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1 online resource (streaming video file) (51 min. 33 sec.) ; 311874235 bytes |
| Summary |
This program provides an intriguing insight into one of the most fascinating rulers of the Middle Kingdom, Emperor Taizong. Under his reign, China enjoyed a golden age during which 'four great inventions' were made: paper and the printing press, the compass and gunpowder - technologies that developed in Europe only centuries later. When Emperor Taizong died in 649 he left behind the most powerful empire on earth. During his lifetime he had already determined his last resting place: a subterranean palace deep inside the Zhao Ling mountain. Today, no one knows where the entrance to the mausoleum is located. But Professor Zhang Jianlin, a scientist from the Shaanxi Archaeology Institute, has set out to find it. Along with his colleagues and a team of geophysicists from Europe using the latest technology, they search for the foundations of the more than 400 buildings that made up the necropolis. (From Germany, in German and Mandarin, English subtitles) |
| Event |
Broadcast 2010-03-28 at 11:00:00 |
| Notes |
Classification: G |
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Antiquities.
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Emperors -- Tombs.
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Geophysics in archaeology.
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Kings and rulers, Medieval.
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Tang Dynasty (China)
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Tang Taizong, Emperor of China, 597-649.
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China -- Shenyang (Liaoning Sheng)
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Streaming video
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| Author |
Chilvers, Simon, cast
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Twente, Christian, director
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