http://www.ivi.co.za/syndicate/categoryvideos/17/History History category http://www.ivi.co.za/videos/561/the-burden-of-time This documentary takes us on a journey to meet the indigenous population of Central America. We visit the ruins at Teotihuacan and the Aztec temple of Quetzalcoatl in Mexico City, and discusses the Mayans concept of time and the Aztec custom of human sacrifice. Isolated from the rest of the world, the Mayans and Aztecs created sophisticated civilizations that in many ways paralleled ancient Mediterranean empires. God-like kings and a priestly ruling class dominated splendid cities of temples and pyramids

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]]> admin http://www.ivi.co.za/videos/560/infinite-secrets---the-genius-of-archimedes In 1991, a small Medieval prayer book was sold at auction. Miraculously, some original writings of Archimedes, the brilliant Greek mathematician, were discovered hidden beneath the religious text. Through scholarly detective work with the help of modern technology, this book now reveals Archimedes;acirc;

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]]> admin http://www.ivi.co.za/videos/544/thunderbolts-of-the-gods This film introduces you to the key themes of the THUNDERBOLTS theory and includes interviews with a number of the principal figures in Electric Universe research.

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]]> admin http://www.ivi.co.za/videos/534/how-civilizations-began Stories From The Stone Age is a three-part documentary that attempts to explain why and how humans abandoned the nomadic hunting and gathering existence they had known for millennia to take up a completely new way of life - the decisive move to farming.

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]]> admin http://www.ivi.co.za/videos/514/the-return-of-the-barbarians Isolated from the West, 18th century Edo flourishes culturally and economically, becoming one of the liveliest cities in the world. But foreign forces are coming.

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]]> admin http://www.ivi.co.za/videos/513/easter-island Travel to Easter Island to discover the secrets of this vanished civilization through the moai, the massive headstones that these ancient islanders created to achieve peace and harmony, yet resulted in geological disaster.

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]]> admin http://www.ivi.co.za/videos/512/pharaohs-obelisk Discover how ancient Egyptians used nautical experience, ingenuity, and unwavering faith to raise massive 500-ton granite monoliths that have stood for thousands of years in tribute to their unparalleled early civilization.

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]]> admin http://www.ivi.co.za/videos/511/secrets-of-the-parthenon For 25 centuries, the Parthenon has been shot at, set on fire, rocked by earthquakes, looted for its sculptures, and disfigured by misguided restorations. Now, a team of architects and engineers is investigating the many mysteries of this icon of Western Civilization: How did the ancient Greeks design and build their masterpiece so quickly?

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Tags: Western Civilization Secrets Parthenon
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]]> admin http://www.ivi.co.za/videos/510/years-of-eruption The Roman Empire in the First Century

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]]> admin http://www.ivi.co.za/videos/509/reluctant-revolutionary Luther teaches that one gains salvation through faith alone.

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Tags: Reluctant Revolutionary history bio
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]]> admin http://www.ivi.co.za/videos/507/lost-king-of-the-maya-- Lost King of the Maya

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]]> admin http://www.ivi.co.za/videos/506/cracking-the-maya-code The ancient Maya civilization of Central America left behind a riddle: an intricate and mysterious hieroglyphic script carved on stone monuments and painted on pottery and bark books. Because the invading Spanish suppressed nearly all knowledge of how the script worked, unlocking its meaning posed one of archaeologys fiercest challenges. Until now

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Tags: Cracking Maya Code hitory conspiracy science
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]]> admin http://www.ivi.co.za/videos/500/china---ancient-civilization-of-china civilization - the soul of the dragon

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]]> admin http://www.ivi.co.za/videos/427/underworld-flooded-kingdoms-of-the-ice-age Between 17,000 years ago and 7000 years ago, at the end of the last Ice Age, terrible things happened to the world our ancestors lived in. Great ice caps over northern Europe and north America melted down, huge floods ripped across the earth, sea-level rose by more than 100 metres, and about 25 million square kilometres of formerly habitable lands were swallowed up by the waves. Marine archaeology has been possible as a scholarly discipline for about 50 years - since the introduction of scuba. In that time, according to Nick Flemming, the doyen of British marine archaeology, only 500 submerged sites have been found worldwide containing the remains of any form of man-made structure or of lithic artefacts. Of these sites only 100 - that;acirc;

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Tags: archaeology underwater structures excavation shipwrecks
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]]> admin http://www.ivi.co.za/videos/407/the-real-atlantis The classical Greek city of Helike was destroyed by a massive earthquake and tidal wave on a single night in 373 BC. The entire city and all its inhabitants were lost beneath the sea. What has bewitched archaeologists about Helike is that it was engulfed just when ancient Greece was reaching its height; when the philosophy and art that inspired the western world for thousands of years were invented. The destruction of Helike was one of the most appalling tragedies of the classical world and most probably the reality behind the myth of Atlantis. But now, unlike Atlantis, a team of archaeologists may have found Helike - a lost city from the heyday of Greek civilisation. If it is as well preserved as everyone hopes, Helike could be a time capsule from this crucial time in human development. The documentary follows archaeologist Dora Katsonopoulou and physicist Steven Soter on their investigations into the possible site of the lost city. A BBC Horizon programme.

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on 01-06-2009
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Tags: nature history atlastis mistory
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]]> admin http://www.ivi.co.za/videos/389/lost-treasures-of-the-ancient-world---ancient-china The Great Wall of China remains the most soaring architectural achievement of the Chinese people - but its not the only one, as this program reveals.Man has constructed many remarkable monuments, but only one can be seen from space.

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]]> admin http://www.ivi.co.za/videos/380/why-we-believe-in-gods Religious belief is virtually ubiquitous. This is obviously very annoying to nonbelievers, but it does raise an important question: why do so many people believe in the existence of some transcendent personal god they've never experienced directly? Some have gone as far as to argue that we are created to believe, that it is a fundamental characteristic of what it means to be a human being, and that this ability distinguishes us from brute animals. In this fascinating lecture, and drawing insights from state-of-the-art neuroscience, cognitive psychology and evolutionary psychology, Andy Thomson argues quite convincingly that spiritual/religious belief is the result of a brain whose evolutionary roots have been hijacked and whose cognitive weaknesses have been exploited. Just like your mind can be tricked by optical illusions because of the way your brain is wired, he argues, your mind can be easily tricked to believe in spooks and invisible agencies. Atheism, on this view, represents the brain's ability to overcome its natural ability to deceive itself.

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]]> admin http://www.ivi.co.za/videos/353/bosnian-pyramids The Bosnian Pyramid of the Sun

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]]> admin http://www.ivi.co.za/videos/246/the-lost-temples-of-india Documentary about some of greatest temples of India, mainly the Tanjore temple,Temples of Hampi, Sri Rangam and the temples of Khajuraho. ;quot;The Lost Temples Of India;quot; will take you back in time and try to reason out as to, how they bulit these really amazing, complex temples? How they managed, what now looks like a logistic nightmare involved in building these temples? Also the documentary puts forward a interesting viewpoint as to why most of foreign travellers when they come to India ignore the south Indian temples.

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Tags: Temples,India, history, mistory
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]]> admin http://www.ivi.co.za/videos/245/egypt-the-habit-of-civilization Egypt: The Habit of Civilization Ancient Egypt was the first great nation on earth and endured for thousands of years. The god-like Pharaoh was the rock on which this civilization was built. Ancient traditions come together in the Moslem culture that is the Middle East today.

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]]> admin http://www.ivi.co.za/videos/221/hiroshima Hiroshima documentary

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Tags: Hiroshima, war, history
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]]> admin http://www.ivi.co.za/videos/212/the-lost-pyramids-of-caral- The magnificent ancient city of pyramids at Caral in Peru hit the headlines in 2001. The site is a thousand years older than the earliest known civilisation in the Americas and, at 2,627 BC, is as old as the pyramids of Egypt. Many now believe it is the fabled missing link of archaeology - a mother city. If so, then these extraordinary findings could finally answer one of the great questions of archaeology: why did humans become civilised? A lot has been discussed since this was put out. From Seattle Times (December 23, 2004): ;quot;A Peruvian site previously reported as the oldest city in the Americas actually is a much larger complex of as many as 20 cities with huge pyramids and sunken plazas sprawled over three river valleys, researchers report.;quot; Construction began in 3000 B.C (300-400 years before the people of Kemet/Egypt began the Pyramid of Djoser). These cities flourished peacefully for more than 1,200 years.

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]]> admin http://www.ivi.co.za/videos/179/secrets-of-the-mayan-calendar-unveiled Lungold takes a complex subject such as the Mayan Calendar and makes it very easy to understand on a personal spiritual level. He explains that the Mayan Calendar contains the schedule of creation that can be overlaid with past historical events and most importantly can be used as a predictor of what to expect in the near future as we approach 2012. This presentation also includes questions from the audience

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Tags: maya, mayan, history, end days, calendar
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]]> admin http://www.ivi.co.za/videos/144/the-surprising-history-of-egypt- Bringing to life the everyday details of the ancients Egyptians - bizarre, hilarious or shocking - this wonderfully entertaining and factually revealing film is packed full of surprises. With Terry Jones throwing informed yet sometimes crazed light on the subject, a previously hidden world of the ancient Egyptians is wonderfully brought to life.

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]]> admin http://www.ivi.co.za/videos/143/the-day-we-learned-to-think- Understanding of humans' earliest past often comes from studying fossils. They tell us much of what we know about the people who lived before us.

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Tags: science,history,evolution,man,human,brain
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