Ancient Voices, Modern World: Colombia & Amazon - DVD

Wade Davis, acclaimed anthropologist, journeys into hidden worlds to find cultures that have preserved their ways of life in the face of modern society. Mongolia Acclaimed anthropologist and explorer Wade Davis travels to the Central Asian steppes of Mongolia to meet descendents of Genghis Khan. These people are remnants of an ancient nomadic horse culture that thrived in the region's harsh conditions for more than 2,000 years. Austr

Susie Perkins (Joan Davis, Hold That Ghost) is a fast-talking, wisecracking girl from Cedar Rapids who moves to the Middle East in search of romance and adventure. Becoming a personal assistant to Princess Shareen (Peggie Castle, I, the Jury), the leader of a small Middle-Eastern country full of oil, Susie is asked to disguise herself as the princess, but she gets accidentally taken to a sheik's palace in order to marry him. When Susie

Ancient human grave sites speak volumes to those who listen. These haunting human "time capsules" have been uncovered all over the world. Some even reach a certain level of fame: The Ampato maiden sacrificed on an Andes peak. The Alpine Ice Man, the oldest frozen mummy ever found. England's 9,000yearold Cheddar Man. Others' stories are known only to the ages, like a cache of elaborately adorned 7,000yearold mummies unearthed in Chile, a