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The Lost Gods(Smithsonian Networks)
2006
Is there a God? It's an eternal question that all ancient civilizations have answered. Not with just one God, but with hundreds of them. Bringing them to life on earth, they fashioned their images in wood, paint and stone. And built spectacular holy shrines to house them. All So what happened to these Gods? Do powerful faiths just vanish? Can Gods die? Are these once sacred sites the final resting places for long-lost religions? And how can people who believed in so many deities for so long come to believe in just one - Christians, Jews and Muslims alike, and sweep the others to extinction? To answer these questions, Smithsonian Channel travels back thousands of years to the rise and fall of six ancient civilizations - the Egyptians, Greeks, Celts, Romans, Mayans and Incans - to finally reveal the mysteries behind their ancient gods. People of all devotions will be enlightened by this journey through faith and time. spoke through his Oracle; and the Greek colony of Paestum in southern Italy, site of a temple to Poseidon. The Romans: The spectacular rise and fall of the Roman Empire fascinates us to this day, as evidenced by the success of films like Gladiator and the HBO series Rome. The Romans took their Gods from the Etruscans, on the ruins of whose civilization they built their own. Kenneally visits the Forum, the epicenter of Roman religion, and the Pantheon, sanctuary of the Roman gods. In Caerleon in Wales, he reveals how the Romans carried their religion to the farthest reaches of the empire. And at Ephesus in Turkey, he traces the rise of the Christian deity that would ultimately overthrow the Roman gods. The Incas: The Incas worshiped both a creator God and the sun, moon and stars. Kenneally travels to the Peruvian Andes to explore the remnants of Incan civilization: the city of Pisac, which like all Incan cities was designed in the shape of a sacred animal; Cajamarca, where the Incan leader Atahualpa was murdered by the Spaniards; and the sacred mountaintop city of Machu Picchu. The Celts: The Celts believed in benign spirits and demonic forces, but made no churches or temples: nature itself was their cathedral. Kenneally visits ancient Celtic settlements in Austria, Italy and Greece. He explores the settlement of Castell Henllys in Wales, where the religion of the druids was broken by Roman military might. And at Newgrange, Ferrycarraig and Dun Aengus in Ireland, he reveals how the Celts came to adopt the Gods of those who had preceded them.Source: Infinity Entertainment Group
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The Lost Gods(Smithsonian Networks) |
| Actor/Actress: |
Christy Kenneally |
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English |
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2006 |
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3 hours, 0 minutes |
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Infinity Entertainment Group |
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| Region 1 |
| Keep Case |
| Full Frame - 1.33 |
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| Stereo 2.0 - English |
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| 1. THE EGYPTIANS |
| 2. THE GREEKS |
| 3. THE ROMANS |
| 4. THE INCAS |
| 5. THE CELTS |
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IEG002062 |
| UPC: |
617742206296 |
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