China's Lost Pyramids

China's Lost Pyramids (2010)


  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release Date: 2010-09-24
  • User Rating: 8/10 from 1 ratings
  • Runtime: 0h 50min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: National Geographic
  • Production Country: China, New Zealand
  • Director: Steven R. Talley
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Summary

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".

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  • Craig Parker

    as Narrator
Production Steven R. Talley Producer
Production Katie Brockie Researcher
Production Andrew Waterworth Executive Producer
Production Suzanne Lloyd Production Manager
Production Mark Orton Researcher
Directing Steven R. Talley Director
Sound Alex Stoloff Original Music Composer
Production Nikki Stirling Production Coordinator
Production Madeleine Carter Executive Producer
Editing Cameron Crawford Editor
Writing Steven R. Talley Writer
Camera Giles Pike Camera Operator
Sound Brent Nazaroff Sound Recordist
Camera Joel Peterson Camera Operator

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