战国时期，荀子二度来到齐国担任稷下学宫祭酒，韩国贵公子韩非子，楚国李斯、魏国陈嚣等学子纷纷投奔稷下学宫。荀子在齐国推行的改革触犯了权贵者的利益，遭到排挤。荀子带弟子来到楚国最边远的兰陵县，在这里他倡导礼义、兴办水利，使兰陵百姓安居乐业。老年荀子致力于讲学，李斯担任了秦国丞相后，深知李斯天性的荀子废寝忘食地整理着诸子学说，并分交给弟子们收藏，做完这些后，九十多岁的荀子绝食三日告别人世。

战国时期，荀子二度来到齐国担任稷下学宫祭酒，韩国贵公子韩非子，楚国李斯、魏国陈嚣等学子纷纷投奔稷下学宫。荀子在齐国推行的改革触犯了权贵者的利益，遭到排挤。荀子带弟子来到楚国最边远的兰陵县，在这里他倡导礼义、兴办水利，使兰陵百姓安居乐业。老年荀子致力于讲学，李斯担任了秦国丞相后，深知李斯天性的荀子废寝忘食地整理着诸子学说，并分交给弟子们收藏，做完这些后，九十多岁的荀子绝食三日告别人世。

A 40 year old man who has celebrated his birthday alone by himself invites his four lovers to a dance class that he teaches in order to search for the roots of his own loneliness and by reminiscing the memories of how each of his love affairs were evolved and diminished, he realizes that the more the contemporary world has become sexually oriented the farther it has moved away from love..

A 40 year old man who has celebrated his birthday alone by himself invites his four lovers to a dance class that he teaches in order to search for the roots of his own loneliness and by reminiscing the memories of how each of his love affairs were evolved and diminished, he realizes that the more the contemporary world has become sexually oriented the farther it has moved away from love..

在藏语中，该地区被称为''rgyal-thang''。传说喜马拉雅山脉地下有一个神统治、主宰全人类的神秘王国：香格-{里}--拉。从1922年到 1949年，美国植物学家、地理学者和人类学家约瑟夫·洛克（Joseph Rock，1884－1962）走遍了中国的大西南。他在1928年6月13日开始的一次从四川木-{里}-到西藏亚丁的探险穿越活动因为极富传奇色彩而被美国《国家地理》杂志以探险日记的形式发表，从而引起了学术界的巨大反响。英国小说家詹姆斯·希尔顿以此为背景创作了长篇小说《消失的地平线》，作者在小说中说中国某一处地方就是传说中的香格-{里}-拉。小说极为畅销。很多人以此书寻找香格-{里}-拉。 　　在藏族文化中有“香拔拉”（''Sham-bha-la''，梵文：“持乐世界”）的传说，据说也是处于喜马拉雅山的神秘土地，可能是西方人的“香格-{里}-拉”神话的来源。 　　仍然，中国内外的藏学家都认为，“香格里拉”这个名字和藏族文化毫无关系，仅仅是为了吸引西方游客而杜撰出来的。 　　示巴女王(Makeda, Queen of Sheba)是公元前非洲东部埃塞俄比亚的女王。她在非洲的势力，最强的时候覆盖整个东非。根据《旧约圣经》列王纪上第10章、《古兰经》和其他历史资料的记载，她因为仰慕当时以色列国王所罗门的才华与智慧，不惜紓尊降贵，前往以色列向所罗门提亲。而所罗门王也因此与她犯了姦淫罪(因为他已有妻室)，而被上帝所遗弃，并展开了以色列王国衰落的序幕。示巴女王被以色列人逐回埃塞俄比亚之时，据说已怀有所罗门王的骨肉。而出奇地埃塞俄比亚当地的语言亦与古希伯来语十分近似。此外，存放於耶路撒冷圣殿的约柜在罗马帝国军队屠城之后神秘失踪，据闻就是当年所罗门王在埃塞俄比亚的遗裔把约柜秘密从耶路撒冷运到埃塞俄比亚收藏。这些片断的正史、野史，都或多或少证实了示巴女王当年和所罗门王的关係非比寻常。亦有人凭着《雅歌》第一章第5节的一句，而认为《雅歌》是所罗门王与示巴女王之间的情话。 　　亚瑟王(King Arthur)是英格兰传说中的国王，圆桌骑士团的首领，一位近乎神话般的传奇人物。他是罗马帝国瓦解之后，率领圆桌骑士团统一了不列颠群岛，被后人尊称为亚瑟王。关於亚瑟王的传奇故事，最初如何诞生，源自何处，皆无从查考。究竟亚瑟王是不是以某位历史人物作为基础塑造出来的虚构角色也不得而知。 　　西元800年左右，威尔斯的修士撰写了一本《布灵顿人的历史》，书中首次记载「亚瑟」这个名字，描述他领导威尔斯人抵抗从泰晤士河中游入侵的萨克森人。 　　在希腊神话中，金羊毛是一只会飞、会说话的名叫克里索姆勒斯的公羊的毛。赫耳墨斯将克里索姆勒斯送给色萨利的涅斐勒，让她用这只公羊来运送她的两个孩子海勒和菲利塞斯，来让逃离伊诺的毒手。克里索姆勒斯背着两个孩子向东飞，后来海勒落入海中，而菲利塞斯则安全地到达了科尔喀斯（相当于今天的格鲁吉亚）。菲利塞斯将克里索姆勒斯牺牲给宙斯，把它的羊毛送给了科尔喀斯的国王埃厄忒斯。 　　阿格诺特英雄们取金羊毛的故事发生在此后：当时在科尔喀斯的国王埃厄忒斯据说是太阳神赫利俄斯的儿子和美狄亚的父亲。伊阿宋和其他阿格诺特英雄们企图盗取金羊毛来保证伊阿宋获得他的遗产。最后在美狄亚的帮助下他们克服重重困难获取了金羊毛。美狄亚与伊阿宋结婚。 　　古代作家如斯特拉博、亚壁等对金羊毛的叙述与上述故事有些差别。金羊毛的故事很可能有一定的历史背景。今天的考古发现证明在前三千前两千年时今天的格鲁吉亚地区的冶金技巧已经达到了很高的水平了。尤其金的加工非常精巧。此外当时当地还有许多牧羊的部落。这些文化成就很可能是金羊毛的故事的背景。

Ancient Worlds is about people and places, politics and economics, art and war, trade and technology, but above all it’s the story of the painful birth and difficult growth of a radical idea first tried and tested some six thousand years ago, and which we are still struggling with today; civilisation. Civilisation has not come easily; it’s something we’ve had to fight hard to achieve, and even harder to maintain, and the greatest threats to it have come from our own talents for destruction. But when we’ve managed to get it right, the benefits have been enormous. 　　When we talk about the ancient world we tend to think of rare and exotic artefacts or the monumental remains of epic architecture; but these are just the empty shells that got left behind when the tide of history turned! The living creatures, the civilisations, that once inhabited these shells were rarely if ever static or stately; they were dynamic, chaotic, and always threatening to spin out of control, because civilisation is based on an improbable idea; that strangers can live and work together in dense urban settings, forging new allegiances that replace the natural ties of family, clan or tribe. It’s an idea we’re still coming to terms with today, but one of the best ways to understand the challenges that are involved is to look at how our ancestors tackled them the first time around. 　　From ancient Iraq to Imperial Rome, Ancient Worlds examines how our ancestors struggled with the levers of religion and politics, art and culture, war and diplomacy, technology and trade in order to keep the complex machinery of their civilisations turning over. Their insights and blind-spots, their breakthroughs and dead ends, their triumphs and disasters are the milestones on the long and winding road that leads directly from their ancient to our modern world.

Ancient Worlds is about people and places, politics and economics, art and war, trade and technology, but above all it’s the story of the painful birth and difficult growth of a radical idea first tried and tested some six thousand years ago, and which we are still struggling with today; civilisation. Civilisation has not come easily; it’s something we’ve had to fight hard to achieve, and even harder to maintain, and the greatest threats to it have come from our own talents for destruction. But when we’ve managed to get it right, the benefits have been enormous. 　　When we talk about the ancient world we tend to think of rare and exotic artefacts or the monumental remains of epic architecture; but these are just the empty shells that got left behind when the tide of history turned! The living creatures, the civilisations, that once inhabited these shells were rarely if ever static or stately; they were dynamic, chaotic, and always threatening to spin out of control, because civilisation is based on an improbable idea; that strangers can live and work together in dense urban settings, forging new allegiances that replace the natural ties of family, clan or tribe. It’s an idea we’re still coming to terms with today, but one of the best ways to understand the challenges that are involved is to look at how our ancestors tackled them the first time around. 　　From ancient Iraq to Imperial Rome, Ancient Worlds examines how our ancestors struggled with the levers of religion and politics, art and culture, war and diplomacy, technology and trade in order to keep the complex machinery of their civilisations turning over. Their insights and blind-spots, their breakthroughs and dead ends, their triumphs and disasters are the milestones on the long and winding road that leads directly from their ancient to our modern world.

古代并非我们想象的那样落后 　　我们今天所拥有的许多先进技术，其源头大多都可以追溯到遥远的过去。 　　无论是宏伟的纪念碑，威力十足的战舰，还是精湛的制作工艺，这些伟大的技术成就，无一不显示出古代技术并非像有些人想象的那样落后。 　　古代人的许多发明创造仍然沿用至今。纪录片《古代奇迹》将为我们开启一场令人震撼的时间之旅，带你一起去探秘不可思议的古代奇迹。 　　该片将通过现代技术还原古代的伟大发明，并经由专家分析，揭开这些古代技术背后的神秘面纱。此外，该片还会将古今的技术进行对比，揭示古人的非凡智慧，领略古代世界无处不在的奇迹。

从公元前2000年至今的四千多年中，伴随着一场场战争的爆发，中原大地见证了各个朝代的更替。每一场战役都预示了一个旧的时代走向灭亡。战争的云谲波诡，钩心斗角、大智大勇的背后暗藏玄机。伴随着每一场战争，历史给我们留下一个个让人为之震撼与唏嘘的名字。 　　《古代战场》是一部大型历史文化类系列纪录片，本系列纪录片共20集，选取中国历史上非常具有代表性的战争，从战争发生的背景，人物故事来再现还原真实的战争过程。 　　本片主要以情景再现的形式，通过实地拍摄、专家采访等方式给大家展现每一场战争中的史实背景与鲜活故事。 　　第1集 靖康1127：徽宗掌朝 　　第2集 靖康1127：联金伐辽 　　第3集 靖康1127：徽宗禅位 　　第4集 靖康1127：二帝北狩 　　……

从公元前2000年至今的四千多年中，伴随着一场场战争的爆发，中原大地见证了各个朝代的更替。每一场战役都预示了一个旧的时代走向灭亡。战争的云谲波诡，钩心斗角、大智大勇的背后暗藏玄机。伴随着每一场战争，历史给我们留下一个个让人为之震撼与唏嘘的名字。 　　《古代战场》是一部大型历史文化类系列纪录片，本系列纪录片共20集，选取中国历史上非常具有代表性的战争，从战争发生的背景，人物故事来再现还原真实的战争过程。 　　本片主要以情景再现的形式，通过实地拍摄、专家采访等方式给大家展现每一场战争中的史实背景与鲜活故事。 　　第1集 靖康1127：徽宗掌朝 　　第2集 靖康1127：联金伐辽 　　第3集 靖康1127：徽宗禅位 　　第4集 靖康1127：二帝北狩 　　……