PBS Secrets of the Dead - The Rise & Fall of the Colosseum and Cleopatra's Last Temple

PBS recently aired tow interesting episodes of their series Secrets of the Dead that you should watch, if you have not done so.

The Rise & Fall of the Colosseum was aired last week:

https://www.pbs.org/video/the-rise-fall-of-the-colosseum-aru7xs/

Cleopatra's Last Temple aired last night:

https://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/preview-cleopatras-last-temple-m9lmjk/8572/

Included in this episode is a discussion of some of the coins found in the harbor of Alexandria, Egypt.

Enjoy!

 

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I pay for PBS passport, the only TV programming I will pay for. Since we cancelled Netflix and HULU I think I'll treble my contribution to PBS.

I'd also recommend the programme they had recently on the excavations at Pompei, where a small coin purse with gold Aurei was found.

 

That's "two" not tow. I can't type anymore.

 

Oh, wow, is that series still running?

I used to enjoy a lot of PBS programming back when we still had cable. I guess most of it can still be streamed, but I just don't watch TV any more. Or, to be more honest, all my TV-watching time has been taken over by doom-scrolling.

 

I understand. I am in the same boat. You can watch these episodes online. The one on Cleopatra VII's temple is really interesting. I didn't know that it even existed. The reconstruction of it is fascinating.