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DVD. Terra Mystica. 26 Minutes. Just as the mighty roots and branches of the trees entwine themselves around Cambodia's historic ruins of Angkor, there are also many myths and legends that circulate around the ancient kingdom of Kambuja that, for centuries, dominated huge areas of South East Asia. Angkor Wat is a temple complex of monumental proportion. Measuring a 1,000 by 800 metres, it is...

DVD. Terra Mystica. 26 Minutes. Bagan is a famous royal city in today's Myanmar that is full of myth and legend. In the days of the legendary Birman monarchy the metropolis covered an area of forty square kilometres and today the numerous majestic buildings of Bagan provide an unforgettable insight into its history. The development of the city was not only influenced by logical planning...

DVD. Terra Mystica. 26 Minutes Located in the south of the State of Utah, Bryce Canyon National Park attracts nature lovers from all over the world. One hundred forty-five square kilometres of pure nature overwhelms those who experience it. Millions of years ago, due to extreme pressure from beneath it, the Earth's crust cracked and this wonderful landscape was created, a gigantic amphitheatre of red...

DVD. Terra Mystica. 26 Minutes. The Great Wall of China, a combination of many walls, extends for 1,500 miles and winds across Northern China from Gansu Province to Hebei Province on the Yellow Sea and was constructed as a defence against the northern nomads. Although it was to be of little military significance, the Great Wall is a monument to human endeavour and relentless achievement....

DVD. Terra Mystica. 26 Minutes. The Coliseum of Rome is the most monumental and impressive amphitheatre in the world. It is estimated that its construction began in the year 72 AD and it was here that the Roman's desire for outrageous performance and violent entertainment were fully satisfied. The massive interior of its oval grounds could seat 70,000. Surrounded by tranquility, as though within a...

DVD. Terra Mystica. 26 Minutes. Delphi was home to the Amphictyonic League, the most important of the Greek city states, and was also the location of the Pythian Games. Two eagles dispatched by Zeus from the end of the world met at the foot of Mount Parnassus in Delphi, thus creating the `omphalos' or `navel of the world'. It was hoped that the priestess attendant...

DVD. Terra Mystica. 26 Minutes. Facing in the direction of the rising sun, 300 sculptures known as `Moais', or `long ears', were discovered on Easter Island in 1722, a remote volcanic island in the Pacific Ocean. It is most likely that the people who erected the statues arrived by sea from Peru and belonged to a tribe that was condemned to extinction due to their...

DVD. Terra Mystica. 26 Minutes. How would Jesus be treated today? Would the same terrible words be used, "Crucify him!", shouted by an angry crowd. Ancient Christian texts record that the high priests demanded liberty for Barabas and death for Jesus. It is believed that Pontius Pilat asked the people which man should be spared and the crowd shouted, "Barabas!" When Pilat asked what he...

DVD. Terra Mystica. 26 Minutes. Formed at the point where the Colorado River breaks through the mountains of the American West, the 1,800 metre deep Grand Canyon is endowed with a wealth of natural forms and shapes which have made it inevitable that it would have a colorful and important role to play within the myths of creation of the region's indigenous inhabitants. The Native...

DVD. Terra Mystica. 26 Minutes. Machu Picchu, the Lost City of the Incas, is located high in the Peruvian Andes and is reminiscent of an imaginary castle surrounded by steep ravines and mountains. Sacrificial sun altars and ritualistic monuments testify to the sun cult of its original inhabitants who used human sacrifices to appease the gods. The massive quantity of building materials used, along with...

DVD. Terra Mystica. 26 Minutes. Monument Valley is situated on the border of the North American states of Arizona and Utah, in a region of magnificent freestanding sandstone rocks that tower 1,000 feet above the desert. More than 200 million years ago, the area was covered by ocean. On the bed were deep deposits of mud, which turned into slate and as the sea bed...

Legend has it that Princess Libussa had a vision in which she saw the Hradcany, the heart of the city of Prague, on the site where the country’s capital was later to be founded. Emperor Rudolph ll lived there in the 16th century and it was through his influence that the principles of modern chemistry were discovered, thus laying the foundations of present day science....

DVD. Terra Mystica. 26 Minutes. The historic lagoon city of Venice stands on several islands joined together by a multitude of bridges and a canal system in place of streets. The palaces that lie along the Grand Canal represent Venetian power and influence over the centuries. Gothic building artistry and Baroque affluence meet head-on in this grand and noble city that overflows with nostalgia. It...

DVD. Terra Mystica. 26 Minutes. The ancient city of Palmyra is located in the Tadmur Oasis, in the very heart of the Syrian Savannah. Surrounded by arid desert, it was once a proud and pulsating trading metropolis. Everywhere you look, you can see relics of a bygone age that was full of myth and mystique. The influence of the legendary oasis city grew due to...

DVD. Terra Mystica. 26 Minutes. Hidden amid the Wadi Musa, the Valley of Moses in South Jordan, is one of the most fascinating and mysterious ruins on Earth, the legendary rock city of Petra. A desert tribe, the Nabateans, once established a settlement in the shelter of the rocks and founded a splendid royal city that has survived to the present day. For many centuries,...

DVD. Terra Mystica. 26 Minutes. On August 24th in 79 A.D., a massive volcanic eruption destroyed the Roman city of Pompeii, when millions of tons of lava instantly petrified the bodies of 2,000 of its inhabitants. Pompeii is the incarnation of a civilization that was destroyed by this natural disaster. Some of its underground corridors were accidentally discovered in 1594, but serious scientific excavation did...

DVD. Terra Mystica. 26 Minutes. In the south of England, amidst the hills of Wiltshire, surrounded by woodland and mature trees, stands the most significant prehistoric example of Megalithic culture, Stonehenge. Looking almost as it must have more than 4,000 years ago, at the time of the New Stone Age and Bronze Age, here man created a shrine for a deity dedicated to a religion...

DVD. Terra Mystica. 26 Minutes. At the beginning of the 17th century, the Grand Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan erected the marble mausoleum, the Taj Mahal, as a tribute to and in grief for his favorite wife, Mumtaz Hahal, known as `the darling of the palace'. This action led to an upturn in both the economy and culture of the country and appears to have been...