Inside the Topkapi Palace Museum / by Peter D. Findlay.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Findlay, Peter D., Director.

Feore, Colm., Narrator.

Topkapi Palace Museum.

British Broadcasting Corporation.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Museum Secrets ; series 2, episode 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Topkapı Sarayı Müzesi.

Museums--Turkey--Istanbul.

Museums.

Islamic antiquities.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (43 min.)

Other Title:

Inside the Topkapi Palace Museum, Istanbul

Place of Publication:

London : British Broadcasting Corporation, 2012.

Language Note:

In English.

Original language in English.

Summary:

Once the palace of the Sultans of the Ottoman Empire, Topkapi Palace Museum in Istanbul is a vast treasury of Islamic culture, science and weaponry, visited by over 2 million people every year. In this episode, at the foot of Istanbul's ancient walls we discover how a Muslim invader bested Christian defenders by using their superstitions against them. In the city's famed spice market we seek a poison to assassinate a Sultan, then in the Sultan's private residence we investigate how a Harem slave rose to rule an empire. On the sea at the museum's doorstep we discover how a Turkish admiral got his hands on the lost map of Christopher Columbus, then unearth a forgotten civilization that fought the mighty Pharaohs of Egypt to a draw. And finally, we test Islamic scientific theories to create a working model of the world's first robot.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed March 29, 2016).

OCLC:

898206360