The engulfed walls

Collection title

Mediterraneo

ID

INA00512

Source

INA (FR)

First broadcast date

03/29/1997

Production year

1997

Abstract

Modern technologies allow to underwater archaeological research to find submerged cities of ancient commercial civilizations. A hundred sites exist around the Mediterranean, such as the lighthouse of Alexandria in Egypt, a river port in Rome, the seaside resort of Baia in the Bay of Naples, or the Kerkennah islands in Tunisia.

Type

video

Production companies

• France 3 Méditerranée - Coproduction
• RAI - Coproduction

Broadcaster

FTV - F3

Audiovisual form

Magazine

Primary theme

Archaeological sites

Secondary themes

• Historical heritages / Antiquity

Credits / Cast

• Jeammet Danièle - Speaker
• Carbone Bruno - Journalist
• Mocchegiani Claudio - Participant
• Caglioti Luciani - Participant

Period of events

• From -500 to 0

Map locations

• Italy - Centre - Rome
• Tunisia - Chotts and desert - Kerkennah Islands
• Turkey - Mediterranean Province - Kekova Island
• Italy - Islands - Aeolian islands
• Egypt - Lower Egypt - Alexandria

Original language

Italian

Media running time

9m1

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