"ANCIENT TRAILS IN NORTH AFRICA" 1943 CARTHAGE / TUNISIA ARCHAEOLOGY DOCUMENTARY 99074 скачать в хорошем качестве

"ANCIENT TRAILS IN NORTH AFRICA" 1943 CARTHAGE / TUNISIA ARCHAEOLOGY DOCUMENTARY 99074

This 1943 black and white film was produced by Bell & Howell and narrated by author and highly controversial amateur archeologist Count Byron De Prorok and edited by WM. F. Kruse. It is the only one of Prorok's films known to survive at this time, although there hopefully are others. The film begins with reenacted scenes of ancient North African sea marauders, the Berbers (0:40-1:37). Workers dig and transport rock out of an excavation site of ancient Carthage, and an archeologist closely examines specimens (1:38-2:04). Remnants of Roman and Byzantine architecture are shown, including carved signs in the ancient Greek alphabet (2:05-2:40). A vintage chart shows the timeline of invading empires and groups that controlled the region: the Libyans, Carthaginians, Romans, Vandals, Byzantines, Arabs, Crusaders, Barbary Pilots, Turks, Franco-Italians, and finally the United Nations (2:40-3:50). An archeologist creates a squeeze of a tombstone, while workers dig in the tomb and experts translate (3:51-4:29). Archeologists dig and examine coins, pottery, and small trinkets found in the rubble (4:30-4:41), including an ancient temple full of urns with jewels and children’s skeletons, which are carefully laid out and analyzed (4:42-5:29). A tomb full of clay containers and ancient jewelry is excavated and shown (5:30-6:12). An archeologist demonstrates a clay child’s savings bank, toys, and milk jug (6:13-6:55). The Utica house where Cato, the infamous Roman senator and philosopher who opposed Julius Caesar, committed suicide is shown in excavation (6:56-7:38). Antique cars traverse the desert, and a local wanderer gives them directions (7:39-8:08). Houses and natives of the Matmata mountains in Tunisia are shown, with an archaeologist making the difficult climb up the mountain-side stairs (8:09-9:06). Archeologists ride donkeys into the region of cave dwellers, and a camel emerges from a cave before returning (9:07-9:41). Paleontologists explore caves on donkeys and sketch cave drawings (9:42-10:13). Large flint arrowheads are excavated from south Tunisia and shown (10:14-10:35). The excavation team crosses through canyons. Arab soldiers on horseback stand ready to escort the archaeologists with their findings back to the city (10:36-11:33). "Count" Byron Khun de Prorok (1896–1954, born in Philadelphia as Francis Byron Kuhn) was a Hungarian-American amateur archaeologist, anthropologist, and author of four heroic travelogues. He has come to be regarded as the original tomb raider, or grave robber, one "loved by audiences and held in contempt by the scientific community". Count Byron De Prorok was educated at the University of Geneva. He worked on the excavations at Carthage from 1920 to 1925 and held the Archaeological Institute of America's prestigious Norton Lectureship in 1922–1923. During the later 1920s and early 1930s, Prorok undertook a series of expeditions in Africa of dubious scientific value, pursuing ancient legends and eventually came to believe he had found evidence that proved Atlantis lay in North Africa, the true location of the fabled Biblical land of Ophir and what he supposed were the ruins of an ancient temple where Alexander the Great "became a god".[3] In addition to these tremendous 'discoveries' he also claimed to be a member of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre, the Royal Archaeological Institute and The Royal Geographical Society. His numerous critics say that this "count" Byron de Prorok was neither a real count nor an archaeologist, was expelled from The Royal Geographical Society (allegedly in 1932), who had "a vivid imagination" and "was given to gross exaggeration". He was, however, an active member of the Adventurers' Club of New York. Regardless of his archaeological faults, De Prorok was a pioneer in using motion pictures, which he did first in 1920. However, until recently with the discovery of "Ancient Trails in North Africa" it was believed that none of his films survive. His published works include Digging for Lost African Gods (1926), Mysterious Sahara: The Land of Gold, of Sand and of Ruin (1929), Dead Men Do Tell Tales (1933) and In Quest of Lost Worlds (1935) We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: "01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference." This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com