{"product_id":"book-k0py","title":"Unearthing Mysteries: The Complete Series 1-8","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAll 31 episodes of the archaeological series investigating the mysteries and secrets of the past\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMuch of human history is hidden from us, buried deep under our feet. Layered beneath the landscape are the unknown stories of ancient peoples and civilizations, written in bones and long-lost artefacts, waiting to be revealed and deciphered. Between 1999 and 2006, over eight radio series, renowned author and broadcaster Aubrey Manning followed geological and archaeological clues in an attempt to unravel some of these mysteries – from the Lost Map of London and the Amber Room to the Pharos Lighthouse of Alexandria, the Antikythera Mechanism and the Land of Punt. This landmark radio series, lost for years, can now be listened to again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJourneying around the British Isles and worldwide, he visits sites including tombs, tunnels and temples, setting out to uncover the secrets that lie within them. Could ‘KV 55’ in the Valley of the Kings be the final resting place of the great Pharaoh Akhenaten? What can the ‘Red Lady’ of Paviland tell us about how homo sapiens succeeded Neanderthals? Did the Saxons make top-notch steel 1,000 years before the Industrial Revolution? And was a swamp in the South Anatolian plain the unlikely location for the world’s first city?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese and other burning questions are tackled by Manning, with erudite input from a host of expert researchers, historians, scientists and archaeologists. His investigations take in a Roman drinking cult; a Bronze Age archer dubbed the ‘King of Stonehenge’; Boudica’s forgotten husband, Prasutagus; the tale of a saint, severed hands and a sword in the stone – and the remarkable discovery of British prehistoric cave art...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eProduction credits\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePresented by Aubrey Manning and Brian Moffat (Series 1, Episode 4)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProduced by Dave Sharp, Sue Broom, Pam Rutherford, Helen Sharp and Martin Redfern\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on the following dates:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeries 1 \u003c\/i\u003e(first broadcast 13 July-3 August 1999)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eValley of the Kings\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGlozel\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLost Map of London\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSoutra\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeries 2 \u003c\/i\u003e(first broadcast 7-28 November 2000)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSounds of the Stone Age\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Amber Room\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Drinking Cult\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Pharos Lighthouse of Alexandria\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeries 3 \u003c\/i\u003e(first broadcast 30 October – 20 November 2001)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 'Red Lady' of Paviland\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLondon's Mediaeval Medicine\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSaxon Steel\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSan Galgano and the Sword in the Stone\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeries 4 \u003c\/i\u003e(first broadcast 5-26 November 2002)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTaming the Horse\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCatal Huyuk\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Amesbury Archer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeadowcroft Rock Shelter\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeries 5 \u003c\/i\u003e(first broadcast 5-26 August 2003)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLynford Neanderthals\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAncient Egyptian Illnesses\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTri Radial Cairns\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGreat Orme Mine\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeries 6 \u003c\/i\u003e(first broadcast 7-28 December 2004)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Land of Punt\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWharram Percy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBritish Cave Art\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMound Builders\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeries 7 \u003c\/i\u003e(first broadcast 20 December 2005-17 January 2006)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Tunnellers of the First World War\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Romans in India\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBen Lawers and Loch Tay\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe First Americans\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeries 8 \u003c\/i\u003e(first broadcast 12-26 December 2006)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Antikythera Mechanism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst Residents of Britain\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrasutagus, husband of Boudicca\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e© 2025 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. 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