From dmeadows@idirect.com Sun Jan 2 17:35:28 2000 Received: from mxu3.u.washington.edu (mxu3.u.washington.edu [140.142.33.7]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.09/8.9.3+UW99.09) with ESMTP id RAA14922 for ; Sun, 2 Jan 2000 17:35:26 -0800 Received: from phobos.idirect.com (phobos.idirect.com [207.136.80.181]) by mxu3.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.09/8.9.3+UW99.09) with ESMTP id RAA20995 for ; Sun, 2 Jan 2000 17:35:26 -0800 Received: from default (ts3-1h-113.idirect.com [216.154.52.113]) by phobos.idirect.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id UAA02768; Sun, 2 Jan 2000 20:33:46 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <4.3.0.25.20000102201636.00a80810@idirect.com> X-Sender: dmeadows@idirect.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.0.25 (Beta) Date: Sun, 02 Jan 2000 20:26:14 -0500 To: swotv@onelist.com From: David Meadows Subject: The Ancient World on Television (North America Cc: classics@u.washington.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed ]|[============================================]|[ ]|[ ]|[ THE ANCIENT WORLD ON TELEVISION ]|[ ]|[ (NORTH AMERICA) ]|[ ]|[ January 2000 ]|[============================================]|[ 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 ++ ]|[============================================]|[ A channel guide is available at: http://web.idirect.com/~atrium/awotv/channelguide.html ]|[============================================]|[ To subscribe to these listings, send a blank email message to: AWOTV-subscribe@onelist.com To unsubscribe from these listings, send a blank email message to: AWOTV-unsubscribe@onelist.com Or go to: http://www.onelist.com/subscribe.cgi/AWOTV ]|[============================================]|[ Copyright (c) 2000 David Meadows. 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