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Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years (2001)

Posted by Sane Spirit on Sunday, March 17, 2013, In : History 
Christianity, the First 1000 years tells the story of Christianity from the death of Jesus in 30 AD to the 1077 standoff between Pope Gregory VII and Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV over who had authority to appoint bishops.





Christianity the Second 1000 Years, has a 20 minute review of what was covered in the first part and continues the story to 2000, when the documentary was updated, ending with subjects such as Televangelism, Martin Luther King, Jr, Vatican II (the 21st Ecumenical Council) ...
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Great Riddles in Archaeology: King Arthur, Camelot, and the Quest for a Holy Grail

Posted by Sane Spirit on Sunday, March 17, 2013, In : Lectures and Presentations 
For centuries, the legend of King Arthur, Camelot and the quest for the Holy Grail has captivated the world. Was there really a Holy Grail, and how did it find its way to Britain and the Arthurian legend? Were Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table real historical figures? What does the archaeology of this era tell us? Dr. Richard Hodges, the Williams Director of the Penn Museum and a noted Medievalist, is the kickoff speaker of this popular lecture series, running October 2011 through Jun...
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Troy: The true story

Posted by Sane Spirit on Monday, February 4, 2013,
Troy was a city, both factual and legendary, located in northwest Anatolia in what is now Turkey, southeast of the Dardanelles and beside Mount Ida. It is best known for being the setting of the Trojan War described in the Greek Epic Cycle and especially in the Iliad, one of the two epic poems attributed to Homer. Metrical evidence from the Iliad and the Odyssey seems to show that the name Ἴλιον (Ilion) formerly began with a digamma: Ϝίλιον (Wilion). This was later supported by th...
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Alexander the Great

Posted by Sane Spirit on Monday, February 4, 2013, In : History 

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David Hatcher Childress | Lost Cities of S. America - Megalithomainia 2008

Posted by Sane Spirit on Saturday, November 24, 2012, In : Ancient Mysteries 
Filmed at the Megalithomania Conference,Glastonbury, 17th - 18th May 2008.

Keynote speaker at the 2008 event was maverick archaeologist and megalith hunter David Hatcher Childress who took us on a whirlwind journey in search of ancient sites in South America and the Pacific.

Discussing everything from Tiahuanaco in Bolivia to Easter Island to the basalt crystal city of Nan Madol, the real-life Indiana Jones took us to remote areas of the Andes and hard-to-reach Pacific Islands in search of mega...
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History of the Bible (Full Documentary)

Posted by Sane Spirit on Friday, November 23, 2012, In : The Historical Bible 
This video comes from the King James Version only POV,,,tho IMHO it is not "historically" or theologically accurate as the history of biblical translation goes,,,but still useful in an academic sense,,, the texts they highlight are kewl tho...







Description taken from The Forbidden Book: The History Of The English Bible DVD

Discover the fascinating story behind the preservation of the greatest Book in human history

“The Forbidden Book” is unlike anything you have ever seen before. Hos...


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