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China's Lost Pyramids (2010)

ALL 09/24/2010 (en) Documentary 50 Min
  • Release
    09/24/2010
  • Production
    National Geographic, Shaanxi TV, MFP
  • Rotten tomato
    80%
  • Original title
    China's Lost Pyramids
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
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Overview

In China, there exists an astonishing place. A burial ground to rival Egypt’s Valley of the Kings, where pyramid tombs of stupendous size are full of astonishing riches. In 221 BC, China's first Emperor united warring kingdoms into a nation that still exists today. To memorialise this achievement, he bankrupted the national treasury and oppressed thousands of workers to build one of the world’s biggest mortuary complexes. China's second dynasty, the Han, inherited the daunting challenge of building larger tombs to command respect and establish their right to rule without running the nation into the ground. Although no Han emperor's tomb has been opened, the tombs of lesser Han aristocrats have revealed astonishing things: complete underground palaces (including kitchens and toilets) and at least one corpse so amazingly well-preserved some believe Han tomb-builders knew how to "engineer immortality".

  1. Steven R. Talley

    Director

  2. Story

  4. Steven R. Talley

    Producer



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  1. Craig Parker

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China's Lost Pyramids (2010) 50 Min

ALL 09/24/2010 (en)
Documentary
  • Release 09/24/2010
  • Production
    National Geographic, Shaanxi TV, MFP
  • Original title China's Lost Pyramids
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

In China, there exists an astonishing place. A burial ground to rival Egypt’s Valley of the Kings, where pyramid tombs of stupendous size are full of astonishing riches. In 221 BC, China's first Emperor united warring kingdoms into a nation that still exists today. To memorialise this achievement, he bankrupted the national treasury and oppressed thousands of workers to build one of the world’s biggest mortuary complexes. China's second dynasty, the Han, inherited the daunting challenge of building larger tombs to command respect and establish their right to rule without running the nation into the ground. Although no Han emperor's tomb has been opened, the tombs of lesser Han aristocrats have revealed astonishing things: complete underground palaces (including kitchens and toilets) and at least one corpse so amazingly well-preserved some believe Han tomb-builders knew how to "engineer immortality".

  1. Steven R. Talley

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Cameron Crawford

    Editor

  4. Steven R. Talley

    Producer



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