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Alexandria: The Greatest City (2010)
Directed by Nick Gillam-Smith
Documentary · 48m
Bettany Hughes goes in search of this lost civilisation, revealing the story of a city founded out of the desert by Alexander the Great in 331 BC to become the world's first global centre of culture. The documentary also looks at the role of astronomer and philosopher Hypatia, and incorporates stunning footage from the feature film 'Agora'.
Cast
Bettany Hughes
Crew
- Director
- Nick Gillam-Smith
Details
- Release date
- 2010-06-01
- Runtime
- 48m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom, United States of America
- Production
- Lion Television, History