Past Programs
Archaeology - 2008
Human remains found at WW1 battlefield
29/05/2008
It's just three days into an archaeological dig in Fromelles in northern France, but findings have already cleared up some of the mystery surrounding missing Australian and British soldiers who fought on that battlefield in 1916. More than 1,700 diggers were killed in the Battle of Fromelles, the remains of 170 of them were lost until now.
Fromelles dig
27/05/2008
For more than eight years Melbourne school teacher and amateur historian Lambis Englezos searched for the evidence of where 170 Australian WW1 soldiers were buried in Northern France. They died during the Battle of Fromelles, regarded as the worst 24 hours in Australia's entire history. Mr Englezos is now at the site, where excavations have begun to find the soldiers' remains.
Elgin Marbles controversy
20/05/2008
There's a long running controversy involving the British Museum. Taking pride of place among the museum's 13 million objects are the Elgin Marbles, the sculptures that once wrapped around the Parthenon in Athens. For 200 years they've called London home -- and all that time the Greeks have been trying to get them back. To prove how serious the matter is, a special museum in Athens has opened to house and protect the Marbles.
Australian experts helping China preserve its cultural heritage
17/04/2008
China's track record on cultural heritage management is pretty poor. Its rapid economic development has taken precedence over saving much of its past. We've seen that with the Great Wall, where parts of it are in a terrible state, raided by nearby villagers for building roads and houses. With the Olympic focus and greater prosperity, cultural heritage management is moving in the right direction. Chinese officials are visiting the Jenolan Caves in New South Wales to learn how they can help protect one of the world's greatest heritage sites from the impacts of tourism. The tips are coming from one of Australia's leading archaeological experts, Sharon Sullivan.
