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Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

The art historian travels in the footsteps of some of the world's greatest explorer-archaeologists revealing how our understanding of the sites they excavated are still shaped by their interpretations.

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Luke McMahon

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This time I'm unravelling the story
of a rebel archaeologist, - Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

This time I'm unravelling the story of a rebel archaeol...

In this series, I'm following in the
footsteps of three men who set - Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

In this series, I'm following in the footsteps of three...

In this series, I'm following
in the footsteps of three men who - Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

In this series, I'm following in the footsteps of three...

In central Turkey, - Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

In central Turkey,

The discoveries they made
rewrote history... - Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

The discoveries they made rewrote history...

I'm standing in the presence
of the birth of Viking art. - Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

I'm standing in the presence of the birth of Viking art...

I'm standing in the presence
of the birth of Viking art. - Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

I'm standing in the presence of the birth of Viking art...

..revealing the untold story
of how human societies began. - Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

..revealing the untold story of how human societies began.

..revealing the untold story
of how human societies began. - Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

..revealing the untold story of how human societies began.

What he found
was the world's oldest city, - Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

What he found was the world's oldest city,

What was going to come out of
the ground here was going to rewrite - Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

What was going to come out of the ground here was going to r...

What was going to come out of the
ground here was going to rewrite - Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

What was going to come out of the ground here was going to r...

Literally, at the time, nobody
had seen anything like this before, - Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

Literally, at the time, nobody had seen anything like this b...

But these finds are not always
what they seem, - Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

But these finds are not always what they seem,

But these finds are not always
what they seem because the men - Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

But these finds are not always what they seem because the me...

This discovery
is still transforming - Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

This discovery is still transforming

I can imagine the face
of someone else 9,000 years ago - Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

I can imagine the face of someone else 9,000 years ago

This time, I've come to the island
of Crete to uncover one of the most - Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

This time, I've come to the island of Crete to uncover ...

This time, I'm in Norway to fulfil
a lifelong dream... - Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

This time, I'm in Norway to fulfil a lifelong dream...

Yet, his own reputation
lies in tatters. - Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

Yet, his own reputation lies in tatters.

Both the media and government - Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

Both the media and government

..exploring the discovery of the
world's oldest - Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

..exploring the discovery of the world's oldest

This colour, with this vibrancy - - Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

This colour, with this vibrancy -

Mellaart became engulfed in scandal, - Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

Mellaart became engulfed in scandal,

It's so rich that it's quite hard
to grasp. - Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

It's so rich that it's quite hard to grasp.

Just over a century ago, a rich
Briton called Arthur Evans came - Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

Just over a century ago, a rich Briton called Arthur Evans c...

Built at the very
beginning of the Viking era... - Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

Built at the very beginning of the Viking era...

Now I want to separate
truth from slander - Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

Now I want to separate truth from slander

..it was buried as part of a royal
funeral. - Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

..it was buried as part of a royal funeral.

Somehow, the ship and its vast
collection of burial treasures - Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

Somehow, the ship and its vast collection of burial treasure...

The underground maze with
a half-man, half-bull - Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

The underground maze with a half-man, half-bull

This is the Konya Plain
in central Turkey, - Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

This is the Konya Plain in central Turkey,

This find would revolutionise our
view of these legendary warriors, - Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

This find would revolutionise our view of these legendary wa...

He didn't find a man-eating
monster, but what he did find - Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

He didn't find a man-eating monster, but what he did fi...

It's a nine-hour drive
south-east from Istanbul, - Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

It's a nine-hour drive south-east from Istanbul,

It was unearthed just as nationalism
was on the rise in Europe, - Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

It was unearthed just as nationalism was on the rise in Euro...

It's a vast, flat, remote land. - Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

It's a vast, flat, remote land.

He called them the Minoans, - Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

He called them the Minoans,

He's very much aware of a hatred of
Swedes. - Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

He's very much aware of a hatred of Swedes.

James Mellaart,
known to everyone as Jimmy, - Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

James Mellaart, known to everyone as Jimmy,

Known as the Oseberg ship, - Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

Known as the Oseberg ship,

These come from the excavations
of Sir Arthur Evans. - Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

These come from the excavations of Sir Arthur Evans.

Coming from the rationing misery
of post-war Britain, - Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

Coming from the rationing misery of post-war Britain,

Arthur Evans is now one
of archaeology's controversial - Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

Arthur Evans is now one of archaeology's controversial

The Oseberg ranks right
up there with Tutankhamun's grave. - Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

The Oseberg ranks right up there with Tutankhamun's gra...

Whoever was buried here
was certainly Viking royalty, - Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

Whoever was buried here was certainly Viking royalty,

Just complete and utter
early-20th-century fantasy. - Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

Just complete and utter early-20th-century fantasy.

He'd been drawn here by mysterious
features in the landscape. - Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

He'd been drawn here by mysterious features in the land...

But not only did his discovery push
the start of Western culture back - Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

But not only did his discovery push the start of Western cul...

Every few miles there are these
peculiar-looking low mounds. - Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

Every few miles there are these peculiar-looking low mounds.

On August 10th 1903, the director
of Oslo University's - Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

On August 10th 1903, the director of Oslo University's

They're all man-made, the remains
of long-lost settlements, - Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

They're all man-made, the remains of long-lost settleme...

This quiet, unassuming professor
from Sweden had been persuaded - Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

This quiet, unassuming professor from Sweden had been persua...

In the 1950s the Konya Plain was
regarded as an archaeological desert. - Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

In the 1950s the Konya Plain was regarded as an archaeologic...

Is there any more powerful
and compelling myth - Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

Is there any more powerful and compelling myth

But Jimmy was convinced - Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

But Jimmy was convinced

The story has fed into the work of
Chaucer and Shakespeare, - Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

The story has fed into the work of Chaucer and Shakespeare,

For the professor, - Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

For the professor,

Jimmy taught himself Turkish - Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

Jimmy taught himself Turkish

He stayed in guesthouses - Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

He stayed in guesthouses

And he went
from village to village by bus - Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

And he went from village to village by bus

According to legend, Minos was king
here in Crete, the largest - Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

According to legend, Minos was king here in Crete, the large...

What the subsequent excavations
revealed wasn't just astonishingly - Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

What the subsequent excavations revealed wasn't just as...

But not everyone
was accustomed to foreigners. - Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

But not everyone was accustomed to foreigners.

Jimmy had to carry
small rocks in his pockets, - Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

Jimmy had to carry small rocks in his pockets,

And he was arrested three times
by the local police, - Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

And he was arrested three times by the local police,

Almost 3,000 years ago, - Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

Almost 3,000 years ago,

But, coming from London,
Jimmy loved the space and freedom. - Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

But, coming from London, Jimmy loved the space and freedom.

"Out in the middle of the wine-dark
sea, - Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

"Out in the middle of the wine-dark sea,

Then, at a place called Catalhoyuk, - Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

Then, at a place called Catalhoyuk,

All Jimmy's instincts
as an archaeologist were kicking in. - Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

All Jimmy's instincts as an archaeologist were kicking ...

The mound contained a near complete
Viking longship, which had somehow - Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

The mound contained a near complete Viking longship, which h...

Was this the ancient settlement
he'd been searching for? - Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

Was this the ancient settlement he'd been searching for...

"One of the 90 towns is a great city
called Knossos, - Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

"One of the 90 towns is a great city called Knossos,

He wrote in his journal, - Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

He wrote in his journal,

"No other region on the plateau - Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

"No other region on the plateau

Known as the Oseberg ship, its
delicate carvings and sleek design - Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

Known as the Oseberg ship, its delicate carvings and sleek d...

This compelling tale survived
for millennia. - Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

This compelling tale survived for millennia.

King Minos was the son of the chief
of the Greek gods, Zeus, - Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

King Minos was the son of the chief of the Greek gods, Zeus,

From the late 8th to the early
11th century, the Vikings sailed out - Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

From the late 8th to the early 11th century, the Vikings sai...

He had to quit and make his way
to the nearest village - Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

He had to quit and make his way to the nearest village

Later, Minos' wife, Pasiphae, - Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

Later, Minos' wife, Pasiphae,

Jimmy's big discovery
would have to wait, - Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

Jimmy's big discovery would have to wait,

Their main goal was to establish
trade routes throughout - Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

Their main goal was to establish trade routes throughout

She gets pregnant by the bull
and gives birth to a dangerous - Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

She gets pregnant by the bull and gives birth to a dangerous

It does seem to me
that King Minos has a rather - Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

It does seem to me that King Minos has a rather

Now, the Oseberg ship would tell
a very different story. - Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

Now, the Oseberg ship would tell a very different story.

Anyway, he wants to imprison
this monster so builds a labyrinth - Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

Anyway, he wants to imprison this monster so builds a labyri...

In Turkey
Jimmy lived in the city of Istanbul, - Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

In Turkey Jimmy lived in the city of Istanbul,

There, the Minotaur is fed
on a regular supply of young bodies. - Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez

There, the Minotaur is fed on a regular supply of young bodi...

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The art historian travels in the footsteps of some of the world's greatest explorer-archaeologists revealing how our understanding of the sites they excavated are still shaped by their interpretations.

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Director: Luke McMahon

Writer: Janina Ramirez (documentary)

Production: P.I.C.A.S.A.

Genre: documentary

Year: 2020

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.9

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Released: 04 Sep 2019

Awards: N/A

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