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The Monument to the Discoveries represented a romanticized idealization of the Portuguese exploration that was typical of the Estado Novo regime of António de Oliveira Salazar. It was originally constructed as a temporary construction, located in the Praça do Império as part of an urban renewal project favoured by minister Duarte Pacheco ...
Don Wildman is a podcast and documentary host.He is the current host of the American History Hit podcast as well as the host and narrator of Mysteries at the Museum, Beyond the Unknown, [2] Dark Tales with Don Wildman, and Buried Worlds with Don Wildman [3] on the Travel Channel.
Ancient Discoveries is a television series that premiered on December 21, 2003, on the History Channel.The program focused on ancient technologies. The show's theme was that many inventions which are thought to be modern have ancient roots or in some cases may have been lost and then reinvented.
Archaeologists study artifacts, monuments, and other remains to get a better sense of human history. What they discover often rewrites humans' past and changes the way we think about our species.
Mysteries at the Monument Mysteries at the Hotel Mysteries at the Museum is an hour-long television program on the Travel Channel which features museum artifacts of unusual or mysterious origins.
By the turn of the 21st century, the monument was in a dire state of conservation. [5] It was declared bien de interés cultural in 2008. [5] A new restoration, intending to consolidate the monument by installing a core of reinforced concrete, also recovering elements of the original work, such as an Earth orb or a crown, took place in the ...
It was devoted to documentaries regarding history and civilisations, historic, ancient or present. On 1 November 2007, Discovery Civilisation was re-branded as Discovery Knowledge, [2] by Heavenly. [3] The new channel was still focused on history and natural history, but the schedule now included programming on engineering, crime and technology.
SEE ALSO: This day in history: Rep. Gabrielle Giffords shot in Arizona While other explorers also traveled to the rim of the canyon, few descended into vast depth of the valley until the 19th century.