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Ten Discoveries that Rewrote History

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Partner:: Book Passage
Location:: Book Passage
Corte Madera, CA
Event Date:: 02.02.08
Speaker:: Patrick Hunt
Tags:: archaelogy; machu picchu; discovery; peru

Summary: Patrick Hunt discusses Ten Discoveries That Rewrote History.

Renowned archaeologist Hunt brings his top ten list of ancient archaeological discoveries to life, including The Rosetta Stone, Troy, King Tut's Tomb, Machu Picchu, Pompeii, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and Thera. He explains how they permanently altered our worldview - Book Passage

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Patrick Hunt

Patrick Hunt is the author of Ten Discoveries That Rewrote History. He received his PhD from the University of London's Institute of Archaeology in 1991. Hunt now teaches Classics at Stanford University.

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01.: Introducing Dr. Hunt

00 min 55 sec

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02.: Opening Remarks

02 min 47 sec

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03.: Iconic Archaeological Discoveries

08 min 14 sec

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04.: Standford Athletes Anecdote

04 min 46 sec

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05.: Overlooked Yet Important Discoveries

03 min 54 sec

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06.: Machu Picchu

04 min 57 sec

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07.: Hiram Bingham & Picchu's Design

05 min 54 sec

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08.: Amphitheaters In Machu Pacchu

08 min 19 sec

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09.: Earthquake's Effect On Picchu

03 min 26 sec

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10.: Shamanic Connotations In Peruvian Culture

01 min 02 sec

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11.: Exploring The Sacred Valley

00 min 57 sec

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12.: Akrotiri Excavation

02 min 09 sec

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13.: Criteria For Importance

04 min 50 sec

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14.: Hannibal Research

05 min 02 sec

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Ghosts Of Machu Picchu

05 min 30 sec

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Patrick Hunt describes Machu Picchu and the eerie experience of inadvertently performing a ritual that had been lost for over 500 years.
The Lore and Legend of Hannibal

02 min 51 sec

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Patrick Hunt explores the lore and legend that was Hannibal. He's been parroted by such luminaries as Julius Caesar, Napoleon, and Generals Patton and Schwarzkopf.
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Encyclopædia Britannica Article

archaeology: Scientific study of material remains of past human life and activities. These include human artifacts from the very earliest stone tools to the man-made objects that are buried or thrown away in the present day. Archaeological investigations are a principal source of modern knowledge of prehistoric, ancient, and extinct cultures. The field emerged as an academic discipline in the late 19th century, following centuries of haphazard antiquarian collecting. Among the archaeologist's principal activities are the location, surveying, and mapping of sites and the excavation, classification, dating, and interpretation of materials to place them in historical context. Major subfields include classical archaeology, the study of ancient Mediterranean and Middle Eastern civilizations; prehistoric archaeology, or general archaeology; and historical archaeology, the study of historic-period remains to augment the written record. See also anthropology; coin collecting; stone-tool industry.; archaeology on britannica.com