Buried Treasure – Season 1957
Episodes
Mohenjo-daro
Sir Mortimer Wheeler describes the results of his excavations of the Indus Valley civilization city of Mohenjo-daro in modern-day Pakistan
Boats into Ships
The Viking ships now preserved at Oslo were some of the finest sea-going craft ever built. Glyn Daniel and George Naish, of the National Maritime Museum, tell the story of the earliest boats in Northern Europe and how they developed into ships that were capable of crossing the Atlantic.
Nimrud Dagh
On a mountain top in the wilds of Eastern Turkey stands a huge mound of stones marking the tomb and temple of Nimrud Dagh. In this film Kermit Goell describes the excavation of this remote and spectacular site.
Rivers of Time
Glyn Daniel and Professor Max Mallowan discuss a film made by the Film Centre and the Iraq Petroleum Film Unit, which records highlights of the great Sumerian and Arab civilisations which grew up on the banks of the Tigris and Euphrates.
Home Life in the Stone Age
The late Stone Age houses of Skara Brae are unique survivals in Britain. Because there were no trees in Orkney, even their furniture was largely made of stone. It is therefore an exciting place in which to re-create an imaginary picture of the lives of the inhabitants. Glyn Daniel, Brian Hope-Taylor, and Professor Stuart Piggott discuss the controversial points in the film of this reconstruction.