Pavlopetri - The City Beneath the Waves
Documentary following a team of underwater archaeologists and experts as they use CGI to reveal the secrets of Pavlopetri in Greece, the world's oldest submerged city.
Just off the southern coast of mainland Greece lies the oldest submerged city in the world. It thrived for 2,000 years during the time that saw the birth of western civilisation.
An international team of experts uses cutting-edge technology to prise age-old secrets from the complex of streets and stone buildings that lie less than five metres below the surface of the ocean. State-of-the-art CGI helps to raise the city from the seabed, revealing for the first time in 3,500 years how Pavlopetri would once have looked and operated.
Underwater archaeologist Dr Jon Henderson leads the project in collaboration with Nic Flemming, the man whose hunch led to the discovery of Pavlopetri in 1967, and a team from the Hellenic Ministry of Culture. Working alongside the archaeologists are a team from the Australian Centre for Field Robotics.
The teams scour the ocean floor, looking for artefacts. The site is littered with thousands of fragments, each providing valuable clues about the everyday lives of the people of Pavlopetri. From the buildings to the trade goods to the everyday tableware, each artefact provides a window into a forgotten world.
Together these precious relics provide us with a window to a time when Pavlopetri would have been at its height, showing us what life was like in this distant age and revealing how this city marks the start of western civilisation.
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Clips
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City Beneath the Waves: Pavlopetri
Duration: 01:53
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How to Rebuild Bronze Age Pottery
Duration: 02:34
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How to reconstruct a Bronze Age City
Duration: 05:33
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The Ancient Buildings of Pavlopetri
Duration: 02:52
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Participant | Jon Henderson |
Narrator | Philip Glenister |
Director | Paul Olding |
Producer | Paul Olding |
Executive Producer | Gary Hunter |
Broadcasts
- Sun 9 Oct 2011 20:0091热爆 Two & 91热爆 HD
- Mon 10 Oct 2011 00:0091热爆 HD
- Wed 12 Oct 2011 23:20
- Wed 11 Jan 2012 19:0091热爆 HD
- Sat 21 Apr 2012 20:0091热爆 Four & 91热爆 HD
- Sun 22 Apr 2012 02:10
- Wed 1 Aug 2012 22:00
- Sat 4 Aug 2012 23:50
- Sat 10 Nov 2012 19:00
- Sun 11 Nov 2012 02:10
- Wed 14 Nov 2012 22:30
- Mon 1 Apr 2013 22:00
- Mon 9 Sep 2013 20:00
- Tue 10 Sep 2013 00:00
- Wed 11 Sep 2013 23:30
- Sat 19 Apr 2014 23:25
- Thu 4 Sep 2014 00:00
- Tue 13 Jan 2015 21:00
- Sat 28 Mar 2015 20:0591热爆 Two except Wales
- Wed 15 Apr 2015 22:00
- Sun 31 May 2015 19:0091热爆 Two Wales
- Wed 12 Aug 2015 22:00
- Sat 10 Dec 2016 20:00
- Wed 14 Dec 2016 01:00
- Fri 27 Oct 2017 00:25
- Mon 27 Aug 2018 23:00
- Mon 6 Jul 2020 16:00Red Button One
- Tue 7 Jul 2020 15:00Red Button One
- Tue 7 Jul 2020 20:00
- Thu 9 Jul 2020 17:00Red Button One
- Fri 10 Jul 2020 16:00Red Button One
- Tue 17 May 2022 23:00
- Fri 11 Oct 2024 15:1591热爆 Two except Scotland
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