Twenty years ago, the destruction of the Buddhas of Bamiyan in Afghanistan shocked the world. It was to be the start of a new trend: the deliberate destruction of historical artifacts.
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For the lucky few, rap has become a way of escaping the ghetto and becoming a star. But at the roots of this music is the misery of the ghettos, racism and police violence. How did this street music become mass culture? Has rap sold its soul as a marketing product?
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In this unprecedented investigation we shadow specialist police units and investigative archaeologists to reveal a vast black market for priceless stolen antiquities.
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'Beyond The Grace Note' looks at the struggles and problems that many of the most famous female conductors in the world have had to face pursuing their chosen profession.
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It was the highest building constructed during the Middle Ages and is an architectural masterpiece. For the first time, researchers trace in 3D the incredible history of the building of Strasbourg Cathedral.
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We follow the lives of four members of the Lebanese Christian elite. In one of the world´s most politically unstable countries, they are a symbol of the former “Switzerland of the Middle East” – the last representatives of a golden age they are reluctant to give up.
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Burning Man is no run-of-the-mill festival. For one week of every year, thousands of people descend upon Black Rock, a desert north of Nevada for this unique celebration of music and contemporary art.
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Who was Joan Gamper? How did he transform FC Barcelona from a group of friends playing football into a ‘dream team’, capable of filling stadiums?
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Produced over the course of a decade, Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin is a journey through the writer’s career and her world’s, both real and fantastic.
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