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In Search of Myths and Heroes: With Michael Wood, Adjoa Andoh, Sasha Behar, Syreeta Kumar. Michael Wood explores four of the world's most famous myths: Shangri-La, the Golden Fleece, the Queen of Sheba and King Arthur.
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Historian Michael Wood travels the globe seeking evidence of four of the world's most famous myths. He begins his quest in Jerusalem, traveling to Egypt and Africa as he hunts for evidence of the...
In Search of Myths & Heroes | PBS. Read the transcript of a chat with host Michael Wood. Myths| Living Legends Quiz| Ask Michael Wood| The Program| Teacher's Guide| Feedback| Site...
Michael Wood begins his quest with an exotic and mysterious woman of power — the Queen of Sheba. Immortalized in the Hebrew Bible, the Muslim Koran and in many Christian traditions, the tale of...
In this series, Michael Wood goes in search of four of the world's most famous myths. These gripping adventures take the viewer to some of the most extraordinary places on earth, exploring...
In Search of Myths and Heroes. Top-rated. 2005. S1.E2. The Search for Shangri-La. The darker the age, the more desperate we are for illumination. This is certainly true of the tale of Shangri-La, which differs from other myths in that it's a largely modern story.
Top-rated. S1.E1 ∙ The Queen of Sheba. 2005. The story of the Queen of Sheba appears in religious texts sacred to Jews, Christians, and Muslims. Described in the Bible as simply a Queen of the East, modern scholars believe she came from the Kingdom of Axum in Ethiopia, the Kingdom of Saba in Yemen, or both.
