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Ancestors: The Burials That Made Europe Built For Battle

This is a new story of Europe’s prehistory, written in the ‘Built For Battle’ is an intensive, informative, and
DNA of our buried ancestors. Archaeology is being engaging returnable series tracing the history,
revolutionized by the science of genetics, and we innovation, and breakthrough moments of the
have exclusive access to one of the most ambitious world’s most influential military machines. In this series
ancient DNA projects of all time. Acclaimed we mix history, science, and engineering to see
broadcaster Professor Alice Roberts will use this how specific battles and combat missions defined
work to reveal deadly pandemics, technological the machinery of the time. We start with the battle
revolutions, and huge migrations that had previously and trace back to the origin of each machine, the
lain hidden. Alice will walk in the footsteps of our motivations behind its creation, the men and women
ancestors, from the time of the Neanderthals to the behind the technology, the unpredictable problems
Roman era, transforming our understanding of our that arise, the engineering marvels, the impact on
continent’s past. the world and what the future holds.

Genre: History Genre: History / Science
Format: 6 x 60’ / HD Format: 6 x 60’ / HD / 4K
Credits: Off the Fence Productions Credits: Red Rock Films International
Delivery: TBA Delivery: 12 months from green-light