Lost Civilisations - DVD

Journey back 6,000 years to discover amazing cultures now vanished

• Greece and Rome.
• Egypt and Mesopotamia.
• The Maya and the Inca.

Six intriguing civilisations whose amazing stories, from glorious beginnings to tragic and mysterious ends, will come to life on your screen. Haunting images of ruins today and fantastic re-creations of a brilliant, opulent past will make you feel like you’ve embarked on a dazzling ride, filled with vivid spectacle and the epic sweep of a feature film.  

From the treasures of King Tut to the Tower of Babel, from Greece’s Parthenon to Rome’s Colosseum, from bizarre Mayan rituals to sacred Incan temples, you’ll become intimately acquainted with the fascinating people and places lost for thousands of years, and you’ll discover just how amazingly advanced their civilisations really were.

This is more than a documentary: this is real drama created with total authenticity, incorporating the most amazing information in glorious detail.

UNEARTH THE WONDERS OF THE PAST!

• Watch the final journey of Egypt’s Ramses The Great, whose ritual embalming took 70 days
• Visit Rome’s famed Colosseum, where Gladiators had stage names based on sex appeal and charisma
• Witness Howard Carter’s dazzling discovery of King Tut’s treasures
• Tremble before the terrifying blood-letting rituals of the Mayans
• Thrill to the pageantry and excitement of the original Olympic Games in Greece.

3-DVD set • Total approx. running time 170 minutes • Rated PG