SEVEN WONDERS : SECRETS OF LOST MONUMENTS

TV (52-90 mn) Series 7 X 52 mn

A journey across time and civilizations

From the Egyptian pyramids to the lighthouse of Alexandria, ancient civilizations have created the "Seven Wonders of the World." However, none of these masterpieces of arts and sciences has survived intact.

Who built these monuments? For what purpose? What techniques were used? Can we rebuild them identically today?

In the footsteps of ancient travelers writers, the series travels through Africa, the Middle East and Europe to reveal the monuments that have changed the history of architecture. A lost heritage that comes to life through science and computer images.

The series wants to make captivating, informative and surprising the archaeological and historical investigation on the most mysterious of ancient heritage monuments.

From the Pyramids of Giza to the lighthouse of Alexandria, the documentaries take us into a Mediterranean odyssey. From Pharaonic Egypt to the Olympic Greece, the series searches for traces of buildings that amazed the ancient authors.

Shooting :Germany, France, United Kingdom, Egypt, Greece, Turkey.

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Series 7 X 52 mn

Pyramids of Giza
In Egypt, the mystery of the construction of the only surviving Wonder.

Temple of Artemis
On the banks of a missing port, a temple with a forest of columns.

Statue of Zeus at Olympie
In the footsteps of athletes, we discover a wondeful statue made of gold and ivory.

Gardens of Babylone
The great enigma of the Seven Wonders: how to raise in the desert a beautiful garden?

Colossus of Rhodes
The Colossus was destroyed after an earthquake 50 years after his enigmatic construction. The monumental tomb stone and marble, was decorated by the greatest sculptors of the time.

Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
The monumental tomb stone and marble, was decorated by the greatest sculptors of the time.

Pharo of Alexandria
Built as to guide ships approaching the Nile Delta as to seat the prestige of the Macedonian Egypt, the lighthouse is the last of the "seven wonders" built.

 

" I have set eyes on the wall of lofty Babylon on which is a road for chariots, and the statue of Zeus by the Alpheus, and the hanging gardens, and the Colossus of the Sun, and the huge labour of the high pyramids, and the vast tomb of Mausolus; but when I saw the house of Artemis that mounted to the clouds, those other marvels lost their brilliancy, and I said, 'Lo, apart from Olympus, the Sun never looked on aught so grand."
Antipater of Sidon, Greek Anthology
(circa 140 BC)

The challenge :

> crossing :

- ancient texts
- archeology
- building science
- 3D/CGI

> to rebuild the 7 Wonders