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Metropolis - The Power Of Cities
Carthage – City of Sailors
These cities thoroughly localize the knowledge and culture of yore. The metropolises of the Mediterranean region constitute the centers of power, religion and trade. Social and political trends reflected in spectacular architecture, outstanding, technical inventions and magnificent rituals. The series Metropolis – The Power of Cities takes us to the very heart of urban life in the Mediterranean area, the hub of the ancient world. The mighty metropolises of antiquity evolved here from a scattering of settlements. And not one city is like the next. Each developed in its own characteristic fashion, each uniquely marked by its geographical location, its… 2003, ZDF/ZDF Enterprises/Discovery, 45 min
Metropolis - The Power Of Cities
Alexandria – Center of Knowledge
These cities thoroughly localize the knowledge and culture of yore. The metropolises of the Mediterranean region constitute the centers of power, religion and trade. Social and political trends reflected in spectacular architecture, outstanding, technical inventions and magnificent rituals. The series Metropolis – The Power of Cities takes us to the very heart of urban life in the Mediterranean area, the hub of the ancient world. The mighty metropolises of antiquity evolved here from a scattering of settlements. And not one city is like the next. Each developed in its own characteristic fashion, each uniquely marked by its geographical location, its… 2003, ZDF/ZDF Enterprises/Discovery, 45 min
Metropolis - The Power Of Cities
Athens – The Rule of the People
These cities thoroughly localize the knowledge and culture of yore. The metropolises of the Mediterranean region constitute the centers of power, religion and trade. Social and political trends reflected in spectacular architecture, outstanding, technical inventions and magnificent rituals. The series Metropolis – The Power of Cities takes us to the very heart of urban life in the Mediterranean area, the hub of the ancient world. The mighty metropolises of antiquity evolved here from a scattering of settlements. And not one city is like the next. Each developed in its own characteristic fashion, each uniquely marked by its geographical location, its… 2003, ZDF/ZDF Enterprises/Discovery, 45 min
Science as Adventure
Sleep and its Siblings
What happens to us in trance and hypnosis, anaesthesia and coma? Scientists investigate the mysterious conditions between life and death. 2003, ZDF, 30 min
Science as Adventure
Secret Powers
Early one morning last summer, all the animals at Aachen Zoo erupted in a sudden state of uproar. Soon thereafter, and without warning, the earth shook harder than it has for ten years. People have been reporting unusual animal behaviour ahead of catastrophes for hundreds of years. Are the animals aware of something that even modern technology cannot help humans to see? Not only an increase in natural catastrophes, but in terrorism, leads us to wonder how we can see the invisible before it is directly upon us. Dogs play an essential role in the detection of explosives and weaponry,… 2003, ZDF, 30 min