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Detailed description :Etruria / The ancient east

Once Upon a Time in Mesopotamia

Director(s): Jean-Claude Lubtchansky

The Mesopotamian civilization, born on the banks of the Tigris and Euphrates over 5,000 years ago, invented writing, science, and literature. Its cities were buried beneath the sand, then rediscovered in the 19th century. This documentary, structured like an adventure film, plunges viewers among the explorers, epigraphists, and Assyriologists who first revealed Mesopotamian archaeology to the modern world.

Genre

Documentary

Copyright

1998

Length

52 minutes

Producer(s)

Jean-Pierre Gibrat, Trans Europe Film

Co-producer(s)

Gallimard, Arte, La Cinquième, Ministère des affaires étrangères, Musée du Louvre

Selections / Awards

Audience Award, International Archaeological Film Festival of Rovereto, Italy, 1999

Non-commercial distribution

Images de la Culture – CNC

Ministère des Affaires étrangères – Cultures France