Cracking the Code The Lost Civilisation
Decoding a Lost Civilization reveals the monumental challenge of deciphering a mysterious ancient language. Unlocking its secrets is a 50-year obsessive journey that rewrites history.
The universe is full of coded secrets – in its flora and fauna, its solar systems, in its medicine, its mathematics, its criminal behaviour and its manufacturing. Man-made enigmas hiding top-secret information, ancient wisdom lost in indecipherable languages, mysteries from space brought to us in strange radio waves. Featuring the stories of the female codebreaker who helped win World War II, Einstein’s universe-defining equations, classical texts that held the secret of Ancient Greece’s origins and messages from the Mafia. Cracking the Code reveals the greatest codes known to humanity and the brilliant minds that cracked them.
Primary Title
- Cracking the Code
Episode Title
- The Lost Civilisation
Date Broadcast
- Wednesday 20 December 2023
Start Time
- 19 : 30
Finish Time
- 20 : 30
Duration
- 60:00
Series
- 1
Episode
- 4
Channel
- Whakaata Maori
Broadcaster
- Whakaata Maori
Programme Description
- The universe is full of coded secrets – in its flora and fauna, its solar systems, in its medicine, its mathematics, its criminal behaviour and its manufacturing. Man-made enigmas hiding top-secret information, ancient wisdom lost in indecipherable languages, mysteries from space brought to us in strange radio waves. Featuring the stories of the female codebreaker who helped win World War II, Einstein’s universe-defining equations, classical texts that held the secret of Ancient Greece’s origins and messages from the Mafia. Cracking the Code reveals the greatest codes known to humanity and the brilliant minds that cracked them.
Episode Description
- Decoding a Lost Civilization reveals the monumental challenge of deciphering a mysterious ancient language. Unlocking its secrets is a 50-year obsessive journey that rewrites history.
Classification
- PGR
Owning Collection
- TV & Radio
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Subjects
- Cryptography--History--20th century
- Documentary television programs--United States
Genres
- Documentary
- History
Contributors
- Demetri Goritsas (Narrator)
- Andra Heritage (Executive Producer)
- Dan Chambers (Executive Producer)
- Ben Barrett (Executive Producer)
- Al Blane (Producer)
- Rob Goldie (Director of Photography)
- Anthony Clark (Composer)
- Dan Jobar (Editor)
- Blink Films (Production Unit)
- Curiosity Inc (Production Unit)
Subjects
- Cryptography--History--20th century
- Documentary television programs--United States