A course on how archaeology has solved mysteries and shed new light on world wars.
OLLI of Greater Birmingham presents Archaeology of World Wars I and II with Richard Diehl, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, The University of Alabama. From 1994 until 2014, BBC Channel 4 hosted TIME TEAM, a program in which archaeologists and their colleagues combined traditional techniques with the most recent innovations in technology to solve archaeological mysteries. In this course, we will watch eight 1-hour programs on the archaeology of WWI and WWII. The topics will include the Blitz of London, the Normandy Invasion, the remains of a downed British Spitfire and an American B-17, the German occupation of the Isle of Jersey, a WWI trench, and a WWI British machine gun school. In each case, archaeology sheds new light.
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Phone: 205-348-6482
2018/09/04 - 2018/09/25
Additional time info:
There will be a lunch break for each session of this course.
Vestavia Hills Civic Center & Wald Park
1975 Merryvale Road, Vestavia Hills, AL 35216