Product Details

• Actors: Hans-Peter Bögel, Richard Neave, Sam Waterston, James Wright
• Directors: Jenny Barraclough
• Writers: Robert H. Gardner, Ed Fields
• Producers: Joel Westbrook, Robert H. Gardner, William Morgan
• Format: Box set, Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 10
• Studio: Time-Life Video & Te
• VHS Release Date: August 29, 1995
• Run Time: 40 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 0783584040
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #265,421 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Filmed over 3 years in 26 countries, this unprecedented, ten-volume video library combines evocative recreations and cutting-edge three-dimensional computer animation with powerful storytelling.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars History, November 6, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Lost Civilizations 10-Tape Box Set [VHS] (VHS Tape)

When I was in World History in high school, my teacher used these videos. I ended up looking for those episodes on the Civilization channel (I found them there) and eventually buying the tapes. They are extremely helpful in learning the history of the people and the regions documented. By keeping the attention of myself and my fellow classmates (most of them), these tapes offered a very well done and entertaining view of history. I will definately be using them when I start teaching after college!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty good introductory video series about civilization, October 6, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Lost Civilizations 10-Tape Box Set [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This series was well done and provides the viewer with a "starting point" to learn more about these lost civilizations. Touches on many societal beginings that have been glossed over or ignored by many of the main-stream media. Each video is thematic and searchs the civilization's development along these lines. I would recommend this series to anyone who has a slight interest in World History and desires to know more.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Teaching Tool!, January 10, 2001

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Sheri Zachary "SZMom" (Alaska) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lost Civilizations 10-Tape Box Set [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I teach World History & Geography from the prehistoric era forward and have found all of the videos in this series to be very good teaching tools. They are a good, detailed way to introduce a given civilization or area of the world and hold my students' attention as well or better than almost any other videos I show during the course of the school year.