Medieval History
Museum Secrets ? New Television Series to Premiere in January
Museum Secrets is a six-part television series where viewers are invited into the world?s greatest museums to uncover surprising stories and revealing secrets. Premiering on Canada?s History Network on January 6, the Kensington Communications production plans to air internationally later this year.
Many medieval and ancient history treasures will be featured in these episodes, such as a medieval parchment that reveals the true story behind the fall of the Knights Templar and a forensic examination on an Egyptian mummy solves the murder of a mighty Pharaoh.
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New Tv Drama ? ?vikings? ? To Be Filmed In Ireland And Northern Europe
The History Channel in the US and History Television in Canada have announced they will be airing a scripted drama series, Vikings. The series will chronicle the extraordinary and ferocious world of the mighty Norsemen who raided, traded and explored...
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Tweeting History: Social Media Meets Mummies And Moats
Last week, dozens of Toronto-area bloggers gathered at a local bar, bringing with them their iPhones and Blackberries. Amidst watching Viking re-enactors fight it out on stage and playing trivia, the group got ready for the main event of the evening ?...
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Season 2 Of Museum Secrets Premieres This Week!
Museum Secrets, the Canadian television show that explores museums from around the world returns for a second season on History Television, beginning January 12th, 2012 at 10PM EST/PST. Museum Secrets tells of stories behind objects at museums that the...
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Lost And Found: The Secrets Of Archimedes Opens At The Walters
In 1999, the Walters Art Museum and a team of researchers began a project to read the erased texts of The Archimedes Palimpsest?the oldest surviving copy of works by the greatest mathematical genius of antiquity. Over 12 years, many techniques were employed...
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Stirling Castle Hosts ?secrets Of The Skeletons?
The secrets of medieval skeletons discovered at Stirling Castle will be revealed during an evening with renowned forensic anthropologist Professor Sue Black from the University of Dundee and leading archaeologist Gordon Ewart. The skeletons were part...
Medieval History