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surviving statues and temples which have
been preserved are among the finest
examples of classical art.
Here the roots and the role models of
Western culture are to be found.
Item no. : TH00770151
Format : DVD (Region 1, Color)
Duration : 60 minutes
StdBkNo : 9780769790831
Price : USD 50.00
SITES SITES SITES OF OF THE THE WORLD'S
WORLD'S
CULTURES CULTURES - DELPHI:
DELPHI:
CENTER CENTER OF OF THE THE WORLD
WORLD
Delphi was once regarded as the center of
the world. It was one of the most important
intellectual and cultural sites of antiquity.
Anyone who could afford it sought the
advice of the oracle of Delphi before
making a decision in both personal and
public affairs. Some of these oracle
sayings have survived to the present day,
over two thousand years later.
The film describes the faith of the Ancient
Greeks, whose ideas in fact often differ
surprisingly from the conventional wisdom
on this subject.
Delphi's impenetrable myths, its
mysterious fortune-telling practices and
bloodthirsty animal sacrifices have left a
trail which is still visible and palpable today,
the trail of a legendary oracle which
influenced European history for almost
1,000 years…
Item no. : RV00770440
Format : DVD (Region 1, Color)
Duration : 60 minutes
StdBkNo : 9780769790985
Price : USD 50.00
SITES SITES OF OF THE THE WORLD'S
WORLD'S
CULTURES CULTURES - FLORENCE
FLORENCE
AND AND THE THE THE SPIRIT SPIRIT OF OF TH THE TH TH E
RENAISSANCE
RENAISSANCE
Florence is regarded as the focal point, the
center where the revolutionary ideas of the
Renaissance with its enthusiasm for the
art of Antiquity were developed.
The city on the Arno was at this time one
of Europe's foremost trading metropoles.
Here the currents of culture and politics
converged.
In Florence, liberal and open-minded as it
was, there emerged a broad class of
industrious citizens who had made their
fortunes in trade.
Suddenly they were able to afford
education - a privilege hitherto the
preserve of a few aristocrats and priests.
They studied and absorbed the thoughts
of the writers of Antiquity, developed them
further, thus creating the foundations for a
completely new attitude to human
existence.
Our present-day understanding as modern
Europeans is based on this new school of
thought, in which Florence played a
decisive role.
Item no. : CB00771770
Format : DVD (Region 1, Color)
Duration : 57 minutes
StdBkNo : 9780769792125
Price : USD 50.00
SITES SITES OF OF THE THE WORLD'S
WORLD'S
CULTURES CULTURES - HUE: HUE: THE THE CITY
CITY
ON ON THE THE PERFUME PERFUME RIVER
RIVER
Hue, the former Imperial City of Vietnam,
lives with its river, the Song Huan, the river
of perfume, the river of fragrance.
Its enticing nickname probably came from
the fragrant pollen which it carries at
certain times of the year.
Numerous songs and poems sing the
praises of this river and of the colorful life
on its banks. Yet Hue is not only the city at
the river, Hue is in fact the cultural heart of
Vietnam.
In the 19th century, modeled on the
Forbidden City in Beijing, an Imperial
Court emerged which was intended to
proclaim the power and the wealth of the
Nguy dynasty.
This unique program gives an
unprecedented close-up look at the former
Imperial City with its fascinating tombs,
temples and citadel.
Item no. : NL00770217
Format : DVD (Region 1, Color)
Duration : 57 minutes
StdBkNo : 9780769792422
Price : USD 50.00
SITES SITES SITES OF OF THE THE WORLD'S
WORLD'S
CULTURES CULTURES - JERUSALEM:
JERUSALEM:
CITY CITY BETWEEN BETWEEN RELIGIO RELIGIONS
RELIGIO NS
Jerusalem is a holy city, not only for Jews
but also for Christians and Muslims. Since
time immemorial, each of the three great
monotheistic religions has claimed the city
as its own. Long-lasting, bloodthirsty
conflicts were the result. Jerusalem, a
bone of contention for over 2000 years.
Now more than ever.
Without its pre-eminent significance for
these religions, Jerusalem would be
merely one among a hundred other desert
cities - interchangeable, unimportant.
This film by Georg Graffe draws a portrait
of a city for which Judaism, Christianity
and Islam have been both a blessing and
a curse.
Item no. : TH00770445
Format : DVD (Region 1, Color)
Duration : 60 minutes
StdBkNo : 9780769790824
Price : USD 50.00
SITES SITES SITES OF OF OF THE THE WORLD'S
WORLD'S
CULTURES CULTURES - LHASA LHASA AND
AND
THE THE THE SPIRIT SPIRIT SPIRIT OF OF TIBET TIBET
TIBET
Nowadays the Tibetans have to fear for
the preservation of their culture since the
constantly growing Chinese population is
rapidly crowding out the native Tibetans.
The latter are often no longer able to
practice their religion unhindered, an
essential element of their native culture.
The film describes a colorful culture in
which secular and spiritual powers are in
the same hands. This concentration of the
Dalai Lama's power becomes visible in the
fortifications overlooking the city of Lhasa
in Potala.
Furthermore, pictures from Katmandu
show how the old customs and traditions,
threatened by extinction in their land of
origin Tibet, are surviving among the
Tibetans in exile.
Item no. : BN00770286
Format : DVD (Region 1, Color)
Duration : 57 minutes
StdBkNo : 9780769792132
Price : USD 50.00
SITES SITES OF OF OF THE THE THE WORLD'S
WORLD'S
CULTURES
CULTURES CULTURES - MACHU MACHU
MACHU
PICCHU PICCHU AND AND THE THE THE LEGACY
LEGACY
OF OF THE THE THE INCAS
INCAS
Machu Picchu is one of the earth?s
magical places. The ruined city seems to
be the work of giants, full of mysteries,
unwilling to reveal its secrets.
Nevertheless, more than any other place,
it has become the symbol of the vanished
culture of its architects, the Incas.
They were at the height of their power
when they were smitten by a hitherto
unknown disease: the insatiable greed for
gold which the Europeans introduced to
America. This has been responsible, right
up to the present day, for the destruction of
countless treasures created by the skilful
Incan craftsmen, whose empire extended
over three hundred thousand square
miles.
Despite this devastation, numerous
buildings, statues and other finds still
testify to the creative energy of the Incas
and their ancestors.
Item no. : JU00770450
Format : DVD (Region 1, Color)
Duration : 60 minutes
StdBkNo : 9780769790732
Price : USD 50.00
SITES SITES SITES OF OF OF THE THE WORLD'S
WORLD'S
CULTURES
CULTURES CULTURES - MOSCOW MOSCOW AND
AND
THE THE THE GOLDEN GOLDEN GOLDEN RING
RING
There are places in the environs of
Moscow which surrounds the 600-year-old
Russian capital like a golden ring. It was in
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