Heritage Key

About this original series

Experience the Ancient World through Heritage Key. Discover Egypt, China, Britain and more, join our community, and learn about inside guides, photos, videos, expert articles and unique virtual world experiences.

  • Category

    Learning

  • # Episodes

    46 episodes

  • Rating

    TV-G

Episodes of Heritage Key

    • Play Bettany Hughes: 'The Hemlock Cup' on the Life of Socrates - Heritage Key on Blip Heritage Key episodes on Blip

      Bettany Hughes: 'The Hemlock Cup' on the Life of...

      (Heritage-Key.com ) With Bettany Hughes' new book "The Hemlock Cup" about to hit bookshelves, Heritage Key catches up with her to find out more about her journey in writing about Socrates. A key influential figure in the East and the Western world, Socrates lived in 5th Century Athens and Bettany has travelled across Greece to piece together the story of his life. Reading an excerpt from her book, Bettany Hughes' skill with prose and her ability to bring this historical figure to life is unque...

      • Release date
        Oct 7, 2010
      • Runtime
        04:36
    • Play Bettany Hughes on Socrates, Sappho, Aryans and more - Heritage Key on Blip Heritage Key episodes on Blip

      Bettany Hughes on Socrates, Sappho, Aryans and m...

      ( Heritage-Key.com ) Heritage Key catches up with Bettany Hughes in a London studio as she works on a new documentary about the Aryan civilisation. Talking about some of the exciting excavations taking place out in Siberia, on the Kazakhstan and Russian border, she explains the predicament of heads of states who visit the dig sites, trying to work out whether they want to be associated with the artefacts bearing swastika imagery being uncovered there. Bettany also talks about her recent BBC Ra...

      • Release date
        Aug 25, 2010
      • Runtime
        05:21
    • Play HKTV: Stonehenge, Excarnation and Prehistoric Burials (Live with Mary-Ann Craig) - Heritage Key on Blip Heritage Key episodes on Blip

      HKTV: Stonehenge, Excarnation and Prehistoric Bu...

      (Heritage-Key.com ) Mary-Ann Craig talks to Jon about the history behind the Solstice at Stonehenge and other sites, including Newgrange in Ireland, Maeshowe in Orkney and Irthlingborough in Northamptonshire. She discusses the finds from excavations at Irthlingborough, including a lattice of cattle bones which had formed a lacework around the mound, and also goes into detail about the life of the legendary Amesbury Archer - who he was, the stature he held and why he wasn't the all action hero ...

      • Release date
        Aug 8, 2010
      • Runtime
        10:00
    • Play Stonehenge Summer Solstice 2010 - Heritage Key on Blip Heritage Key episodes on Blip

      Stonehenge Summer Solstice 2010

      From Druids to Morris dancers to a huge model called "The Ancestor", this year's Summer Solstice festival at Stonehenge attracted over 20,000 people to witness the sun rise on the longest day of the year. A time when Pagans celebrate the strength of the sun and the divine powers that they believe Stonehenge to harbour, this year Jon and Ann went down to the Salisbury Plain to see just what all the fuss is about.

      • Release date
        Jul 2, 2010
      • Runtime
        02:10
    • Play Ancient Bones Forensics Reveal Life of Saxon Queen Edith - Heritage Key on Blip Heritage Key episodes on Blip

      Ancient Bones Forensics Reveal Life of Saxon Que...

      (Heritage-Key.com ) Scientists announced that bones excavated in Magdeburg Cathedral in 2008 are those of Saxon Queen Eadgyth ('Edith of England') who died in AD 946. Crucial scientific evidence came from teeth preserved in the upper jaw. The bones are the oldest surviving remains of an English royal burial. The original excavations were carried out by a joint team of the State Office for Heritage Management and Archaeology Saxony-Anhalt, and Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg. Eadgyth...

      • Release date
        Jun 22, 2010
      • Runtime
        05:05
    • Play Heritage Key Virtual - King Tut, Stonehenge, Terracotta Warriors and More! - Heritage Key on Blip Heritage Key episodes on Blip

      Heritage Key Virtual - King Tut, Stonehenge, Ter...

      (Heritage-Key.com) Heritage Key Virtual is a free virtual experience where you can rediscover the Tomb of King Tutankhamun, explore the different ages of Stonehenge and get up close and person with the Terracotta Warriors!

      • Release date
        May 13, 2010
      • Runtime
        02:37
    • Play The Ancient World in London - Episode 13: Recap Vlog - Heritage Key on Blip Heritage Key episodes on Blip

      The Ancient World in London - Episode 13: Recap ...

      ( Heritage-Key.com ) The Ancient World in London series reaches the end of its three month run, and Sean and Sam take a look back at the past three months as the three adventurers have criss-crossed across London and further afar to find out how our ancient past has impacted the British capitol. Looking back at some of the highlights of the series, including Natalie's trip to the Roman baths of Bath, Nicole's adventures at the Hadrian Wall Illuminations and the Spring Equinox at Stonehenge, an...

      • Release date
        May 4, 2010
      • Runtime
        05:52
    • Play The Ancient World in London - Episode 12: Egyptomania in London - Heritage Key on Blip Heritage Key episodes on Blip

      The Ancient World in London - Episode 12: Egypto...

      (Heritage-Key.com) Dr Jasmine Day takes adventurer Nicole Favish across London to see the Egyptian influence on England's capital city. London is wrapped in thousands of layers of history, with each battle and war leaving its mark on the city. With such prominent buildings taking influence from the ancient age such as the MI6 Building (based on the Great Ziggurat of Ur) and St George Church (resembling the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus). Dr Day and Nicole first visit Embankment, examining the sca...

      • Release date
        May 4, 2010
      • Runtime
        08:57
    • Play The Ancient World in London - Age of Discovery (Episode 11) - Heritage Key on Blip Heritage Key episodes on Blip

      The Ancient World in London - Age of Discovery (...

      (Heritage-Key.com) The discovery of the Tomb of King Tutankhamun was a defining moment in archaeology and Egyptology, bringing to the world's attention one of the most important and amazing discoveries in history as Howard Carter excavated KV62. Although none of the treasures made it back to London, Carter was buried in Putney Vale cemetery. Christopher Naunton of the Egyptian Exploration Society explains the significance of discoveries by great explorers such as Flinders Petrie and Giovanni B...

      • Release date
        Apr 20, 2010
      • Runtime
        06:24
    • Play The Ancient World in London - Ancient Astronomy (10/25) - Heritage Key on Blip Heritage Key episodes on Blip

      The Ancient World in London - Ancient Astronomy ...

      (Heritage-Key.com) A recent lecture given by astronomer Paul Murdin, author of "Secrets of the Universe: How we Discovered the Cosmos" offered a fascinating insight into how ancient people in Britain studied the stars, Sun and Moon to understand what it was they saw in the night sky. The Ishango Bone is an artefact with carved markings which are thought to indicate the different phases of the moon, and the Antikythera Mechanism is considered the world's first analog computer which calculated a...

      • Release date
        Apr 13, 2010
      • Runtime
        05:05
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