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Chronicle: Archaeology on Television | Excavations and reports from Sutton Hoo to Machu Picchu
About this collection
For 25 years, the BBC's archaeology series took viewers around the world to explore historical excavations and discover long-gone cultures and civilisations.
With a mix of live broadcasts and filmed documentaries, 'Chronicle' brought some of the greatest archaeologists of the 20th Century into our homes. In this collection, we look back at a selection of programmes from the series.
For additional archive television programmes visit the Archaeology at the BBC collection.
Features
- Chronicle: Roman Goose March
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Roman Goose March
A waddle along the Ridgeway discovers how much ground a goose can cover.
- Chronicle: Silbury Dig: The Heart of the Mound
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Silbury Dig: The Heart of the Mound
Television and archaeology unite to discover Bronze Age Britain.
- Chronicle: Lost Kings of the Desert
- Chronicle: Sutton Hoo
Chronicle: Archaeology on Television Collection
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Roman Goose March
A waddle along the Ridgeway discovers how much ground a goose can cover.
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The Fall of Constantinople
John Julius Norwich brings the Byzantine Empire alive for a fleeting moment in Istanbul.
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The Last Days of Minos
Myth and history merge in this account of archaeological discovery on Crete and Santorini.
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Silbury Dig: The Heart of the Mound
Television and archaeology unite to discover Bronze Age Britain.
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The Great Iron Ship
Brunel's huge iron ship, SS Great Britain, returns to Bristol.
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Cracking the Stone Age Code
What was Stonehenge for? One man thinks he knows.
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The Lost World of the Maya
Journey into the heart of the rainforest in search of Mayan civilisation and mythology.
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The Key to the Land of Silence
How the Rosetta Stone translated ancient Egypt to the modern world.
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Aphrodite's Other Island
Follow the results of an excavation at the Bronze Age site of Phylakopi.
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Tomb of the Lost King
Spectacular archaeological discoveries of ancient tombs in northern Greece.
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Lost Kings of the Desert
An exploration of a lost city in the middle of the desert in Iraq.
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Lost City of the Incas
Special 'Chronicle' expedition across the Andes and into the Peruvian jungle.
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Sutton Hoo
Excavations at Sutton Hoo cast new light on Anglo-Saxon culture.
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Digging for Slaves
Archaeology unearths the past histories of African slaves in America.
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