Cities of the Ancient World (2014)
TalkDocumentary
Creator: Steven L. Tuck
People live in a world of cities; reflecting on ancient models of the city as a human phenomenon offers important lessons about today's culture; an opportunity to survey the breadth of the ancient world through the context of its urban development.
Seasons
Season 1 Episodes
Episode 1
The Lure of the City
Episode 2
Çatalhöyük—First Experiment in Urban Living
Episode 3
Jericho and Its Walls
Episode 4
Uruk—City of Gilgamesh
Episode 5
Mysterious Mohenjo-daro
Episode 6
Kahun—Company Town in the Desert
Episode 7
Work and Life at Deir el-Medina
Episode 8
Amarna—Revolutionary Capital
Episode 9
Knossos—Palace, City, or Temple?
Episode 10
Akrotiri—Bronze Age Pompeii
Episode 11
Mycenae, Tiryns, and the Mask of Agamemnon
Episode 12
Athens—Civic Buildings and Civic Identity
