1966
8 episodes · Jun 18, 1966
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- S1E1
The Vikings in North America
Jun 18, 196650mGlyn Daniel, Magnus Magnusson and Gwyn Jones discuss the evidence for possible Viking travels to North America in the wake of the 1965 publication of the Vinland Map. Magnusson examines the Flatey Book at Denmark's Royal Library.[
- S1E2
Nimrud: The Story of a Dig
Jul 16, 1966Professor Max Mallowan along with Sir Mortimer Wheeler, Dr R. D. Barnett and Gordon Waterfield present findings from the excavation of the one-time Assyrian capital city of Nimrud/Kalhu (in modern-day Iraq).
- S1E3
Stonehenge: Prehistoric Computer?/The First European
Aug 13, 1966• Professor Gerald Hawkins's theory that Stonehenge was used for astronomy. • Dr. John Napier and Professor Kenneth Oakley discuss the Vértesszőlős skull, and claim it to be homo sapiens rather than homo erectus as originally believed.[
- S1E4
Royal Ship/Royal Palace/Royal Grave
Sep 10, 1966The buried ship at Sutton Hoo, the possibility of Somerset's Cadbury Castle being Camelot of Arthurian legend, and the Irish burial mound of Newgrange
- S1E5
The Invasion That Never Was.../... And the Last Invasion
Oct 8, 1966• General Sir Brian Horrocks on the fictional 1875 Battle of Dorking Gap and its effect on the popular imagination. • The Norman Conquest of England as shown by the Bayeux Tapestry
- S1E7
The Treasure of Priam
Dec 3, 1966Heinrich Schliemann's 1873 discovery of the Treasure of Priam at Hisarlik, and its disappearance from World War II era Berlin
- S1E8
The Holy Sailors + The Roman Goose March
Dec 31, 1966• The evidence for pre-Norse settlement of Iceland by Irish monks. • Ancient Rome's best geese were reputedly sourced from northern Gaul. Daniel, aided by Olympic gold medalist Ann Packer, experiments to find the daily walking pace of geese, and shows the journey to take three months.