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Video In Search of Irish Gold and Figures in Chalk - XA008/DVD01
XA008/DVD01 This DVD contains 2 programmes from the popular series shown on the BBC

In Search of Gold
This programme sees presenter Aubrey Manning travel to Ireland in search of a Celtic Eldorado, a secret source of Bronze Age gold, buried more than 3,000 years ago. Today's Irish landscape shows little sign of gold, so where did these prehistoric metalworkers find it? Watch in awe as clues in the landscape help Aubrey work out if and where deposits still exist.

Figures in the Chalk
This programme sees Aubrey travel to the Chalk Hills of England to unravel the origins of the enigmatic chalk figures such as the Long Man of Wilmington and the Cerne Abbas Giant in Dorset. The age of these Chalk figures has never been fully established and Aubrey, alongside a team of archaeologists from Reading University, comes up with a remarkable new and exciting discovery.

Length: 60mins
ISBN: 5060162450568
Price: £11.74 (£9.99 + £1.75 VAT)

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