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Britain's Ancient Capital: Secrets Of Orkney

Rating:3.3 of 5Total number of episodes:3Last broadcast:11/07/2018 at 10:26
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January 16, 2017

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January 16, 2017 of the TV-show Britain's Ancient Capital: Secrets Of Orkney was broadcast by BBC2 on Wednesday 11 July 2018 at 10:26.
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January 9, 2017

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Orkney - seven miles off the coast of Scotland, and cut off by the tumultuous Pentland Firth, the fastest-flowing tidal race in Europe is often viewed as being remote. However it is one of the treasure troves of archaeology in Britain, and recent discoveries there are turning the Stone Age map of Britain upside down. Rather than an outpost at the edge of the world, recent finds suggest an extraordinary theory - that Orkney was the cultural capital of our ancient world and the origin of the ston...
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January 2, 2017

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Orkney - seven miles off the coast of Scotland and cut off by the tumultuous Pentland Firth, the fastest flowing tidal race in Europe, is often viewed as being remote. But recent discoveries there are turning the stone age map of Britain upside down. Rather than an outpost at the edge of the world, recent finds suggest an extraordinary theory - that Orkney was the cultural capital of our ancient world and the origin of the stone circle cult which culminated in Stonehenge.
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