Raiders of the Lost Art Special: Art of the Silk Road & Tang Dynasty

Overview

In the 1960s, archaeologists working in China made an extraordinary discovery. They unsealed the twelve-hundred-year-old tomb of a princess. Its walls were covered in magnificent murals - an unprecedented glimpse into life during the Tang dynasty. This documentary tells the fascinating story of the great Empire that made those murals, of the Silk Road that connected it to the world, and of the rebellions and disaster Cast Charles Darwent Charles Hill Martin Bailey Calandra Caldecott Tabitha Becker-Kahn Mark Steere Jonathan Kydd Nicholas Audsley Joseph Lindoe

Details

Status

Released

Release date

May 15, 2016

Original language

English

Spoken languages

english

Countries

United Kingdom

Production

3DD Productions

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

Homepage

Official site