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1 online resource (streaming video file) (26 min. 33 sec.) ; 158310330 bytes |
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Who was Noah? When did the flood happen? Is the story really true? From Tissington Church in Britain to Mount Ararat in Turkey, the mountains of Oman and beyond, Joanna Lumley goes on a quest to unravel the truth behind the myths and legends surrounding one of the Bible's greatest stories.Noah's Ark and the catastrophic global flood is one of the oldest tales of all time - a story that has great meaning to Jewish, Christian and Islamic faiths. In this documentary, Joanna Lumley travels from a small village church in the UK, to Turkey, India and Oman, and behind the scenes at the British Museum, as she discovers more about the account of Noah, the flood and the 'ark'.In Turkey, Joanna visits the site of Mount Ararat where Christian and Jewish faiths believe Noah's 'ark' to be. South east Turkey, which overlooks the ancient Mesopotamian flood plain, seems to hold many more secrets to this incredible religious chapter. Here, Joanna meets with an Islamic scholar to look at the most recent version of events in the Koran.Behind the scenes at the British Museum Joanna uncovers a Mesopotamian flood tablet with an even older, but similar story to the biblical flood. A visit to the West London Synagogue also confirms that the flood story is much older than first thought. And at the time that the tablet was written, ancient Mesopotamia had a thriving trade with the Indus Valley civilisation. PRODUCTION DETAILS:Executive Producer: Clive Tulloh Executive Producer, COMPASS: Rose Hesp A Burning Bright production for ITV |
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Broadcast 2014-03-09 at 18:30:00 |
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Classification: G |
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Lumley, Joanna.
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Noah (Biblical figure)
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Mythology.
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Noah's ark.
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Streaming video
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Doogue, Geraldine, host
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Arsin, Mustafa, contributor
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Avci, Murat, contributor
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Gungor, Serhan, contributor
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Lumley, Joanna, contributor
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Ozer, Hasan, contributor
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