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.