast statues; towering obelisks; temples carved from the living rock. Ramses is a giant of a man: he dominates his kingdom for sixty-seven years, pushing it on to ever greater glory. The ruins of what he built still stand, but thirty-three centuries on; with the aid of new research and cutting edge graphics technology, the true scale of his ambition can now be fully revealed. We reconstruct the grand hypostyle hall at Karnak; explore the technical innovation and engineering skill that produced the temple at Abu Simbel; we rebuild the Ramesseum as he would have seen it, and uncover how the extraordinary tomb that Ramses built for himself would have looked when his body was finally laid there.

Video: Athens-Ancient Supercity

iTunes — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 05:58:55 -0400

A team of field investigators uncovers the clues that will recreate vanished or hidden worlds. They use the latest research, expert analysis and cutting edge graphic technology to take us back. In the 5th century BC, one man leads his city to greatness and paves the way for western civilization. The city is Athens and Pericles is not a King or prince, but an elected man. He will mastermind the most costly and ambitious construction campaign undertaken in the western world -- creating a model city of temples, houses, market places, civic buildings and a highly innovative sanitation system. But Pericles' decision to raid the Greek treasury and take the money set aside to defend all the city states will lead to the downfall of Athens and Pericles himself. It took thirty years to build, but it was brought down in one generation by war and disease. Now, two and half thousand years later we restore Athens to its former glory, we experience impregnable fortifications; the first senate house; the terrifying power of

Video: Jesus' Jerusalem

iTunes — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 05:58:46 -0400

A team of field investigators uncovers the clues that will recreate vanished or hidden worlds. They use the latest research, expert analysis and cutting edge graphic technology to take us back. Tens of thousands of people travel every year to the city of Jerusalem, hoping to visit the places where Jesus walked, preached, suffered, was crucified and was buried. But in the two thousand years since his death, the city has been destroyed and rebuilt more than twenty times. Our experts will follow the evidence to try to reveal the city that Jesus would have visited throughout his life. We will rebuild Herod's temple mount, -- in its time the largest man-made structure on earth, uncovering how the peak of a mountain was re-shaped into a high-walled plateau. They will explain the extraordinary manipulation of light and stone which created the Holy Sanctuary -- said to "sparkle like a snow-capped mountain in the sun." They will explore the network of aqueducts, pipes, tunnels and pools which kept this desert cit

Video: Atlantis

iTunes — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 05:58:44 -0400

A team of field investigators uncovers the clues that will recreate vanished or hidden worlds. They use the latest research, expert analysis and cutting edge graphic technology to take us back. In the heart of the Mediterranean a peaceful island explodes with devastating force - it will be the biggest volcanic eruption in three and a half thousand years of recorded history. At a stroke, an entire civilization is wiped from the face of the earth and lost. All that remains are stories. Then, at the dawn of the twentieth century, the remains of a spectacular palace are discovered on the island of Crete, preserved beneath thousands of tons of volcanic ash. And out of the physical clues lifted from the ash, a radical theory emerges. These ruins could be the home of an ancient civilization: Atlantis. As they uncover a lost world, our investigators find that a palace on Crete and a town on Santorini are linked by the unique engineering of their buildings. Rebuilding incredible towns, temples, and the palace of Atla

Video: Knights Templar

iTunes — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 05:58:38 -0400

The Knights Templar defended the Holy Land through bloodshed and prayer. Founded in the 12th century these Christian warrior monks reigned supreme for nearly 200 years before suffering a spectacular fall from grace. Tried for heresy they were accused of practicing strange rituals such as spitting on the cross and worshipping a severed human head as well as perverse sexual acts. They were disbanded...and their Grand Master burned at the stake. Today books like the Da Vinci Code embellish the myth of the Templars...and claims persist that they were guardians of the most sacred object in Christendom - the Holy Grail. Behind the legend we search for the Lost World of the Templars. The program will recreate the city the Knights knew as Tortosa -- now hidden among modern homes in the Syrian city of Tartus. We will reveal the secrets of their headquarters at Temple Mount in Jerusalem, with their magnificent underground vaults that could stable 1000 horses. And we reveal the extraordinary circular church in London, E

Video: The Real Dracula

iTunes — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 05:58:31 -0400

In a country torn by bloody civil war, a young man seizes power. In his native tongue, he is called Dracula.This is not the vampire, Count Dracula, but a real historical figure: a Romanian prince. Dracula was a warlord who became known all across Europe for both his breath-taking courage and his terrifying cruelty. But he also left an enduring legacy. Not just in blood...in brick, mortar and stone. He constructed palaces. He founded the city that was to become his country's capital. He also built one of Eastern Europe's most breath-taking mountaintop castles. Now, with state of the art computer animation, Dracula's lost world will be brought back to life: his birthplace in the fortified town of Sighisoara; the gothic splenour of Transylvania's Bran Castle; the sumptuous palace of Targoviste; and the real castle Dracula: Poenari.

Video: Hitler's Supercity

iTunes — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 05:58:25 -0400

A team of field investigators uncovers the clues that will recreate vanished or hidden worlds. They use the latest research, expert analysis and cutting edge graphic technology to take us back. Adolf Hitler caused more death and destruction than any other individual in history. But he also had plans to build on a massive scale: to construct a new Germany, based on his Nazi ideology, and place his people's achievements on a par with the great civilizations of ancient Greece and Rome. Our investigators piece together a picture of how Hitler wanted Germany to look from the ruins of what was built, and from the never-implemented plans of his architect, Albert Speer. In the Nazi heartland of Nuremberg, we recreate the spectacle of the Zeppelin Tribune: where 60,000 people could overlook a parade ground begin enough to accommodate one million. We reveal the real purpose of the giant stadia Speer planned to hold the Olympic games -- including, with seating for 405,000 people, the largest sports venue in the world.

Video: Braveheart's Scotland

iTunes — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 05:58:19 -0400

A team of field investigators uncovers the clues that will recreate vanished or hidden worlds. They use the latest research, expert analysis and cutting edge graphic technology to take us back. At the end of the 13th century, Scotland is a country under attack. Defeat seems inevitable. But from nowhere emerges a man who will become Scotland's greatest hero -- William Wallace, more commonly known as Braveheart. Rising from obscurity he becomes a national symbol of patriotism and survival. He is an inspirational leader living in a violent age when kings are building heavily fortified towns, and magnificent castles are constructed to withstand a new generation of weapons. Now, new research allows us to journey back to the Lost World that Braveheart fought for. Traveling down secret pathways that still lie beneath modern Scotland, we rediscover a surprisingly sophisticated culture that has not been seen for 700 years -- a world Braveheart died to protect. Uncovering the mysteries beneath the Eldersie we reveal