China's Lost Pyramids

Synopsis

In China, there exists an astonishing place. A burial ground to rival Egypt’s Valley of the Kings, where pyramid tombs of stupendous size are full of astonishing riches. In 221 BC, China's first Emperor united warring kingdoms into a nation that still exists today. To memorialise this achievement, he bankrupted the national treasury and oppressed thousands of workers to build one of the world’s biggest mortuary complexes. China's second dynasty, the Han, inherited the daunting challenge of building larger tombs to command respect and establish their right to rule without running the nation into the ground. Although no Han emperor's tomb has been opened, the tombs of lesser Han aristocrats have revealed astonishing things: complete underground palaces (including kitchens and toilets) and at least one corpse so amazingly well-preserved some believe Han tomb-builders knew how to "engineer immortality".

Main Cast

Craig Parker

Narrator

Age : 54 | Popularity : 30%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Production	Producer	Steven R. Talley
	Production Manager	Suzanne Lloyd
	Production Coordinator	Nikki Stirling
	Researcher	Mark Orton Katie Brockie
	Executive Producer	Andrew Waterworth Madeleine Carter
Sound	Sound Recordist	Brent Nazaroff
	Original Music Composer	Alex Stoloff
Camera	Camera Operator	Giles Pike Joel Peterson
Writing	Writer	Steven R. Talley
Directing	Director	Steven R. Talley
Editing	Editor	Cameron Crawford
Department	Role	Name

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