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]|[Monday, April 2
7.00 a.m.       A&E     Classroom: The Rise of Christianity
Part one of a series looking at the evolution of Christianity during the
first millennium. The first episode looks at the church as conceived by Paul.

3.00 p.m.       DISCC   Science Mysteries: King Arthur
An inscription suggests the historicity of King Arthur ...

]|[Tuesday, April 3
7.00 a.m.       A&E     Classroom: The Rise of Christianity
The series continues with a look at the period 312 to the 'fall' of Rome.

6.30 p.m.       HISTC   Archaeology (TBA)

9.00 p.m.       HISTC   Ancient History Tuesdays
Two hours of ancient history-related programming.

]|[Wednesday, April 4
7.00 a.m.       A&E     Classroom: The Rise of Christianity
Christianity grows and has to deal with the rise of Islam ...

6.30 p.m.       HISTC   Archaeology (TBA)

]|[Thursday, April 5
6.30 p.m.       HISTC   Archaeology (TBA)

10.00 p.m.      DISCU   Atlantis Found?
I'm not quite sure which one this is (misplaced my notes!), but I'm sure it
will have swell computer recreations etc.

]|[Friday, April 6
7.00 a.m.       A&E     Classroom: The Rise of Christianity
The series continues with a new series (!) focussing on the second
millennium; this one picks up with the Crusades ...

6.30 p.m.       HISTC   Archaeology (TBA)

]|[Monday, April 9
7.00 a.m.       A&E     Classroom: The Rise of Christianity
Christianity as a civilizing force ...

6.30 p.m.       HISTC   Archaeology (TBA)

]|[Tuesday, April 10
7.00 a.m.       A&E     Classroom: The Rise of Christianity
Martin Luther has some suggestions ...

6.30 p.m.       HISTC   Archaeology (TBA)

9.00 p.m.       HISTC   Ancient History Tuesdays
There should be some ancient programming in this time slot (two hours'
worth, although sometimes it doesn't seem so 'ancient')

]|[Wednesday, April 11
7.00 a.m.       A&E     Classroom: The Rise of Christianity
The separation of Church and state ...

6.30 p.m.       HISTC   Archaeology (TBA)

9.00 p.m.       DISCU   Who Was Moses?
All sorts of theories about whether Moses existed or not.

]|[Thursday, April 12
6.30. p.m.      HISTC   Archaeology

8.00 p.m.       DISCU   Egypt's City of the Dead
A rescue archaeological dig to preserve the 'City of the Dead' from highway
construction ...

9.00 p.m.       DISCC   Riddle of the Desert Mummies
Blond mummies from China ... go figure.

9.00 p.m.       DISCU   Dead Sea Scrolls: Unravelling the Mystery
What new technology can bring to the Dead Sea Scrolls ...

10.00 p.m.      DISCU   Ancient Puzzles
Assorted ancient mysteries presented with the usual "Gol durn, Ma,howdya
spose they did that" Cletus-like presentation

]|[Friday, April 13
7.00 p.m.       HISTC   Archaeology (TBA)

]|[Saturday, April 14
3.00 p.m.       DISCU   Ancient Puzzles
Repeat of Thursday's program ...

]|[Sunday, April 15
7.00 p.m.       DISCU   Mysteries of the Pyramids
"Engineers and astronomers" ... means this is a Bauval program.

]|[Monday, April 16
6.30 p.m.       HISTC   Archaeology (TBA)

]|[Tuesday, April 17
7.00 p.m.       HISTC   Archaeology (TBA)

9.00 p.m.       HISTC   TBA
There should be some ancient programming in this time slot (two hours)

]|[Wednesday, April 18
6.30 p.m.       HISTC   Archaeology (TBA)

]|[Thursday, April 19
6.30 p.m.       HISTC   Archaeology (TBA)

7.00 p.m.       TLC     Mazes and Labyrinths: Solving Ancient Puzzles
This one looks new ... labyrinths and mazes through the ages.

8.00 p.m.       A&E     Biography: Genghis Khan
The "ruthless Mongol conqueror" ...

]|[Friday, April 20
6.30 p.m.       HISTC   Archaeology (TBA)

11.00 p.m.      HISTU   Ancient Drugs
Mind altering substances and their use throughout the ages.

]|[Monday, April 23
6.30 p.m.       HISTC   Archaeology (TBA)

]|[Tuesday, April 24
6.30 p.m.       HISTC   Archaeology (TBA)

9.00 p.m.       HISTC   Ancient History Tuesdays (TBA)

10.00 p.m.      DISCC   Iceman: Mummy from the Stone Age
Oetzi, we hardly knew ye ...

]|[Wednesday, April 25
6.30 p.m.       HISTC   Archaeology (TBA)

]|[Thursday, April 26
6.30 p.m.       HISTC   Archaeology (TBA)

9.00 p.m.       TLC     Ancient Ancestors
A look at the dig in London where they found that Roman woman in a
sarcophagus etc..

]|[Friday, April 27
6.30 p.m.       HISTC   Archaeology (TBA)

]|[Sunday, April 20
9.00 p.m.       TLC     Chariots of the Gods -- The Mysteries Continue
TLC's monthly challenge to common sense and sound archaeological
interpretation ...

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Is it just me or did February just fly by????

Highlights:  Archaeology series continues (HISTC) ... Biblical Mysteries
(NBC) ... Nero's Golden House (DISCU) ... Amazon Women (HISTU) ... Plenty
of Egyptian stuff everywhere ... Neanderthal (DISCU) ... Stonehenge (DISCC) ...

]|[Sunday, March 4
2.00 p.m. DISCC Lost Tombs of Peru
Opening the tombs of the Sican people ...
7.00 p.m. NBC Biblical Mysteries: Ark of the Covenant
A brand spanking new special on NBC which follows Mike Sanders in his
search for the box which once held the Ten Commandments

]|[Monday, March 5
6.30 p.m. HISTC Archaeology
The series continues ...

]|[Tuesday, March 6
6.30 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

9.00 p.m. HISTC Ancient History Tuesdays
Two hours of ancient history-related programming.

]|[Wednesday, March 7
6.30 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

9.00 p.m. DISCU Nero's Golden House
A virtual tour of Nero's splendid pile ...

]|[Thursday, March 8
6.30 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

7.00 p.m. TLC Curse of Tutankhamen
This one takes the point of view that there *was* a curse ...

9.00 p.m. TLC The Lost Ark
Far-too-oft-repeated program claiming the Ark was the result of ancient
astronauts teaching the Egyptians how to make a big capacitor ...

10.00 p.m. TLC Secret of Stonehenge
A general look at Stonehenge and where the stones came from.

]|[Friday, March 9
6.30 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

7.00 p.m. TLC Egypt's Lost City
Tell El-Amarna and the rulers associated with it.

9.00 p.m. TLC Wisdom of the Stones
You can't always get what you want ... er ... wrong Stones. This appears to
be a new program dealing with development of human beings throughout the
Neolithic.

10.00 p.m. TLC Frozen in Time
More Neolithic stuff (isn't this the title of a program about Oetzi?)

11.30 p.m. HISTU Amazon Women
The archaeological evidence for the race of Xenatypes ...

]|[Saturday, March 10
1.00 p.m. DISCU Nero's Golden House
Repeat of Wednesday's program

6.00 p.m. PBS NOVA: Search for the Lost Cave People
Searching in the Chiapas for remains of the Zoque (as always with PBS,
check local listings ...)

]|[Sunday, March 11
7.00 p.m. NBC Biblical Mysteries: Sodom and Gomorrah
This *should* be on in this time slot; Mike Sanders looks for the cities
which are synonymous with all sorts of things.

]|[Monday, March 12
6.30 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

9.00 p.m. DISCU Iceman: Mummy from the Stone Age
One of the many decent programs about the Tyrolian Ice dude.

]|[Tuesday, March 13
6.30 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

9.00 p.m. HISTC Ancient History Tuesdays
There should be some ancient programming in this time slot (two hours'
worth, although sometimes it doesn't seem so 'ancient')

]|[Wednesday, March 14
6.30 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

8.00 p.m. DISCU Riddle of the Desert Mummies
Oft-repeated look at caucasian mummies found in Asia.

9.00 p.m. DISCU Secrets of the Great Wall
How the Great Wall of China was built.

]|[Thursday, March 15
6.30. p.m. HISTC Archaeology

]|[Friday, March 16
7.00 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

]|[Saturday, March 17
1.00 p.m. DISCU Riddle of the Desert Mummies
Repeat of Wednesday's program

5.00 p.m. DISCU Iceman: Mummy from the Stone Age
Repeat of Monday's program.

9.30 p.m. HISTU The History of Saint Patrick
Happy St. Patrick's day all ... fortuitously on a Saturday ...

]|[Sunday, March 18
8.00 p.m. DISCU Neanderthal
Dramatized version of what life was like for a small clan of Neanderthal
(this one's good as I recall ... there's a program on the making of it as
well).

]|[Monday, March 19
6.30 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

]|[Tuesday, March 20
7.00 a.m. A&E Mary Magdalene: The Hidden Apostle
The truth about the Magdalene ...

7.00 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

9.00 p.m. HISTC TBA
There should be some ancient programming in this time slot (two hours)

10.00 p.m. DISCC Stonehenge -- Sex and the Stones
Bianca, Marianne, Jerry ... er, wrong Stones again ... this one examines
the suggestion that Stonehenge was not some sort of calendar, but some sort
of fertility cult place thingie.

]|[Wednesday, March 21
6.30 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

]|[Thursday, March 22
7.00 a.m. A&E Joan of Arc
Looking for the truth about Joan ...

6.30 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)
Repeat of Sunday's programme.

]|[Friday, March 23
6.30 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

]|[Saturday, March 24
8.00 p.m. DISCU Neanderthal
Repeat of Monday's program.

]|[Sunday, March 25
1.00 p.m. DISCU Mummies: Into the Afterlife
I think this one's on two or three times a month ... looking at mummy
organs to help fight modern diseases.

2.00 p.m. DISCU Mysteries of the Pyramids
I'm not sure about this one ... "engineers and astronomers attempt to find
out how and why pyramids were built" ... sounds Bauvalesque to me.

3.00 p.m. DISCU Great Sphinx: Lord of the Pyramids
"Explore the mystery of the Great Sphinx" ...

4.00 p.m. DISCU Neanderthal
Repeated again ...

]|[Monday, March 26
7.00 a.m. A&E Cleopatra's World I
First of a two-parter on ancient Alexandria (worth watching!)

]|[Tuesday, March 27
7.00 a.m. A&E Cleopatra's World II
Second part ...

6.30 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

9.00 p.m. HISTC Ancient History Tuesdays (TBA)

]|[Wednesday, March 28
6.00 a.m. HISTU Roman War Machine III
Roman military seige technology

6.30 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

9.00 p.m. DISCU In Search of Blackbeard's Treasure
Somewhat dated show on the search for the Queen Anne's Revenge.

]|[Thursday, March 29
6.30 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

7.00 p.m. TLC Chariots of the Gods: The Mysteries Continue
EVonD ... he doesn't see ... the evidence of ... archaeology.

]|[Friday, March 30
6.30 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

]|[Saturday, March 31
1.00 p.m. DISCU In Search of Blackbeard's Treasure
Repeat of Wednesday's program

4.00 p.m. DISCU Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
One I've caught the end of a zillion times; plenty of computer
reconstructions in this one.

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We're back on the web (finally!):

http://atrium-media.com/awotv.html


A pretty sparse month ...

Monday, February 5
6.30 p.m. HISTC Archaeology
The series continues ...

Tuesday, February 6
6.30 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

10.00 p.m. DISCC Cleopatra's Palace
Excellent program narrated by Omar Sharif .

Wednesday, February 7
9.00 p.m. DISCU Ancient Earthquakes: Sunken Cities
Why bits of Alexandria and other cities are at the bottom of Abukir Bay.

6.30 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

Thursday, February 8
6.30 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

Friday, February 9
6.30 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

Sunday, February 11
2.00 p.m. DISCC Cleopatra's Palace
Repeat of Tuesday's program ...

Monday, February 12
6.30 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

Tuesday, February 13
6.30 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

9.00 p.m. HISTC Ancient History Tuesdays
There should be some ancient programming in this time slot (two hours'
worth, although sometimes it doesn't seem so 'ancient')

9.00 p.m. PBS Lost King of the Maya
The discovery of the tomb of the founder of Copan's dynasty (as always with
PBS, check local listings ... it's a NOVA program)

10.00 p.m. DISCC Cave of the Glowing Skulls
Hikers discover a major burial in a cave in the Honduran rainforest.

Wednesday, February 14
6.30 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

Thursday, February 15
6.30. p.m. HISTC Archaeology

Friday, February 16
7.00 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

Saturday, February 17
6.00 p.m. PBS Lost King of the Maya
Repeat of Tuesday's NOVA episode (maybe)

Sunday, February 18
2.00 p.m. DISCC Cave of the Glowing Skulls
Ditto ...

Monday, February 19
6.30 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

Tuesday, February 20
7.00 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

9.00 p.m. HISTC TBA
There should be some ancient programming in this time slot (two hours)

Wednesday, February 21
6.30 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

8.00 p.m. DISCC Tomb of the Warrior Prince
A decent look at the horse burial (and others) from Mt. Altai in Kazakhstan

Thursday, February 22
6.30 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)
Repeat of Sunday's programme.

9.00 p.m. TLC Pyramid of Doom
70 bodies found during the excavation of a Peruvian pyramid raise some
questions ...

10.00 p.m. DISCU Ancient Puzzles
Assorted ancient mysteries, including (of course) the pyramids.

Friday, February 23
6.30 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

Saturday, February 24
2.00 p.m. DISCU Age of Gold
Oft-repeated look at the suggestion that tombs of pharaohs were
systematically plundered to provide gold for the burials of other pharaohs.

Sunday, February 25
2.00 p.m. DISCC Tomb of the Warrior Prince
Repeat of Tuesday's program

Monday, February 26
6.00 a.m. HISTU Roman War Machine I
The army of Rome, prior to the nastiness of the late Republic.

Tuesday, February 27
6.00 a.m. HISTU Roman War Machine II
The army of Rome, during the nastiness of the late Republic

6.30 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

9.00 p.m. HISTC Ancient History Tuesdays (TBA)

Wednesday, February 28
6.00 a.m. HISTU Roman War Machine III
Roman military seige technology

6.30 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

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]|[                         January 2001
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Happy New Year everyone ... this is a sort of transition issue as I try to
make this listings a bit more useful. I've included a few urls to relevant
websites (mostly those which have lesson plans related to the show) and
will continue to do this in the future (but probably only in the web
edition, which is in the process of moving to a new domain ... more on
this  in our next issue)

Highlights:  Archaeology series back on HISTC .... plenty of stuff about
Alexandria (A&E and DISCU) ... new Pompeii stuff (DISCU and DISCC)  ...
lots of Egyptian stuff everywhere ...

All times Eastern:

]|[   Monday, January 1
6.30 p.m. HISTC Archaeology
The series continues ...

]|[   Tuesday, January 2
6.30 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

]|[   Wednesday, January 3
4.00 p.m. DISCC Lost Mummy of Imhotep
Looking for the mummy from "The Mummy

6.30 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

]|[   Thursday, January 4
6.30 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

7.00 p.m. TLC Chariots of the Gods -- the Mysteries Continue
A good lesson in how to misinterpret archaeological evidence ...

]|[   Friday, January 5
6.30 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

7.00 p.m. TLC Gladiators: The Brutal Truth
Human sacrifice becomes sport in Rome

9.00 p.m. TLC Mummies: Frozen in Time
Mummification in various cultures

10.00 p.m. TLC Understanding Pyramids
"Learn the truth behind one of history's last unsolved mysteries ..."

]|[   Sunday, January 7
2.00 p.m. DISCC Lost Mummy of Imhotep
Repeat of Wednesday's program ...

9.00 p.m. DISCU Sphinx: Lord of the Pyramids
The history of the mystery of the Sphinx ...

10.00 p.m. DISCU Lost Mummy of Imhotep
Same program that was on the Canadian version of Discovery Channel on
Wednesday ...

]|[   Monday, January 8
6.30 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

10.00 p.m. TLC Curse of Tutankhamun
A bunch of guys find a tomb and die from some curse ...

]|[   Tuesday, January 9
6.30 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

9.00 p.m. HISTC Ancient History Tuesdays
There should be some ancient programming in this time slot (two hours'
worth, although sometimes it doesn't seem so 'ancient')

10.00 p.m. DISCC Nefertiti: Egypt's Mysterious Queen
Follow Nicholas Reeves around as he searches for her tomb.

]|[   Wednesday, January 10
4.00 p.m. DISCC Nefertiti: Egypt's Mysterious Queen
Repeat of yesterday's program ...

6.30 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

9.00 p.m. DISCU Shadow of Vesuvius
This appears to be a new program on Pompeii and Herculaneum

10.00 p.m. DISCU City of Pompeii: Secrets of the Dead
Ditto ... this one appears to concentrate on life in Pompeii (is this the
one dubbed from Italian which has some 'ghost' of a Roman senator as a tour
guide?)

]|[   Thursday, January 11
6.30. p.m. HISTC Archaeology

9.00 p.m. TLC Seeking Noah's Flood
A look at the Black-Sea-flood-is-Noah's theory ... I doubt whether it has
been updated to take into account the past summer's research.

]|[   Friday, January 12
7.00 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

]|[   Saturday, January 13
1.00 p.m. DISCU Shadow of Vesuvius
Repeat of Wednesday's program ...

]|[   2.00 p.m. DISCU Lost City of Pompeii ...
Ditto

]|[   Sunday, January 14
2.00 p.m. DISCC Nefertiti: Egypt's Mysterious Queen
Ditto ...

]|[   Monday, January 15
6.00 a.m. HISTU Ramses the Great
The 67-year reign of one of Egypt's greatest ...

7.00 a.m. A&E Cleopatra's World: Alexandria Revealed
The life and times of Cleo, and the city underwater. Some urls:
http://www.aande.com/class/admin/study_guide/archives/aetv_guide.0228.html

See also:
http://school.discovery.com/schooladventures/cleogame/cleogame.html
http://www.discovery.com/news/features/cleopatra/cleopatra.html

6.30 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

]|[   Tuesday, January 16
6.00 a.m. HISTU Akhenaten: Egypt's Heretic King
Tut's daddy (maybe) ... An url (not the official one):
http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/akhenaten/index.html


7.00 a.m. A&E Cleopatra's World: Alexandria Reveal
Part two ... the urls are mentioned above

7.00 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

10.00 p.m. DISCC Lost City of Pompeii
See description from the American version of Discovery Channel above ...

9.00 p.m. HISTC TBA
There should be some ancient programming in this time slot (two hours)

]|[   Wednesday, January 17
6.00 a.m. HISTU Mysteries of King Tut
The boy who died for tourism!! Here an url (not official):
http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/tutankhamen/

4.00 p.m. DISCC Lost City of Pompeii
Repeat of yesterday's program

6.30 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

]|[   Thursday, January 18
6.00 a.m. HISTU Sphinx of Egypt
Another program trying to figure out the 'mystery'...

6.30 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)
Repeat of Sunday's programme.

]|[   Friday, January 19
6.30 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

11.00 p.m. A&E Incredible But True: Karnak
Akhenaten's town (I think I've got the channel right ... it might be on HISTU)

]|[   Saturday, January 20
6.00 a.m. A&E Treasure Tomb of the Terra Cotta Warriors
Qin's army ... her's an url:
http://www.travelchinaguide.com/cityguides/xian/terracotta.htm

]|[   Sunday, January 21
2.00 p.m. DISCC Lost City of Pompeii
In case you missed it the other hundred times it was on this month ... (I'm
sure this will be the one I end up watching)

8.00 p.m. DISCC Seven Wonders of the World
This one looks good (the subject matter is obvious) ...

]|[   Tuesday, January 23
6.30 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

9.00 p.m. HISTC Ancient History Tuesdays (TBA)

10.00 p.m. DISCC Atlantis Uncovered
"Examine what is known about Atlantis and explore the unanswered questions ...

]|[   Wednesday, January 24
4.00"p.m. DISCC Atlantis Uncovered
Repeat of yesterday's program ...

6.30 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)
Thursday, January 25

6.30 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

7.00 p.m. TLC Nefertiti: Egypt's Mysterious Queen
See description above (DISCC)

9.00 p.m. TLC Forgotten Secrets
Similarities in various ancient civilizations lead to some strange theories ...

10.00 p.m. TLC Mysteries of the Bible
No, alas, not the good series from A&E ... this one's hosted by Erich von
Daniken, which pretty much says it all.

]|[   Friday, January 26
6.30 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

7.00 p.m. TLC Atlantis: The Lost Continent
"Explore the myth, history, and science fiction ..."

]|[   Sunday, January 28
2.00 p.m DISCC Atlantis Uncovered
Repeat of Wednesday's programm ...

4.00 p.m. DISCC Seven Wonders of the World
Repeat of Monday's program

]|[   Monday, January 29
6.30 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

9.00 p.m. DISCU Ancient Earthquakes: Sunken Cities
Looking for why Cleopatra's palace sank. An url:
http://www.discovery.com/news/features/cleopatra/cleopatra.html

]|[   Tuesday, January 30
6.30 p.m HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

9.00 p.m. HISTC Ancient History Tuesdays (2 hrs)

]|[   Wednesday, January 31
6.30 HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

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To judge by my email, these didn't go out on Monday as planned ...

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]|[ ]|[ (NORTH AMERICA)
]|[ ]|[ November 2000
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Sorry for the unannounced hiatus folks ... the move is now complete and
life is returning to some semblance of normal ... we now resume our regular
broadbandcasting (or whatever)...


Sunday, November 5
5.00 p.m.       DISCU   Ancient Puzzles
One I've consistently missed: "New research leads to startling theories
about ancient secret codes, puzzles, and the evermysterious Egyptian pyramids."

Monday, November 6
10.00 p.m.      HISTU   Vikings: Fury from the North
Despite the title, the focus of this program is largely on the 'civilized'
side of the Vikings

Wednesday, November 8
4.30 p.m.       DISCC   Ghost Ship of Pisa
A look at the discovery of some 15 Roman ships which sank ca. 2000 years ago.

9.00 p.m.       PBS     Napoleon: To Destiny and Mastering Luck
A major series on the life an times of the little general; two episodes per
night, it seems with the first two being devoted to N.'s rise from
obscurity on Corsica to his rise to be emperor of France. (as always with
PBS, check local listings to verify local showtimes)

9.00 p.m.       DISCU   The Mummies
Mummification in various cultures and "learn the science behind
decomposition" (mmmm ...)

10.00 p.m.      DISCU   Mummies: Into the Afterlife
Oft repeated look at what mummies can tell us about modern disease.

Thursday, November 9
9.00 p.m.       DISCC   Ancient Inventions: Sex and Love
A look at sex and love in the ancient world; narrted by by Terry Jones.

10.00 p.m.      TLC     The Lost Ark
Squirrel fodder about ancient astronauts coming to earth and teaching the
Egyptians to make a big capacitor.

Saturday, November 11
1.00 p.m.       DISCU   Mummies: Into the Afterlife
Repeat of Wednesday's program

2.00 p.m.       DISCU   The Mummies
Repeat of Wednesday's program.

Monday, November 13
8.00 p.m.       HISTU   History of Prostitution
Prostitution throughout the ages in various cultures ...

8.00 p.m.       DISCU   Riddle of the Desert Mummies
Caucasian mummies in the Chinese desert ...

9.00 p.m.       DISCU   Tomb of the Warrior Prince
This one looks interesting: excavation of a tomb on Mount Altai which was
not looted and preserves relics from the 4th century .C. Saka culture.

Tuesday, November 14
9.00 p.m.       HISTC   Ancient History Tuesdays
Two hours of programming about the ancient world (I believe this week has
an hour on the Celts and one on Cromwell)
Wednesday, November 15

7.00 a.m.       A&E     Classroom: Leonardo Da Vinci
Excellent overview of the guy who puts the 'renaissance' in 'renaissance man'.

9.00 p.m. PBS Napoleon: The Summit of Greatness and The End
N's attempted conquest, and eventual failure to conquer Europe.

Friday, November 17
7.00 a.m.       A&E     Classroom: Michelangelo
Another excellent overiew of a guy who spent a lot of time working on his back.

Saturday, November 18
5.00 p.m.       DISCU   Tomb of the Warrior Prince
Repeat of Monday's program

Sunday,November 19
8.00 p.m.TLC Chariots of the Gods: The Mysteries Continue
TLC is, alas, getting a lot of mileage out of this one ...

8.00 p.m.       DISCC   Ultimate Guide to Mummies
Mummification by various processes (I *think* this might be the same
program on DISCU on Nov. 8)

9.00 p.m.       DISCC   Desert Mummies of Peru
A look at an unlooted burial from a Chirabaya site in Peru.

9.00 p.m.       HISTC   Ancient History Tuesdays
Two hours of ancient programs.

Monday, November 20
7.00 a.m.       A&E     Classroom: Longitude  part 1
When this was on last month I declined to include it in the listings
because I wasn't sure what it would be like. As it turned out, however,
it's an excellent 3 part series on the big problem of the 18th century: how
to accurately measure longitude  it's a lot more interesting than it sounds
initially (honest!)

9.00 p.m.       DISCU   In Search of Blackbeard's Treasure
A somewhat dated look at the search for the Queen Anne's Revenge.

10.00 p.m.      DISCC   In Search of Blackbeard's Treasure
See above ...

Tuesday, November 21
7.00 a.m.       A&E     Classroom: Longitude
The series continues ...

8.00 p.m.       HISTU   Lost City of Atlantis
This is the one (I believe) which handles the whole thing responsibly ...

9.00 p.m.       HISTC   Ancient History Tuesdays
Hopefully there will be two hours of appropriate programming here.

Wednesday, November 22
7.00 a.m.       A&E     Classroom: Longitude
The series concludes ...

8.00 p.m.       HISTU   Sodom and Gomorrah
A relic from A&E's "Mysteries of the Bible" series

9.00 p.m.       DISCU   Mummies: The Real Story
Mummification throughout the ages ... including today (some pretty gross
scenes in this one)

10.00 p.m.      DISCU   Egypt Uncovered: Age of Gold
Oft repeated program examining the suggestion that pharaohs systematically
plundered the tombs of their predecessors to supply themselves with burial
stuff.

Thursday, November 23
8.00 p.m.       HISTU   The Cavemen
This one seems to be rather old and possibly outdated (it's been around
since these listings first started) ... Neanderthals and all that.

8.00    TLC     Atlantis Uncovered
Winner of the hyperbolic statement of the month: "If Atlantis really
existed, the whole of human history would be rewritten."

9.00 p.m.       TLC     In Pursuit of the Shroud
Oftrepeated program dealing with using technology to establish the Shroud
of Turin's authenticity.

10.00 p.m.      TLC     How Jesus Died  The Last Eighteen Hours
How crucifixion kills ...

11.00 p.m.      TLC     Secret of Stonehenge
General look at how Stonehenge might have been made.
Saturday, November 25

12.00 p.m.      DISCU   Riddle of the Desert Mummies
Caucasian mummies in the desert of China ... deja vu all over again!

1.00 p.m.       DISCU   Mummies: The Real Story
Repeat of Wednesday's program

2.00 p.m.       DISCU   Egypt: Age of Gold
Repeat of Wednesday's program

5.00 p.m.       TLC     Chariots of the Gods  Mysteries Continue
Repeat of Sunday's program

5.00 p.m.       DISCU   In Search of Blackbeard's Treasure
Repeat of Monday's program

8.00 p.m.       A&E     Biography: Howard Carter
The guy who discovered Tut's tomb gets the Biography
treatment ...

Sunday, November 26
9.30 a.m.       DISCU   Mystery of the Neanderthals
So ... what happened to them?

Tuesday, November 28
8.00 p.m.       HISTU   True Story of Braveheart
William Wallace and all that ...

9.00 p.m.       HISTC   Ancient History Tuesdays
Insert standard hopeful description here ...

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Highlights: an amazingly sloooooow month ... you know it's slow when
highlights include two shows (one new, one old) on Atlantis (TLC) ...
Ancient Autopsies (TLC) ... Nefertiti (TLC) ...

Tuesday, September 5
5.00 p.m. DISCC Beyond 2000: Ottoman Archives
A look at a collection of some six centuries of Turkish history which is in
danger of deterioration but is apparently going to be saved with modern
technology.

9.00 p.m. HISTC Ancient History Tuesdays
Two hours of ancient programming

Wednesday, September 6
10.00 p.m. HISTU Engineering Disasters
This look at various engineering mistakes includes (it claims) a look at
Hammurabi's code and the Colossus of Rhodes.

Sunday, September 10
12.00 p.m. HISTU Body Snatchers
This one looks interesting: grave robbing for various purposes, from
Egyptian mummies to the need of cadavers for medical research in the 18th
century ...

10.00 p.m. TLC The Search For Atlantis
This is a new, two-hour thing which looks at various places which might be
Atlantis (essentially it appears to be a rehash of every other program on
Atlantis, but narrated by Ted Danson).

Tuesday, September 12
9.00 p.m. TLC In Pursuit of the Shroud
Oft-repeated look at what technology reveals about the Shroud of Turin.

9.00 p.m. HISTC Ancient History Tuesdays
Two hours' worth ... hopefully

10.00 p.m. TLC Nefertiti: Egypt's Mysterious Queen
"Follow archaeologist Nicholas Reeves on his search for Nefertiti's tomb,
the greatest archaeological discovery of the 20th century" (hmmmm...)

Sunday, September 17
6.00 a.m. A&E New Explorers: Search for Inca Gold
A decent program wherein all sorts of technology is used to try and locate
a huge amount of gold which supposedly is hidden in the mountains of Ecuador.

Tuesday, September 19
9.00 p.m. HISTC Ancient History Tuesdays
Two hours of TBA ancient history programming ...

9.00 p.m. TLC Curse of Tutankhamen
This might be new, but the subject isn't, of course.

10.00 p.m. TLC Ancient Autopsies
Another one which appears to be new, but again with a oft-repeated subject:
examining mummies for info about modern diseases.

Friday, September 22
9.00 p.m. TLC Atlantis: The Lost Continent
Oft-repeated and I suspect the source for some of the computer-imagery for
the Ted Danson-narrated thing earlier this month.

10.00 p.m. TLC Lost Ships: White Gold
A somewhat vague description suggests this is about the illicit antiquities
trade (with a focus on south east Asia)

Sunday, September 24
9.00 p.m. TLC Chariots of the Gods - The Mysteries Continue
Erich von Daniken proves he can still get air time ...

Tuesday, September 26
9.00 p.m. HISTC Ancient History Tuesdays
Two hours of ancient programming

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tonight) moving as part of the general move of my Atrium website to a new
domain. The url for the web version (which can now be updated! woohoo! ...
long story) will be:

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Highlights:  Great Empire (HISTU) ... Greatest Pharaohs (A&E) ... Ancient
Inventions: War and Conflict (DISCC) ... Puzzles of the Past (DISCC)

Tuesday, August 1
7.00 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

9.00 p.m. HISTC Ancient History Tuesdays
Two hours of ancient programming

Wednesday, August 2
7.00 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

Thursday, August 3
7.00 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

10.00 p.m. DISCU Ancient Puzzles
One I have yet to see on "ancient secret codes, puzzles, and the
ever-mysterious Egyptian pyramids".

Friday, August 4
7.00 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

9.30 p.m. DISCU Islands of Mystery
This one looks interesting: "Visit a remote Pacific island where ruined
stone palaces sprawl across a hundred man-made islands, and a
5,000-year-old catacomb on Malta which contains thousands of bodies and
evidence of worship to an obese fertility goddess."

Saturday, August 5
12.30 p.m. DISCU Islands of Mystery
Repeat of Friday's program

2.00 p.m. DISCU Ancient Puzzles
Repeat of Thursday's program

Sunday, August 6
8.00 p.m. TLC The Lost Ark
Another one I've missed (but not much): "Ancient astronauts journeyed to
earth and taught the Egyptians to make a capacitor capable of storing
electricity ... (etc.)"
Monday, August 7

7.00 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

10.00 p.m. DISCC Puzzles of the Past: Secret Codes
Deciphering of various scripts (Egyptian, Mayan, Indus), as well as the
more 'usual' stuff about secret codes.

Tuesday, August 8
7.00 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

9.00 p.m. HISTC Ancient History Tuesdays
Just so folks know, there won't be ancient programming in this time slot
(argh!) due to a couple of programs commemorating Hiroshima.

Wednesday, August 9
7.00 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

9.00 p.m. DISCU Pyramids: Resurrection Machines
A look at how the pyramids fit into the Egyptian belief system.

10.00 p.m. DISCU Mummies: Into the After Life
Oft-repeated (it seems) program on how ancient mummies are helping fight
modern diseases.

Thursday, August 10
9.00 p.m. TLC Forgotten Secrets
Probable squirrel fodder here: "Ancient civilizations appear to be linked
by astonishing similarities in their understanding of the heavens. Evidence
points beyond coincidence to the existence of an earlier civilization that
spread their knowledge world-wide".

10.00 p.m. TLC Aztecs: Inside the Hidden Empire
A general overview of Aztec culture, with reference (of course) to their
"bizarre sacrificial practices".

Friday, August 11
7.00 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

11.00 p.m. HISTU Lost City of Atlantis
I'm not sure if this is a new one or is simply one of the old ones
repackaged for a new series called "Incredible but True?"

Saturday, August 12
3.00 p.m. DISCU Pyramids: Resurrection Machines
Repeat of Wednesday's program

6.00 p.m. TLC Chariots of the Gods - The Mysteries Continue
The real mystery is why people still pay for this sort of thing: "Author
Erich Von Daniken challenges science with his theories."

Sunday, August 13
7.00 p.m. DISCU Mysteries of the Pyramids
Repeat of the program from August 8 ...

Monday, August 14
7.00 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

Tuesday, August 15
7.00 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

9.00 p.m. HISTC Ancient History Tuesdays
Two hours of TBA ancient history programming ...

Wednesday, August 16
7.00 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

Thursday, August 17
7.00 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)
Repeat of Sunday's programme.

Friday, August 18
7.00 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

Saturday, August 19
7.00 p.m. DISCC Underwater Secrets
A portion of this program is devoted to the search for the Queen Anne's
Revenge (and is possibly out of date now).

7.00 p.m. PBS The Dead Sea
This is one episode from an impressive series on PBS devoted to "the most
stunning natural features on earth". The official blurb promises that this
installment includes "the geology, archaeology and history of the Dead Sea
region." [as always with PBS, check local listings]

Sunday, August 20
7.00 p.m. HISTU This Week in History
Among the topics discussed in this weekly program (which will hopefully
appear on a channel I can watch) is the destruction of Pompeii and Vesuvius.

9.00 p.m. PBS Out of India
Another one that looks like it has potential: the program follows William
Dalrymple on a couple of tours of India. The first is a pilgrim route to
the source of the Ganges; in the second, he follows a manuscript which
details St. Thomas' trip from Palestine to India to see whether it is fact
or fiction. [check local listings]

Monday, August 21
6.00 a.m. HISTU The Great Empire: The Republic
Decent series hosted by Joe Mantegna on the rise and fall of Rome; the
first episode covers a lot of territory -- from Romulus to the
establishment of an imperial form of government.

7.00 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

8.00 p.m. DISCU Mysteries of the Pyramids
This is a really good program on the pyramids, and includes footage of
several that usually don't make it to television.

9.00 p.m. DISCU Riddle of the Desert Mummies
Oft-repeated program about Caucasion mummies found in China.

10.00 p.m. DISCU Age of Gold
I'm still waiting to see this one: it suggests that tombs of pharaohs were
systematically looted to provide gold for the burials of later pharaohs.

Tuesday, August 22
6.00 a.m. HISTU The Great Empire: Age of Emperors
The series continues with a look at the Julio-Claudians

7.00 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

8.00 p.m. HISTU Shroud of Turin
I'm not sure which program this one is; it postdates the carbon dating but
seems to be much prior to the exhibition of the shroud a few years ago.

9.00 p.m. HISTU Mummies: Tales ..
See description for Tuesday, August 11

9.00 p.m. HISTC Ancient History Tuesdays
Two hours of TBA ancient history programming

Wednesday, August 23
6.00 a.m. HISTU Great Empire: Building an Empire
The multicultural Roman Empire ...

7.00 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

Thursday, August 24
6.00 a.m. HISTU Great Empire: The Enduring Legacy
The title says it all ...

7.00 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

9.00 p.m. DISCC Ancient Inventions: War and Conflict
Assorted ancient military innovations, hosted by Terry Jones of Monty
Python fame.

9.00 p.m. DISCU Atlantis Found?
This one might be new ... (but probably isn't, really)

Friday, August 25
7.00 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

9.00 p.m. TLC Seeking Noah's Flood
Exploring the theory that various flood legends in the Near East are tied
to an event associated with the Black Sea ...

10.00 p.m. TLC Mazes and Labyrinths
A look at mazes and puzzles throughout the ages (the pyramids are mentioned
in the official description, but curiously the palace of Knossos isn't ...)

Saturday, August 26
6.00 p.m. DISCU Riddle of the Desert Mummies
Repeat of Monday's program.

Monday, August 28
7.00 a.m. A&E Greatest Pharaohs
The first episode looks generally at some of the big monuments of ancient
Egypt as well as Tut's tomb. [n.b. I suspect the entire series is being
shown this week in the Classroom time slot, but the info I have ends on the
28th for reasons unknown]


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An okay month in terms of quality ...

Highlights:  Lots of mummy stuff (HISTU, A&E, DISCU) ... Paths of the Gods
(DISCC) ... Great Commanders (HISTU)

Tuesday, July 4
7.00 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

9.00 p.m. HISTC Return to the Valley of the Kings
A descendant of Lord Carnavon returns to the tomb of King Tut.

10.00 p.m. HISTC The Real Merlin
The evidence for the existence of the most well-known Druid

Wednesday, July 5
7.00 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

Thursday, July 6
7.00 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

Friday, July 7
7.00 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

9.30 p.m. DISCU Mummies
Mummification in various cultures

Saturday, July 8
12.30 p.m. DISCU Mummies
Repeat of yesterday's program.

Monday, July 10
7.00 a.m. A&E Mummies: Tales from the Crypts
A four part series on various aspects of Egyptian religion; this one looks
at tombs of mummies, construction of the pyramids, and the process of
mummification

7.00 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

10.00 p.m. DISCC Paths of the Gods: Poseidon and Demeter
A decent series on the Greek gods and religion, narrated by Peter Ustinov

Tuesday, July 11
7.00 a.m. A&E Mummies: Tales ...
The Sphinx as a 'bridge' between the living and the dead ...

7.00 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

9.00 p.m. HISTC Secret Heart of Asia
A two-part program (the second airs at 10.00) which looks like it will have
some decent ancient content; the first goes down the Silk Road aways to
visit assorted sites associated with Buddha (among others); the second
visits Tibet.

Wednesday, July 12
7.00 a.m. A&E Mummies: Tales ...
A good look at heiroglyphics ...

7.00 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

Thursday, July 13
7.00 a.m. A&E Mummies: Tales ...
A sort of wrap up episode (oooh ... horrible pun), looking at religious
beliefs, pyramids, and pharaohs.

9.00 p.m. DISCU King Arthur
A look at the evidence for King Arthur's existence, including the
inscription which supposedly refers to him.

Friday, July 14
7.00 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

Sunday, July 16
7.00 p.m. DISCU Mysteries of the Pyramids
Repeat of the program from July 8 ...

Monday, July 17
7.00 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

8.00 p.m. HISTU True Story of Marco Polo
Considering the question whether Marco Polo really existed and really did
travel to the east ...

9.00 p.m. HISTU Great Commanders: Alexander
A look at Alexander's tactics, strategy, and victory at Issus

10.00 p.m. DISCC Paths of the Gods: Apollo and Dionysus
The series continues with a look at the sun god and the wine god

Tuesday, July 18
7.00 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

8.00 p.m. HISTU Enduring Mystery of Stonehenge
The one where "experts", anthropologists and astronomers assess the mystery
(UFO's will be mentioned)

9.00 p.m. HISTU Great Commanders: Julius Caesar
Caesar's victory at Alesia ...

9.00 p.m. HISTC Ancient History Tuesdays
Two hours of TBA ancient history programming ...

Wednesday, July 19
7.00 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

Thursday, July 20
7.00 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)
Repeat of Sunday's programme.

9.00 p.m. TLC Real History The Real Jesus Christ
By the official description, this is more about the early development of
Christianity than the search for the historical Jesus; a 'battle' between
Paul's and James' interpretations of Jesus' words

10.00 p.m. TLC Mysterious Man of the Shroud
Oft-repeated, standard look at the Shroud of Turin

Friday, July 21
7.00 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

Sunday, July 23
8.00 p.m. DISCU Discovery Sunday Iceman: Mummy from the Stoneage
Excellent program on what Oetzi has revealed about life in Neolithic Europe

9.00 p.m. DISCU Riddle of the Desert Mummies
Caucasian mummies from the Chinese desert ...

10.00 p.m. DISCU Lost Mummy of Imhotep
This one seems to be new: the discovery and excavation of what might be the
tomb of "the first genius" Imhotep.

Monday, July 24
7.00 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

9.00 p.m. HISTU Mummies: Tales from the Crypts
See description from Monday, July 10 (A&E)

10.00 p.m. DISCC Paths of the Gods: Artemis, Ares, and Eris
A trio of divinities known for their tempers ...

Tuesday, July 25
7.00 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

8.00 p.m. HISTU Amazon Women
A look at the archaeological evidence for the "tribe of men-hating women
warriors"

9.00 p.m. HISTU Mummies: Tales ..
See description for Tuesday, July 11

9.00 p.m. HISTC Ancient History Tuesdays
Two hours of TBA ancient history programming

Wednesday, July 26
7.00 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

8.00 p.m. HISTU The Children's Crusade
One of the strangest episodes in the violent history of religion-based
conflict.

9.00 p.m. HISTU Mummies: Tales ...
See description for Wednesday, July 12

Thursday, July 27
7.00 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

9.00 p.m. HISTU Mummies: Tales ...
See description for Thursday, July 12

Friday, July 28
7.00 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)


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An okay month in terms of quality ...

Highlights: Vikings (PBS) ... Ice Mummies (PBS) ... In the Footsteps of
Alexander the Great (HISTC ... maybe) ... Pyramid of Doom (TLC) ...
Cleopatra's Palace (DISCC) ... assorted Egyptian stuff (HISTU) ... etc.

Sunday, June 4
12.00 p.m. A&E Ancient Mysteries The Lost Ark
Oft-repeated look at the search for what Indiana Jones was looking for.

Monday, June 5
7.00 p.m. HISTC Archaeology
The series continues ...

9.00 p.m. DISCU In Search of Blackbeard's Treasure
The discovery of what appears to be the Queen Anne's Revenge ...

10.00 p.m. DISCC The Viking Saga
This one looks interesting: it examines the Vikings' eastward trade routes
into Russia and Constantinople.

Tuesday, June 6
7.00 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

8.00 p.m. PBS Nova: The Vikings
A two hour special on "a people who were much more than ax-wielding
pirates". As with all PBS programmes, check local listings on this one (on
some stations, it might be on on June 13 at 6.00 p.m.)

9.00 p.m. HISTC Ancient History Tuesdays
Two hours of non-specified programming about the ancient world (I believe
the first is Henry Louis Gates' series "Into Africa" on various ancient
kingdoms of Africa; the second is the second or third episode of Michael
Wood's "In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great")

Wednesday, June 7
7.00 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)
Thursday, June 8

7.00 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

8.00 p.m. DISCU Mysteries of the Pyramids
This one looks potentially nutty ... outside of the spelling 'pyrmids' in
the official description, one finds the following 'complete' sentence:
"What it is that draws people to the pyramids."

Friday, June 9
7.00 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

6.00 p.m. DISCU In Search of Blackbeard's Treasure
Repeat of Monday's program ...

Monday, June 10
11.00 a.m. TLC Great Books The Odyssey
TLC is running a handful of its 'Great Books' programs in this marathon,
including this decent little look at Homer's Odyssey.

Monday, June 12
6.00 a.m. HISTU Ramses the Great
Classroom is running a bunch of Egyptian stuff this week; this one's a
decent look at Ramses.

7.00 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

10.00 p.m. DISCC Egypt's City of the Dead
Decent look at various catacombs which lie under the city of Alexandria.

Tuesday, June 13
6.00 a.m. HISTU Egypt's Great Queen
Oft-repeated look at Hatshepsut.

7.00 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

9.00 p.m. HISTC TBA
There should be some ancient programming in this time slot (two hours'
worth, again, Gates and Wood)

Wednesday, June 14
6.00 a.m. HISTU The Sphinx of Egypt
Somewhat oft-repeated program which tries to figure out whose face is on
the Sphinx (this one is actually good to show to schoolkids)

7.00 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

Thursday, June 15
6.00 a.m. HISTU Mysteries of King Tut
A look at various mysteries dealing with Tut, including the cause of his
death and the omnipresent 'curse' ...

10.00 p.m. TLC Pyramid of Doom
This one looks interesting (I think I missed it if it was ever on before):
"Excavations at an ancient pyramid in Peru reveal some 70 skeletons
grotesquely splayed across a mud plaza in positions of sudden, violent
death ..."

Friday, June 16
7.00 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

Sunday, June 18
7.00 p.m. DISCU Mysteries of the Pyramids
Repeat of the program from June 8 ...

9.00 p.m. PBS NOVA Ice Mummies
NOVA is running this three hour special on various frozen dead folks from
the Andes, Siberia, and the Alps (as with all PBS programs, check local
listings)

Monday, June 19
9.00 a.m. DISCU The Republic
DISCU also appears to be picking up bits and pieces of the Great Books
series from TLC ... two episodes in one here; one on Siggy Freud's
*Interpretation of Dreams*, the other on Plato's *Republic*, with a
reenactment of the Allegory of the Cave

7.00 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

10.00 p.m. DISCC Cleopatra's Palace
The story of Cleo and the discovery of her palace beneath the sea ... (a
good one!)

Tuesday, June 20
7.00 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

8.00 p.m. A&E Biography: Mary Magdalene
Revisionism about what the real Magdalene was like ..

8.00 p.m. HISTU Strange Disappearance of the Anasazi
Trying to figure out why the Anasazi disappeared (and you know someone out
there is thinking "Maybe it was someone they ate" ... sorry ... couldn't
resist).

9.00 p.m. HISTC TBA
There should be some ancient programming in this time slot (two hours)

Wednesday, June 21
7.00 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)
Thursday, June 22

7.00 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)
Repeat of Sunday's programme.

Friday, June 23
7.00 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

8.00 p.m. TLC Mysterious Treasures
This looks like a somewhat 'mercenary' series, each episode looking at
'treasures' of some sort. Included in this episode are 'ancient treasure
troves', including tombs in Egypt and Iraq ... of course, curses are
mentioned ...

9.00 p.m. TLC Sacred Treasures
More treasures, including the Ark of the Covenant and the Shroud of Turin.

10.00 p.m. TLC Royal Treasures
Nothing specifically ancient mentioned here, but just in case you want the
complete set ...

Sunday, June 25
6.00 p.m. PBS NOVA Ice Mummies
Another potential showing of the three hour PBS special ...

10.00 p.m. TLC Atlantis: The Lost Continent
This is the one with all the computer graphics to dramatize "life as it may
have existed" ...

Monday, June 26
10.00 p.m. DISCU Mysterious Man of the Shroud
Somewhat dated look at the Shroud of Turin

Wednesday, June 28
9.00 p.m. PBS NOVA Voyage of Doom
This one has potential: the search for La Salle's lost last ship (say that
ten times really fast)


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Apologies for sending a conference announcement to the wrong entry in my
addressbook (darned sausage fingers!).

dm

The Departments of Philosophy and Classics at the University of Toronto
announce a conference:


HELLENISTIC PHILOSOPHY AND THE EARLY MODERN PERIOD
September 22-24, 2000

Programme of Papers

Each paper is allotted a 75 minute session. Presentation of the paper will
be followed by a brief commentary to introduce discussion from the floor.

Friday, September 22:

Chair:  Jon Miller (Toronto)

4:00-5:15pm:            Terence Irwin (Cornell)
"Stoic ethics and philosophy of mind in early modern philosophy"

5:30-6:45pm:            Anthony Long (Berkeley)
"The Stoic legacy to early modern philosophy"

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Saturday, September 23:

Chair of morning session: Calvin Normore (UCLA)

9:00-10:15am:           Catherine Wilson (UBC)
"Leibniz and the Epicurean Plurality of Worlds"

10:30-11:45am:   Gail Fine (Cornell)
"Subjectivity and Scope:  Descartes and Ancient Scepticism"

12:00-1:15pm:           Stephen Menn (McGill)
"The Discourse on the Method and the Tradition of Intellectual
Autobiography"

----------------

Chair of afternoon session:  Steven Nadler (Wisconsin)

2:30-3:45pm:            Don Ainslie (Toronto)
"Hume's Scepticism and Ancient Scepticisms"

4:00-5:15pm:            Margaret Osler (Calgary)
"Gassendi, Epicurus, and the Mechanical Explanation of Nature"

5:30-7:00pm:            ROUND TABLE: Inwood, Nadler, Normore, Jerome
Schneewind (Johns Hopkins)

----------------

Sunday, September 24:

Chair:  Brad Inwood (Toronto)

9:00-10:15am:           Amelie Oksenberg Rorty (Brandeis)
"Spinoza:  the ultimate Stoic"

10:30-11:45am:   Donald Rutherford (UCSD)
"Patience sans Espérance:  Leibniz's Critique of Stoicism"

12:00-1:15pm:           Phillip Mitsis (NYU)
"Locke and the Stoics:  law, rights and property"


All sessions will be held in Alumni Hall on St. Michael's campus at the
University of Toronto.  For more information, contact the conference
organizers, Brad Inwood (inwood@...) or Jon Miller
(jamiller@...).  This conference is made possible with
financial support from SSHRC, the School of Graduate Studies at the
University of Toronto, the Departments of Philosophy and Classics, and
Centre for Medieval Studies. There will be a small registration fee
to cover the cost of refreshments.

A couple of items of interest that have cropped up in the last couple of days:

Tuesday, May 23

1.00 p.m.   TVO  More to Life

Folks in Ontario will be able to call in and talk to one of Canada's
leading authorities on matters gladiatorial and amphitheatral (Jonathan
Edmondson of York University) ... I have somewhat conflicting times on this
one; JE himself tells me 1.15, TV Guide 1.00.


8.00 p.m.    FOX   Opening of the Tombs

Bill Pullman (the guy from Casper the Friendly Ghost) hosts this program
(along with the omnipresent Zahi Hawass) which will open one of the tombs
from the Barhariyah Oasis 'live'. On Entertainment Tonight on Friday they
did a preview and it looks pretty good ...

David Webb has kindly reminded me that tonight at 9.00 p.m., there's a
two-hour program which is a new production of "Jason and the Argonauts" ...
I can't confirm that it's on tomorrow as well ...

Sorry for the short notice ...

regards,

dm

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[Apologies for lateness, gang ... it's been a stunningly hectic week
(offers on our houses which are for sale, open houses at school, a car
accident, etc.]

A good month if you're in Canada ... average for our American friends:

Highlights: Much ado about Mummies (DISCC) ... Caesar's Bridge Over the
Rhine (HISTU) ... Egypt's Ten Plagues (DISCC)

Sunday, May 7
12.00 p.m. A&E Ancient Mysteries The Lost Ark
Oft-repeated look at the search for what Indiana Jones was looking for.

6.00 p.m. HISTU Roman War Machine Barbarians at the Gate
The Roman army's role in 'Romanization'.

Monday, May 8
7.00 p.m. HISTC Archaeology
The series continues ...

10.00 p.m. DISCC Stonehenge: Sex and the Stones
Examining the theory that Stonehenge is a fertility symbol

Tuesday, May 9
7.00 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

8.00 p.m. PBS Nova: The Vikings
A two hour special on "a people who were much more than ax-wielding
pirates". As with all PBS programmes, check local listings on this one (on
some stations, it might be on on May 13 at 6.00 p.m.)

9.00 p.m. HISTC Ancient History Tuesdays
Two hours of non-specified programming about the ancient world (the first
program *might* be about the Roman Arena)
Wednesday, May 10

7.00 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

Thursday, May 11
7.00 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

Friday, May 12
7.00 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

Sunday, May 14
12.00 p.m. A&E Mysteries of the Bible Mary of Nazareth
Various stories about Mary, both Biblical and not, are examined.

7.00 p.m. DISCC Animal Mummies
In honour of "Mummies Day", the Canadian version of the Discovery Channel
is conducting a "Mummies Marathon", the first of which looks at animal
mummies. (For those of you in the US, I could have sworn I saw this
advertised on TLC for the US version of Discovery Channel, but can't find
mention of it in the 'official schedule' ... check local listings with
fingers cross).

8.00 p.m. DISCC Iceman: Mummy from the Stone Age
Otzi ...

9.00 p.m. DISCC Secrets of the Pharaohs
Mo' mummies, mo' mummies

10.00 p.m. DISCC Ice Maiden
The 'scythian' princess mummy ...

11.00 p.m. DISCC Ice Mummies: A Life in Ice
Another program about Otzi ...

Monday, May 15
7.00 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)
Tuesday, May 16

6.00 p.m. DISCC How'd they do that?
One segment of this program is apparently devoted to mummification.

7.00 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

8.00 p.m PBS The Lost Vikings
Another viking program on PBS, this time devoted to looking at why a colony
in Greenland seems to have come to an end (as always, check local listings)

9.00 p.m. HISTC TBA
There should be some ancient programming in this time slot (two hours'
worth, one of which might be devoted to "Ancient Cities")

Wednesday, May 17
7.00 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

Thursday, May 18
7.00 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

8.00 p.m. HISTU Sodom and Gomorrah
Various theories about where the infamous cities were ...

8.00 p.m. PBS Cannibalism in the Canyon
This appears to be a two-half-hour shows thing crammed into one hour ...
the first looks at the Hindenberg, the second at the Anasazi (check local
listings for this PBS programme)

Friday, May 19
7.00 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

Saturday, May 20
7.00 p.m. HISTU Modern Marvels Challenge Caesar's Bridge
A modern engineer, guided by archaeologists, attempts to recreate Caesar's
bridge over the Rhine.

Sunday, May 21
12.00 p.m. A&E Ancient Mysteries Puzzling Pyramids of Mexico
Teotihuacan ...

4.00 p.m. DISCC Iceman: Mummy from the Stone Age
Repeat of program from the Mummies Marathon

5.00 p.m. DISCC Secrets of the Pharaohs
ditto

Monday, May 22
7.00 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

10.00 p.m. DISCC Egypt's Ten Plagues
An interesting program which presents a theory which was essentially
generated from email that Egypt's ten plagues could be explained by natural
phenomena.

Tuesday, May 23
7.00 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

9.00 p.m. HISTC TBA
There should be some ancient programming in this time slot (two hours)

Wednesday, May 24
7.00 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

Thursday, May 25
7.00 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)
Repeat of Sunday's programme.

Friday, May 26
7.00 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

Sunday, May 28
12.00 p.m. A&E Ancient Mysteries Private Lives of the Emperors
Mostly a look at the building programmes of various imperial types.

Monday, May 29
7.00 a.m. A&E Classroom The Face of Tutankhamun I
First of a decent five-part series on the discovery and effect of the
discovery of Tut's tomb. This one looks at the preliminaries to the discovery.

Tuesday, May 30
7.00 a.m. A&E Classroom Face of Tut II
The series continues with a look at the discovery of the tomb itself

Wednesday, May 31
7.00 a.m. A&E  Classroom Face of Tut III
The spinoffs of the discovery, including Steve Martin's song ...


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Greetings,

My box is rapidly filling because of an overactive delete/formatting finger
that I am afflicted with (comes from being on too many email lists!). In
any event, the programming for April 12 and 13 is squashed together and
should read:

  >Wednesday, April 12
  >7.00 a.m. A&E Classroom Rise of Christianity: I
  >A four part series looking at the first thousand years or so of
  >Christianity, beginning fifty days after Jesus' death.This episode looks
  >mostly at the ministry of Paul.
  >
  >7.00 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

  >Thursday, April 13
  >7.00 a.m. A&E Classroom Rise of Christianity II
  >Christianity from 312 A.D. to 461 ...
  >
  >7.00 p.m. HISTC Archaeology (TBA)

Sorry for the confusion

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Highlights: Archaeology (nightly on HISTC!) ... The Great Empire(HISTU) ...
Gladiators (TLC) ... Napoleon's Obsession: Quest for Egypt (TLC) ...
Egypt's Greatest Pharaohs (HISTU) ... tons of mummy stuff (various)

All times Eastern:

Monday, April 3
8.00 p.m.       TLC     The Shroud of Turin
Another semi-recent look at the Shroud ...

Wednesday, April 5
8.00 p.m.       HISTU   Ancient Aliens
Archaeological evidence which suggests ... nahhh ... von Daniken stuff.

Sunday, April 9
12.00 p.m.      A&E     Ancient Mysteries       The Great Sphinx
Computer recreations of what the thing originally looked like

1.00 p.m.       A&E     The Unexplained Curse of King Tut
Standard look at the travails of those who opened Tut's tomb

Monday, April 10
7.00 p.m.       HISTC   Archaeology
Sqweee ... I knew they'd come through. The Canadian version of the history
channel seems to be running this series every weeknight!!! Unfortunately
they don't give details about what the topic is!

Tuesday, April 11
7.00 p.m.       HISTC   Archaeology (TBA)

9.00 p.m.       HISTC   Ancient History Tuesdays
Two hours of non-specified programming about the ancient world.

Wednesday, April 12
7.00 a.m.       A&E     Classroom       Rise of Christianity: I
A four part series looking at the first thousand years or so of
Christianity, beginning fifty days after Jesus' death.This episode looks
mostly at the ministry of Paul.

7.00 p.m.       HISTC   Archaeology (TBA)
Thursday, April 13

7.00 a.m.       A&E     Classroom       Rise of Christianity II
Christianity from 312 A.D. to 461 ...

7.00 p.m.       HISTC   Archaeology (TBA)
Friday, April 14

7.00 a.m.       A&E     Classroom       Rise of Christianity III
  From 461 to the rise of Islam ...

7.00 p.m.       HISTC   Archaeology (TBA)

8.00 p.m.       HISTU   Egypt's Greatest Pharaohs: I-III
The History Channel is running all three episodes in this decent series,
which focusses on the usual suspects (Ahkenaten, Nefertiti, Tut) and some
not-so-usual ones (Seti I)

9.00 p.m.       TLC     In Pursuit of the Shroud
Decent program on various theories about the Shroud of Turin made just
prior to the public exhibition of it last year.

10.00 p.m.      TLC     Mystery of the Island Mummies
Mummies on the Canary Islands (repeated later on DISCU)

Sunday, April 16
12.00 p.m.      A&E     Mysteries of the Bible  The Last Supper
Oft-repeated (especially at this time of year) look at whether Jesus
realized the significance of his/the last supper.

Monday, April 17
7.00 a.m.       A&E     Classroom       Rise of Christianity IV
Charlemagne, the end of the Dark Ages, but more conflicts with Islam ...

7.00 p.m.       HISTC   Archaeology (TBA)

Tuesday, April 18
7.00 a.m.       A&E     Classroom       The Unknown Jesus
Two part "profile that challenges traditional beliefs about Jesus" (sounds
like Jesus Seminar stuff)

6.00 p.m.       HISTU   The Great Empire: Republic of Rome
Joe Mantegna narrates this four part series -- Pompey, Cicero, Caesar, Tony
and Cleo ...

7.00 p.m.       HISTC   Archaeology (TBA)

9.00 p.m.       HISTC   TBA
There should be some ancient programming in this time slot (two hours' worth)

Wednesday, April 19
7.00 a.m.       A&E     Classroom       The Unknown Jesus
Second part, which deals with big questions like "god or man? ... pacifist
or rebel ... real-life martyr or a convenient fiction?"

6.00 p.m.       HISTU   The Great Empire: Age of Emperors
The Julio-Claudians, and a couple more ...

7.00 p.m.       HISTC   Archaeology (TBA)
Thursday, April 20

6.00 p.m.       HISTU   The Great Empire: Building an Empire
This episode focusses mostly on Pompeii and Hadrian ...

7.00 p.m.       HISTC   Archaeology (TBA)

10.00 p.m.      DISCU   Into the Unknown        Ancient Puzzles
A vague official description referring to "ancient secret codes, puzzles,
and the ever-mysterious Egyptian pyramids".

Friday, April 21
6.00 p.m.       HISTU   The Great Empire: The Enduring Legacy
Constatine, Justinian, and the rise of Christianity

7.00 p.m.       HISTC   Archaeology (TBA)

8.00 p.m.       HISTU   The Shroud of Turin
The same program that began the month ...

9.00 p.m.       HISTU   The Twelve Apostles
The apostles as revolutionaries (two hours) ...

Saturday, April 22
2.00    DISCU   Into the Unknown        Ancient Puzzles
Repeat of Thursday's program.

Sunday, April 23
12.00 p.m.      A&E     Mysteries of the Bible  The Execution of Jesus
An interesting look at Jesus' last days and various archaeological evidence
associated with it (included the purported tomb of Caiaphas)

7.00 p.m.       HISTC   Archaeology (TBA)

8.00 p.m.       DISCC   Mummies: The Real Story
Brendan Fraser narrates this look at mummification in assorted cultures.

8.00 p.m.       TLC     The Lost Ark
Official description sez it all "Ancient astronauts journeyed to earth and
taught the Egyptians to make a capacitor capable of storing electricity ..."

9.00 p.m.       DISCC   Riddle of the Desert Mummies
Non-Chinese mummies from China.

9.00 p.m.       TLC     Mummies: Frozen in Time
Mummification in various cultures (with some rather gruesome modern attempts)

10.00 p.m.      TLC     Napoleon's Obsession: Quest for Egypt
This one looks good: Napoleon's invasion of Egypt and the subsequent "birth
of modern archaeology and Egyptology" (sort of)
Tuesday, April 25

7.00 p.m.       HISTC   Archaeology (TBA)

9.00 p.m.       HISTC   TBA
There should be some ancient programming in this time slot (two hours)

Wednesday, April 26
7.00 p.m.       HISTC   Archaeology (TBA)

Thursday, April 27
7.00 p.m.       HISTC   Archaeology (TBA)

9.00 p.m.       TLC     Napoleon's Obsession: Quest for Egypt
Repeat of Sunday's programme.

Friday, April 28
7.00 p.m.       HISTC   Archaeology (TBA)

9.00 p.m. TLC  Gladiators: Sports and Entertainment in the Roman World
An obvious (and admitted) tie-in with Dreamworks latest feature flick (it
will be out for about two weeks by the time this comes out); this program
focusses on the popularity of gladiators.

10.00 p.m.      TLC     Gladiators: The Brutal Truth
More of the same, but focussing on gladiatorial competition as human
sacrifice along with the usual 'bloodthirsty crowd' references and
culminating in Spartacus' revolt, it appears.

9.30 p.m.       DISCU   Discover Magazine Mummies of the Headhunters
Mummies from the Philippines.

Saturday, April 29
12.30 p.m.      DISCU   Discover Magazine Mummies of the Headhunters
Repeat of yesterday's program

6.00 p.m.       TLC     Mummies: Frozen in Time
Repeat of Monday's programme.

7.00 p.m.       TLC     Napoleon's Obsession: Quest for Egypt
Third repeat of this one ...

Sunday, April 30
12.00 p.m.      A&E     Ancient Mysteries Powerful Gods of Mount Olympus
A look at the powers ascribed to the twelve Olympians, and how humans
exploited it.




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======= Sixth Anniversary Edition!!!!============

Yep ... these listings have now been taking up bandwidth for six years! On
March 17, 1994 they began rather modestly as 'The ancient world on
television this weekend on the Classics list'. Thanks to all you loyal
readers out there!!

Highlights: Biography: Julius Caesar (A&E) ... Amazon Women (HISTU) ...
Assorted Mummy programming (DISCU) ... Ghost Ships of Pisa (DISCU) ...
Cleopatra's World: Alexandria Revealed  (A&E)

All times Eastern:

Sunday, March 5
12.00 p.m.      A&E     Ancient Mysteries       Ancient Altered States
A look at various ways and means folks have used to alter their
consciousness throughout history.

8.00 p.m.       DISCU   Discovery Sunday        Secrets of the Great Wall
This one was on quite a bit last summer: a look at how the Great Wall of
China was built.

9.00 p.m.       DISCU   Discovery Sunday        Mysteries of the Pyramids
Everything you ever wanted to know about the pyramids (and probably a lot
less!)

10.00 p.m.      DISCU   Discovery Sunday        Mummies: Into the After Life
Oft-repeated look at what mummies tell us about ancient disease and how
they might help us deal with modern diseases.

Tuesday, March 7
9.00 p.m.       HISTC   Secreats of the Dead    Catastrophe: The Day the
Sun         went out
First of a two parter looking at the impact of a massive volcanic eruption
some 1500 years ago.

Wednesday, March 8
9.00 p.m.       DISCU   Iceman: Mummy from the Stone Age
An apparently-recent look at what we have learned about/from the Tryolian
Ice guy.

Thursday, March 9
9.00 p.m.       DISCU   Science Mysteris        Egypt's City of the Dead
An emergency dig in Egypt of an ancient Greek outpost ... good stuff.
Friday, March 10

8.00 p.m.       A&E     Biography       Julius Caesar
A rather good look at the guy ...

10.00 p.m.      DISCC   Spirits of the Jaguar   Forests of the Maya
The rise and fall of the Maya civilization

Saturday, March 11
3.00 p.m.       DISCU   Iceman: Mummy from the Stone Age
Repeat of Wednesday's program

5.00 p.m.       DISCU   Science Mysteries       Egypt's City of the Dead
Repeat of program shown on Mar. 9

10.00 p.m.      TLC     Chariots of the Gods: The Mysteries Continue
Erich von Daniken is back on the air pushing his own special brand of
squirrel fodder ...

Sunday, March 12
12.00 p.m.      A&E     Ancient Mysteries       Hadrian's Wall
Military necessity or egomaniacal propensity? Probably a bit of both ...

5.00 p.m.       DISCU   Discovery Sunday        Secrets of the Great Wall
Repeat of the program shown on Mar. 5

6.00 p.m.       DISCU   Discovery Sunday        Mysteries of the Pyramids
Repeat of program shown on March 5.

7.00 p.m.       DISCU   Discovery Sunday        Mummies: Into the After Life
Repeat of program shown on Mar. 5.

Monday, March 13
8.00 p.m.       HISTU   True Story of Robin Hood
Looking for the real story behind the tales ...

9.00 p.m.       HISTU   Most Astonishing Structures
This one has potential: a look at amazing buildings "from ancient
Cappadocian underground cities to modern skyscrapers" ...

Tuesday, March 14
9.00 p.m.       HISTC   Catastrophe: How the World Changed
Second part of the series which began last Tuesday

Wednesday, March 15
8.00 p.m.       HISTU   Amazon Women
No ... not the ones of B-movie ill-fame, but the ones mentioned by
Herodotus and in numerous other ancient tales.

Thursday, March 16
9.00 p.m.       HISTU   The Most Remarkable Battles
Another one with potential: the official blurb mentions the siege of
Jerusalem and "find out why Alexander was so great".

9.00 p.m.       TLC     Atlantis: The Lost Continent
This is the one with plenty of computer digitization to show what life in
Atlantis may have been like.

10.00 p.m.      TLC     Atlantis Uncovered
This is the one which suggests Atlantis was a sort of
super-pre-civilization which developed all sorts of things and passed them
on to the Egyptians, Mayans, etc.

Friday, March 17
8.00 p.m.       DISCU   On the Inside   Leaning Tower of Pisa
Not really ancient, but it looks interesting: a look at efforts to keep the
thing from tipping over.

9.00 p.m.       DISCU   Science Frontiers       Mummies: Frozen in Time
Assorted ways folks have tried to avoid bodily decay, both while living and
dead. There is a segment on mummifications.

10.00 p.m.      DISCC   Spirits of the Jaguar   Hunters of the Carribean Sea
A look at the Taino people ...
Saturday, March 18

1.00 p.m.       TLC     Chariots of the Gods: The Mysteries Continue
The biggest mystery is why they continue to give von Daniken a platform, of
course ...

Monday, March 20
7.00 a.m.       A&E     Classroom       Cleopatra's World: Alexandria Revealed
Two-parter looking first at Cleo's reputation and reality ...

8.00 p.m.       HISTU   Sodom and Gomorrah
Searching for the cities whose name is synonymous with, well, you know.
Tuesday, March 21

7.00 a.m.       A&E     Classroom       Cleopatra's World: Alexandria Revealed
The second part looks at the underwater remains of Cleo's palace, as
recently discovered in the harbour of Alexandria

9.00 p.m.       HISTC   TBA
There should be some ancient programming in this time slot

Friday, March 24
9.30 p.m.       DISCU   Discover Magazine       Ghost Ships of Pisa
A look at the remains of 15 Roman ships found near Pisa, Italy a couple of
years ago.

10.00 p.m.      HISTU   The History of Sex      Ancient Civilizations
This series is on all week, looking at sexual practices in various times
... this is the only one of real interest to us (maybe the medieval one too
(Wed., same time)) and looks at various practices amongst Greeks, Romans
and Egyptians.

Saturday, March 25
12.30 p.m.      DISCU   Discover Magazine       Ghost Ships of Pisa
A repeat of yesterday's program.
Sunday, March 25

12.00 p.m.      A&E     Ancient Mysteries       Tombs of the Gods
A look at the pyramids of Giza ...
Tuesday, March 28

9.00 p.m.       HISTC   TBA
There should be some ancient programming in this time slot
Wednesday, March 29

8.00 p.m.       HISTU   The Enduring Mystery of Stonehenge
"Experts, anthropologists, and astronomers assess the mystery." (Experts eh?)

Thursday, March 30
9.00 p.m.       DISCU   Science Mysteries       King Arthur
A look at the discovery (in 1998) of that inscription which supposedly
refers to King Arthur.


SERIES SITES WORTH CHECKING OUT:

Iceman: Mummy from the Stone Age
http://dsc.discovery.com/stories/history/iceman/iceman.html

Face to Face with Mummies (a Discovery.com page):
http://www.discovery.com/news/features/mummyfaces/mummyfaces.html

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[apologies for crossposting ... you wouldn't believe how many lists I feel
morally-bound to send this to]

Greetings,
This morning I finally connected long enough to my ISP to update my virus
definitions for Norton antivirus and I was greatly dismayed to discover
that I had been infected with the W32.Plage.Worm. I have no idea when I was
infected with same, but the virus apparently first appeared in January of
2000 (which coincides with a time I was having -- and continue to have --
problems connecting with my ISP, including in regards to such things as
scheduled tasks like Live Update for Norton Antivirus). It isn't really a
harmful thing, as far as viruses/worms go, but it is one of those things
one can pass along without even knowing it -- it supposedly sends a message
to any unanswered message it finds in your email program. If you have
received a message like the following from me (or anyone else, for that
matter):

P2000 Mail auto-reply:
' I'll try to reply as soon as possible.
Take a look to the attachment and send me your opinion! '
  > Get your FREE P2000 Mail now! <

... you should do a virus scan. There is an attachment that comes with the
message as a supposed .zip file which can have various names (mine was
news_doc.zip but apparently the name is randomly selected from a list). If
you haven't received such a message, there should be no need to worry.
As for what the virus does, if you're on your computer between midnight and
2 a.m. on a Wednesday, you'll be given a rather disturbing image on your
screen of Hitler with a gun in his mouth and an appeal to stop the "plage"
(sic) affecting the world.

More info on the virus (including info on the various file names of the
attachment containing it) at:

http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.plage.worm.html
or
http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/p2000.htm

I sincerely hope I haven't passed this along to you, but if I have, my
sincerest apologies.

regards,
dm

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The TV listings will be delayed this month (not too long!) ... tonight's
the first night in a week that my ISP has maintained a connection for
longer than 5 minutes; I've got plenty of catching up to do!

regards and apologies,

dm
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Highlights: The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization (PBS) ... Secrets of Lost
Empires (PBS and HISTC) ... Wonders of the African World (PBS) ... Tribes
and Civilizations/Egypt Uncovered (DISCC) ... etc.

Editor's note: beginning this month, I am including links to program/series
websites at the end of each issue ...

All times Eastern:

Saturday, February 5
1.00 p.m.  A&E Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
A 2-hour look at the seven wonders, who built them, and
why.

5.00 p.m. PBS Wonders of the African World Swahili Coast

This first episode in a decent series on ancient Africa
narrated by Henry Louis Gates Jr. looks at the history of
the coastal regions of Kenya, Tanzania, and the island of
Zanzibar. (as with all PBS listings, check your local
schedule to confirm times)

8.00 p.m. PBS NOVA Medieval Siege
This is the first episode in a special series by NOVA
subtitled "Secrets of Lost Empires". This one looks at
medieval military technology -- specifically the trebuchet
-- and involves a bunch of folks actually rebuilding and
using the thing.(check out the program website at the end
of these listings)

Tuesday, February 8
8.00 p.m. PBS NOVA Pharoah's Obelisk
The series continues with an interesting attempt to design
an apparatus to raise a 40-ton obelisk into position.

9.00 p.m. HISTC Secrets of LostEmpires  This Old Pyramid

This is the same as the NOVA series (I believe) slightly
askew ... this one attempts to build a small pyramid using
ancient techniques.

Wednesday, February 9
8.00 p.m. PBS The Greeks Birth of Democracy

A new, three-part series which had Paul Carledge as its
chief consultant looks at ancient Greece from the 6th to
4th centuries or so. The first episode (I believe) is entitled
"Birth of Democracy" -- I'd definitely check local listings
on this one; because of the long official title (The Greeks:
Crucible of Civilization), the title of individual episodes is
not immediately obvious. (also check out the link to the
program website at the end of the listings)

Thursday, February 10

8.00 p.m. PBS Wonders of theAfrican World The Slave Kingdoms
The series continues with a look at Ghana and Benin

9.00 p.m. DISCU Science Mysteries Secrets of the Pharoahs

Using DNA to figure out the human characteristics, of the
ancient Egyptians ...

Friday, February 11
10.00 p.m. DISCC Tribes and Civilizations   Age of Gold

A look at burial practices of pharoahs and the suggestion
that tombs were systematically plundered to provide later
pharoahs with sufficient gold for their own journey ...

Saturday, February 12

5.00 p.m. PBS Wonders of the African World The Slave Kingdoms
Repeat of Thursday's program.

8.00 p.m. PBS NOVA Pharoah's Obelisk
Repeat of Tuesday's program

9.00 p.m. PBS The Greeks ... The Golden Age
I believe this is the episode which will be on, obviously
looking at Pericles and Athens' 'empire'

Sunday, February 13
12.00 p.m. A&E Ancient Mysteries  Queen Pharoah
Hatshepsut ... again.

Tuesday, February 15

9.00 p.m.  PBS  NOVA Mystery of the First Americans
A look at Kennewick Man and various other remains
recently in the news which have caused some rethinking
on the populating of the Americas.

9.00 p.m. HISTC Secrets of Lost Empires Obelisk
A look at obelisks and various suggestions on how to
raise them -- possibly the same program as was on
NOVA last week, but the vague description isn't helpful.

Thursday, February 17

8.00 p.m.  PBS Wonders of the African World The Holy Land
The series continues with a look at Ethiopia, including
Axum.

Friday, February 18
10.00 p.m. DISCC Tribes and Civilizations  Deities and Demons
A look at the religion of the ancient Egyptians

Saturday, February 19
8.00 p.m. PBS Wonders of the African World The Holy Land
Repeat of Thursday's program.

8.00 p.m. PBS NOVA  Easter Island
Repeat of Tuesday's program.

Sunday, February 20

12.00 p.m. A&E Mysteries of the Bible David: Poet Warrior
A look at the various tales associated with David.

Tuesday, February 22

8.00 p.m. PBS NOVA Roman Bath
The whys and wherefores of Roman bathing technology,
including an attempt to recreate one in Sardis.

9.00 p.m. PBS NOVA Lost Tribes of Israel
Searching for the lost tribes, with a focus on Zimbabwe ...

9.00 p.m. HISTC Secrets of Lost Empires
Episode TBA

Thursday, February 24
8.00 p.m. PBS Wonders of the African World The Road to Timbuktu
The series continues with a journey to Timbuktu, via Dogon
territory ...

Friday, February 25
10.00 p.m. DISCC Tribes and Civilizations Mummies
Autopsies on mummies tell us about disease in ancient
Egypt.

Saturday, February 26
5.00 p.m.   PBS  Wonders of the African World The Road to Timbuktu
Repeat of Thursday's program.

8.00 p.m. PBS NOVA Roman Bath
Repeat of Tuesday's program

Sunday, February 27
12.00 noon A&E Ancient Mysteries Secrets of the Aztec Empire
A look at Tenochtitlan, among other things Aztec.

8.00 p.m. A&E 66 A.D.: The Last Revolt
That tumultuous time just prior to Nero's qualis artifex
thing, and the war brought to an end by Vespasian and
son.

8.00 p.m. DISCU Iceman: Mummy from the Stone Age
What autopsies etc. on the Tyrolean 'Iceman' have
revealed about life in Neolithic times.

Tuesday, February 29
8.00 p.m. HISTU Ancient Inventions
A look at ancient technology (this is actually episode 2 in
a three part series, which I believe often wanders into the
realm of von Daniken)

8.00 p.m. PBS NOVA China Bridge
A look at China's Rainbow Bridge, with the concomitant
attempt at recreation of a similar project with similar
technology.

9.00 p.m. HISTC Secerets of LostEmpires
Episode TBA

SERIES SITES WORTH CHECKING OUT:

NOVA: Secrets of Lost Empires
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostempires/

The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization
http://www.pbs.org/empires/thegreeks/

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Happy Y2K all! With this issue the AWOTV listings will be a monthly thing,
which will hopefully fit better into my schedule and make your long-term tv
planning more effective.


All times Eastern:

Monday, January 3
7.00 a.m. A&E  Classroom   The Greatest Pharaohs
First of a four parter looking at various big names (and not so big ones).
The first episode is a sort of overview of their
achievements.

Tuesday, January 4
7.00 a.m.       A&E     Classroom       The Greatest Pharaohs
The series continues with a look at Sneferu and the burial grounds at Abydos.

9.00 p.m.       HISTC   Pompeii
I'm not sure that I've seen this one; the official description suggests it
will be a good look at the town, including a vist to 'Thermopolium
Strreet', Poppaea's villa, and various houses and shops of the less rich
and less famous.

10.00 p.m.  HISTC  History Bites  David: The Big Sex Scandal
Sorry ... I have a weakness for this series, which presents variosu
historical events as 'channel surfing'; it's very effective with students,
although educators should screen the content first for
appropriateness.

Wednesday, January 5
7.00 a.m. A&E   Classroom  The Greatest Pharaohs
A trio of Pharaohs: Akhenaten, Nefertiti, and Seti I

Thursday, January 6
7.00 a.m.  A&E   Classroom  The Greatest Pharaohs
Last, but not least, Cleopatra ...

Friday, January 7
7.00 a.m.       A&E     Classroom       Archenemy: the Philistines
Oft-repeated look at the folks whose name is mostly associated with
destruction than creation ....

10.00 p.m. DISCC  Viking Saga
A look at the extensive archaeological evidence for a Viking
'Empire'

Saturday, January 8
5.00 p.m.       HISTC   Pompeii
Repeat of Tuesday's programme

6.00 p.m.  HISTC  History Bites  David: the Big Sex Scandal
Repeat of Tuesday's programme.

Sunday, January 9
9.00 a.m.       A&E     Breakfast with the Arts Dido and Aeneas
A modern dance interpretaion of Purcell's opera.

12.00 p.m. A&E  Ancient Mysteries  UFOs: The First Encounters
I know ... I know ... but this one purports to include "a look at monuments
of antiquity that point toward stars in the sky, and ancient texts that
contain references to flying objects."
Monday, January 11
10.00 p.m.   DISCC  Discover Magazine  Human Sacrifice
A look at the evidence for human sacrifice in various ancient cultures
(Druid, Anasazi, and possibly Carthaginian)

Friday, January 14
9.00 p.m.       TLC     Egypt's Lost City
A look at Tell el'Amarna

10.00 p.m.      DISCC   Discover Magazine       Viking Saga
Repeat of last week's programme

10.00 p.m.TLCRamses the Great
A look at Ramses' achievements, and mummified remains.

Saturday, January 15
5.00 p.m. HISTC  TBA
Supposedly a program with ancient content will be in this time
slot.

Sunday, January 16
12.00 p.m.      A&E     Ancient Mysteries       Secret Life of Ramses II
The various building projects of the other Ramses ...

1.00 p.m.  A&E  The Unexplained   Strange Lines in the Sand
Nazca, of course ...

Monday, January 17
9.00 p.m.       DISCU   Riddle of the Desert Mummies
DNA analysis on mummies from China ...

10.00 a.m.  DISCU  Age of Gold
An interesting suggestion: tombs of pharaohs were systematically plundered
to finance the burials of future kings.

Wednesday, January 19
7.00 a.m.       A&E     Classroom       Foot Soldier: the Medieval Soldier
Just a small portion of this series hosted by Richard Karn is being shown;
it tends to have cheesy reproductions of battles that eventually are good
for a laugh.

9.00 p.m.       DISCU   Science Frontiers       Mummies: Frozen in Time
Assorted ways folks have tried to avoid bodily decay, both while living and
dead. There is a segment on mummifications.

10.00 p.m. DISCU  Curse of Tutankhamen
Another look for a scientific explanation ....

Thursday, January 20
7.00 a.m.       A&E     Classroom       Foot Soldier: The Romans
The Roman army and its impact.

9.00 p.m.       TLC     Mysteries of Asia       Secrets of the Great Wall
Everything you ever wanted to know about the Great Wall of China (well,
maybe not everything, but a lot of things)

10.00 p.m. TLC  Mysteries of Asia  Jewels in the Jungle
A decent look at Angkor Wat.

Friday, January 21
7.00 a.m. A&E  Classroom  Foot Soldier: The Vikings
A look at some of the stereotypes associated with the Vikings and
consideration of how accurate such views are.

Saturday, January 22
1.00 p.m.       DISCU   Age of Gold
Repeat of last week's programme

6.00 p.m. DISCU  Riddle of the Desert Mummies
Repeat of last week's programme.

Sunday, January 23
12.00 p.m.  A&E  Ancient Mysteries  Pompeii: Buried Alive
Somewhat dated look at the city buried by Vesuvius.

Monday, January 24
9.00 p.m.  HISTU  Mummies: Tales from the Egyptian Crypts
First of a four part series looking at various Egyptian burial sites and
customs. The first episode looks at the pyramids and the mummification
process.

Tuesday, January 25
9.00 p.m.       HISTU   Mummies: Tales from the Egyptian Crypts
The Sphinx as intermediary between living and dead ...

9.00 p.m.  TLC  Mysterious Man of the Shroud
A somewhat out of date look at the Shroud of Turn ...

Wednesday, January 26
8.00 p.m.       HISTU   Lost City of Atlantis
This is the good one, if I recall correctly, which actually looks at the
evidence

9.00 p.m.  HISTU   Mummies: Tales from the Egyptian Crypts
A look at hieroglyphics ...

Thursday, January 27
9.00 p.m.  HISTU Mummies: Tales from the Egyptian Crypts
Another look at pyramids, mummies, religious beliefs in general, etc.

9.00 p.m.  TLC  Forgotten Secrets
This one looks like squirrel fodder: "Evidence points beyond coincidence to
the existence of an earlier civilization that spread their knowledge world
wide."

++ Next installment on or about January 29, 2000 ++

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A busy week, and with many religious overtones as might be suspected, but
mostly on Christmas Day! Ladies and gentlemen ... start your vcr's

All times Eastern:

]|[  Tuesday, December 2110.30 p.m. HISTC Mystic Lands Egypt-Cycle of Life
The official description: "An exploration of the birthplace of modern
civilization through the spirituality of ancient Egyptians"

]|[  Thursday, December 23
1.00 p.m. HISTC Movie Cleopatra
Part I of the epic with Liz and Dick

Friday, December 24
1.00 p.m. HISTC Movie Cleopatra
Part II of the epic, which also has Roddy McDowell and "a youthful Martin
Landau"

9.00 p.m. HISTC Movie The Greatest Story Ever Told
Part I of one of the least likely casts (save for Charlton Heston) to
portray the life of Jesus on film, but somehow it works

11.00 p.m. Bravo (CA) Movie Ben Hur
Always a flavour favourite at my house, and a genuine teaching aid at times
... (Who's racing? Hur. Who, her? No, him. Him? No, Hur ... etc. ... pardon
the SCTV flashback)

]|[  Saturday, December 25
10.00 a.m. HISTU Histories [sic] Great Revolutionaries The Twelve Apostles
"... this ragtag gang shaped into history's most famous revolutionaries"
(two hours)

12.00 p.m. HISTU Roman War Machine First Our Neighbors, The the World
Joe Campanella hosts this excellent (but possibly dated) four-parter (all
on today!) on Rome's military greatness. The first episode looks at Rome's
defeat of Etruscan domination.

1.00 p.m. HISTC History Presents The Origins of Christmas
No official description, but the title is a good hint, I suspect.

1.00 p.m. HISTU Roman War Machine Roman vs. Roman
Rome's army during the Civil Wars ...

2.00 p.m. HISTU Roman War Machine Roman Siege Warfare
Perhaps Rome's finest military art ...

3.00 p.m. HISTU Roman War Machine Barbarians at the Gate
More a look at what is usually termed 'Romanization' than anything
specifically military.

4.00 p.m. HISTU The Great Empire The Republic
The other Joe (Mantegna) narrates this other decent, but 'sensational' look
at Rome

5.00 p.m. HISTU The Great Empire Age of Emperors
The Julio-Claudians and all their scandals ...

6.00 p.m. HISTU The Great Empire Building an Empire
The episode with a somewhat wide focus ... looks at Pompeii, Hadrian, and
Judea, all with a sort of unifying theme of multiculturalism.

6.00 p.m. HISTC History Presents Life and Times of Jesus
Part I of the search for the evidence for the 'real' Jesus ... this one
looks at the first Christmas and presumably will deal with birth narratives

7.00 p.m. HISTU The Great Empire The Enduring Legacy
... focussing mostly on the Christian empire ...

7.00 p.m. TLC Lost Ships Galley of the Gods
An excellent program on the excavation of a Roman ship, which apparently
was wrecked bringing back booty from Sulla's sack of Athens.

7.00 p.m. HISTC History Presents Life and Times of Jesus
Part II: Who was Jesus?

8.00 p.m. HISTC History Presents  Life and Times of Jesus
Part III: The Last Days of Jesus

9.00 p.m. HISTC Movie The Greatest Story Ever Told
Part II ...

++ Next installment on or about December 26, 1999++

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A strangely quiet week ...

All times Eastern:

]|[ Monday, December 13
7.00 a.m. A&E Classroom Rise of Christianity
The second part of the series looks at Christianity's development from 312
A.D. to 461 A.D.

]|[ Tuesday, December 14
7.00 a.m. A&E Classroom Rise of Christianity
Part three looks at the survival of the Eastern Roman Empire and
developments in religion throughout the 'Dark Ages'

]|[ Wednesday, December 15
6.00 a.m. A&E Treasure! King Herod's Lost City
Decent, but dated look at Caesarea ...

7.00 a.m. A&E Classroom Rise of Christianity
From Charlemagne to 1000 A.D.

]|[ Friday, December 17
7.00 a.m. A&E Classroom The Rise of Christianity
First of a two or three parter (I can't remember right now) which begins
with what happened from Pentecost on ...

9.00 p.m. DISCC Lost Warriors of the Clouds
Excellent program on the discovery and story of the Chachapoya mummies ....

]|[ Sunday, December 19
12.00 p.m. A&E Ancient Mysteries Story of Creation
Something's mixed up here ... this is from the Mysteries of the Bible
series ...

1.00 p.m. A&"E The Unexplained Curse of King Tut
Passable look at the various misfortunes which befell folks associated with
the excavation.

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A somewhat quiet week as your overworked editor finally gets his act
together ...

All times Eastern:

]|[ Monday, December 6
7.00 a.m. A&E Classroom Jerusalem: Holy Deadly City
Oft repeated look at the city which is the center of three of the world's
major religions.

]|[ Tuesday, December 7
6.00 a.m. A&E Classroom The Vatican Revealed
A two part documentary takes us on a tour of St. Peter's before the
restoration ...

]|[ Wednesday, December 8
7.00 a.m. A&E Classroom The Vatican Revealed
The second part looks at the Vatican's role in politics in the past, and
the not nearly so past ...

]|[ Thursday, December 9
7.00 a.m. A&E Classroom Jesus: Holy Child
Expect to see a lot of this one as Christmas approaches: it looks at all
the discrepancies in the birth narratives and other aspects of Christ's life.

]|[ Friday, December 10
6.00 a.m. A&E Treasure! Tomb of the Terra Cotta Warriors
Oft-repeated but always worth a look (Qin's tomb)

7.00 a.m. A&E Classroom The Rise of Christianity
First of a two or three parter (I can't remember right now) which begins
with what happened from Pentecost on ...

9.00 p.m. DISCC Ice Mummies: Frozen in Heaven
Child sacrifice on the mountains of Peru

]|[ Sunday, December 12
12.00 p.m. A&E Ancient Mysteries Who Built the Catacombs
Deep beneath the streets of Rome are one heckuva lot of tombs ...

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As often happens when a month begins in the middle of the week, my sources
for listings are delayed ... I'll give them until tomorrow evening to
arrive (translation: the listings should be out tomorrow).

Regards and apologies for any inconvenience,

dm
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]|[  ]|[       November 15 - 21
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Apologies for the unannounced hiatus gang ... report card time took (and
continues to take) far too much of my own time.

All times Eastern:

]|[ Tuesday, November 16
9.00 p.m. HISTC Millennium Century of the Compass
The sixteenth century in various lands, and the interest in 'curiosity
cabinets'

10.00 p.m. HISTC History Bites Operation Desert Crusade
Humourous (and useful) look at the first Crusade

10.30 p.m. HISTC Mystic Lands Maya - Messages in Stone
A look at the continuing religious beliefs of the Maya (apparently), with
some mention of human sacrifice, of course.

]|[ Thursday, November 18
3.00 p.m. HISTU In Search of ... Sodom and Gomorrah
One of the first programs to look at the sites which might have been the
ill-starred cities.

3.30 p.m. HISTU In Search of ... The Walls of Jericho
Obivously dated coverage of Dame Kathleen's excavations ...

10.00 p.m. TLC Human Journey Search for Human Origins
A look at some of the earliest remains of human ancestors (including a
visit to that cave in South Africa which was recently made into a UNESCO
heritage site, the name of which escapes me)

]|[ Friday, November 19
3.30 p.m. HISTU In Search of ... Ancient Aviators
A program from the height of Von Daniken's popularity, this one, of course,
looks at the Nazca lines ...

9.00 p.m. DISCC Egypt Uncovered Mummies: Into the Afterlife
What mummies can tell us about ancient disease.

9.00 p.m. TLC The Human Journey
The second episode looks at the possibility of two similar-looking, yet
biologically different species of early hominid living side by side (sort of).

]|[ Saturday, November 20
5.00 p.m. HISTC Millennium Century of the Compass
Repeat of Tuesday's program

6.00 p.m. HISTC History Bites Operation Desert Crusade
Repeat of Tuesday's program

6.30 p.m. HISTC Mystic Lands Maya - Messages in Stone
Repeat of Tuesday's program.

]|[ Sunday, November 21
12.00 p.m.. A&E Mysteries of the Bible Sodom and Gomorrah
Oft-repeated look at the two cities which might be the ones fitting the
description in the Bible.

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]|[  ]|[      October 25 - 31, 1999
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All times Eastern:


]|[ Monday, October 25
9.00 p.m. PBS Wonders of the African World Black Kingdoms/Swahili Coast
Henry Louis Gates hosts this program on the great kingdoms of Africa; this
first pair of episodes looks at ancient Egypt and environs and then the
coast of Kenya and Tanzania. As always with PBS, check local listings

]|[ Tuesday, October 26
9.00 p.m. PBS Wonders ... Slave Kingdoms/Holy Land
The various kingdoms of West Africa are the focus of the first program,
Ethiopia the second

9.00 p.m. HISTC Millennium
The fourteenth century is characterized by plagues, flourishing small
kingdoms in Africa, etc.

]|[ Wednesday, October 27
9.00 p.m. PBS Wonders ... Road to Timbuktu/Lost Cities of the South
Timbuktu, then down to Zimbabwe and South Africa

]|[ Thursday, October 28
8.00 p.m. HISTU The Evil Eye
Casting ocular aspersions throughout various cultures at various times

9.00 p.m. DISCU Mummified! Animal Mummies
A look at recent discoveries of animal mummies and what their significance is.

]|[ Friday, October 29
8.00 a.m. HISTU Haunted History of Halloween
The pagan roots of trick or treating ...

9.30 p.m. DISCU Engineering Secrets
This one looks interesting: the engineering that went into Hagia Sophia

]|[ Saturday, October 30
12.30 p.m. DISCU Engineering Secrets
Repeat of Friday's program

5.00 p.m. DISCU Animal Mummies
Repeat of Thursday's program ...

5.00 p.m. HISTC Millennium
Repeat of Tuesday's episode

]|[ Sunday, October 31
9.00 p.m. DISCC Animal Mummies
The Canadian Discovery Channel is treated to the same programming as her
American counterpart ...

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]|[  ]|[      October 18 -24
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All times Eastern:

]|[  Monday, October 18
9.00 a.m. DISCU Assignment Discovery Rome: Rise to Power
First in a series on the rise, decline and fall ... it all begins with the
Etruscans, of course ...

]|[  Tuesday, October 19
9.00 a.m. DISCU Assignment Discovery Expansion and Conquest
Rome expands, then has to deal with Hannibal ..

9.00 p.m. HISTC Millennium
The thirteenth century and the impact of the stirrup is the big focus this
week

]|[  Wednesday, October 20
9.00 a.m. DISCU Assignment Discovery Stuggles for Power
Julius Caesar and the Julio-Claudians who followed ..

10.00 p.m. DISCU Riddle of the Desert Mummies
Repeat of last week's program on the Urumchi mummies

]|[  Thursday, October 21
9.00 a.m. DISCU Assignment Discovery Prosperity and Decline
Looking at the "warning signs of decay"

8.00 p.m. HISTU Mysteries of King Tut
Standard treatment of the discovery and curse, by the sounds of the offical
description

]|[  Friday, October 22
9.00 a.m. DISCU Assignment Discovery Fall of an Empire
Alaric comes a knocking ... Rome leaves a legacy

9.00 p.m. DISCC Egypt's City of the Dead
Subterranean tombs beneath Alexandria ...

]|[  Saturday, October 23
5.00 p.m. HISTC Millennium
Repeat of Tuesday's stirruping epic ...

]|[  Sunday, October 24
1.00 p.m. DISCC Egypt's City of the Dead
Repeat of yesterday's program

4.00 p.m. DISCC Stonehenge: Sex and the Stones
No, it's not about the Glimmer twins ... first of a two parter on
Stonehenge (it was actually on last week, but I missed it for some reason)

5.00 p.m. DISCC Stonehenge: Secrets of the Stones
More about Stonehenge ...

5.00 p.m. DISCU The Last Neanderthal?
Examining the reasons why the brawnier bigger brained guys seem to have
lost out to their cro-magnon neighbours ...

5.00 p.m. TLC Mysterious Man of the Shroud
Repeat of last week's program on the Shroud of Turin

6.00 p.m. DISCU The Lost Ark
Heavy duty squirrel fodder as ancient astronaugts come to earth to teach
the Egyptians to make a capacitor which became the Ark of the Covenant vel
sim.

8.00 p.m. TLC Mysterious Man of the Shroud
I think this might be a new program on the Shroud of Turn, which looks at
the various tests which haven't answered the questions tv types want answered.

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***** Missed Program  Alert ******

In last week's listings I neglected to mention that DISCU will be showing
'Riddle of the Desert Mummies' tonight at 9.00 p.m. (just before the other
program on mummified types); apologies all around and in case you miss it,
it's on next weekend too! (Thanks to Susan Goodrich for the heads up!)

All times Eastern:

]|[ Monday, October 11
7.00 a.m. A&E Classroom Augustus
First of a decent series looking at assorted emperors

]|[ Tuesday, October 12
7.00 a.m. A&E Classroom Nero
Little Nero made a boat, and sent his mommy out not to float ... when he
saw what he had done, he set fire to a chunk of Rome (or something like that)

9.00 p.m. HISTC Millennium
A look at the eleventh century, especially in southeast Asia but a visit to
Islamic Spain is also included

10.00 p.m. HISTC Millennium
The twelfth century is the 'century of the axe', apparently as evidenced by
Chaco Canyon, France (Gothic architecture). Lalibela (Ethiopia), and the
Australian Aborigines.

]|[ Wednesday, October 13
7.00 a.m. A&E Classroom Hadrian
Yo ... Hadrian ... HADRIAN!

]|[ Thursday, October 14
7.00 a.m. A&E Classroom Constantine
Take me back to Constantinople no you can't go back to Constantinople ...

]|[ Friday, October 15
7.00 a.m. A&E Classroom Justinian
The man responsible for the original readers' Digest ...

9.00 p.m. DISCC Artemis, Ares, and Eris
I'm not quite sure why this is considered a trio, but I'm sure Peter
Ustinov will tell us ...

9.30 p.m. DISCU Discover Magazine Hidden Temples
How satellite technology has helped to reveal plenty of temples in the
remote bits of Cambodia.

]|[ Saturday, October 16
5.00 p.m. HISTC Millennium
Repeat of Tuesday's program on southeast Asia etc.

6.00 p.m. HISTC Millennium
Repeat of Tuesday's program on Chaco Canyon etc.

]|[ Sunday, October 17
5.00 p.m. DISCU Riddle of the Desert Mummies
Repeat of last Sunday's program on the apparently caucasian mummies from
China.

6.00 p.m. DISCU Mummified! Mummies: The Real Story
Repeat of last Sunday's program on mummification in various cultures at
variosu times.

8.00 p.m. TLC Mysterious Man of the Shroud
I think this might be a new program on the Shroud of Turn, which looks at
the various tests which haven't answered the questions tv types want answered.

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To judge by my email, this didn't go out on Sunday ... apologies if you
receive two copies.

All times Eastern:

]|[  Monday, October 4
6.00 a.m. A&E Foot Soldier The Egyptians
Decent series narrated by Richard Karn with some good information, and
often cheesy recreations ...

]|[  Tuesday, October 5
6.00 a.m. A&E Foot Soldier The Greeks
The army of Alexander the More-Than-Adequate

]|[  Wednesday, October 6
6.00 a.m. A&E Foot Soldier The Romans
The Roman Legions ...

7.00 a.m. A&E Classroom Ancient Rome and Its Mysterious Cities
I *think* this is a really old one (comparatively speaking) which looks at
Roman city planning and what it owed to Greeks and Etruscans.

]|[  Thursday, October 7
6.00 a.m. A&E Foot Soldier The Barbarians
The soldiers who ushered in the Dark Ages ...

7.00 a.m. A&E Classroom Lost Legions of Rome
Why Rome's army eventually started losing (another golden oldie ...)

]|[  Friday, October 8
6.00 a.m. A&E Foot Soldier The Medieval Soldier
The chivalric types ...

7.00 a.m. A&E Classroom Julius Caesar
An okay (golden oldie) look at GJC, which includes the suggestion that he
"invented" the 12-month calendar.

9.00 p.m. DISCC Apollo and Dionysus
The gods who had the best hair ...

]|[  Saturday, October 9
5.00 p.m. HISTC Ancient Civilizations Ancient Graves
Description not available

6.00 p.m. HISTC Ancient Civilizations The Samurai
Japan's warrior class ...

7.00 p.m. A&E Mysteries of the Bible John the Baptist
Oft-repeated look at the guy who baptized Jesus

]|[  Sunday, October 10
10.00 p.m. DISCU Mummified! Mummies: The Real Story
Mummification in various cultures, ancient and modern (!)

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