The Age of the Heroes
Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Feb 24, 1985
Series on the veracity of the Trojan War. Michael Wood traces Heinrich Schliemann's search for the site of Troy.
Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Feb 24, 1985
Series on the veracity of the Trojan War. Michael Wood traces Heinrich Schliemann's search for the site of Troy.
Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Mar 3, 1985
Michael Wood traces the developments in archaeological techniques that unraveled the truth from the legend of the Trojan War.
Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Mar 10, 1985
Michael Wood continues his search to discover whether Homer's story of Trojan War is a myth by studying modern bardic traditions then visiting the sites of the Trojan War and comparing Homer's descriptions with archaeological finds.
Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Mar 17, 1985
Michael Wood in his search for the reality of the Trojan War looks at the reality behind Helen and Mycenae's wealth and offers an explanation of the Wooden Horse.
Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Mar 24, 1985
Michael Wood in his search for the reality of the Trojan War looks at how the war would have been viewed by Agamemnon's neighbours through the records of the Hittite Emperors
Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Mar 31, 1985
Michael Wood searches for the reality of the Trojan War. Homer says the Greek Heroes returned from Troy to an era of death and destruction. Dramatic finds from the late Bronze Age chart the decline and fall of empires all over the Aegean.