Product Details

• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Wgbh Boston
• VHS Release Date: March 28, 2000
• Run Time: 60 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: 6304463146
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #322,711 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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Ancient calendar? Temple? Practical joke? Stonehenge has mystified and delighted us for thousands of years, but hasn't yielded its secrets, like how 40-ton stones found their way over 20 miles to positions which predict celestial events. Nova's Secrets of Lost Empires: Stonehenge, part of the Secrets of Lost Empires series, follows an archaeologist, an engineer, and a stonemason as they attempt to answer a few questions about its construction by building a smaller-scale version using only the technology of ancient Britain. It's not easy for them--muscles plus ingenuity can accomplish a lot, but it's still hard work--but they do learn much about old-time engineering along the way. Whether you're interested in ancient mysteries or you'd just like to see how our ancestors realized their dreams, Secrets of Lost Empires: Stonehenge is for you. --Rob Lightner

Product Description

Uncover the secrets of ancient civilizations as NOVA journeys to an archaeological site where teams of experts use traditional techniques to test their hypotheses. Watch a band of experts move, raise, and cap a structure like the mysterious Stonehenge, armed with Stone Age tools.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Colosseum Roof DVD, May 30, 2009

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This review is from: NOVA: Secrets of Lost Empires - Stonehenge and Colosseum (DVD)

Colosseum Roof DVD arrived on time and in excellent condition. This copy replaces an old VHS tape in my classroom. Norma Goldman is outstanding in explaining how concrete is made an ancient Rome in this documentary on how the Romans made the Colosseum and installed a cloth roof. Engineering students would enjoy this one. I use it in Latin 1 classes for high school students.