Secret History - Season 15 - Eps 7: China - Treasures of the Jade Empire
A look at the relics found in the tombs of China's Han Dynasty - an era that is generally considered the golden age of ancient China. It's up there with the Roman Empire in terms of international power at the time and has been a defining influence on the country's cultural identity ever since, with China's majority ethnic group referring to itself as the "Han people" and the Chinese scripts referred to as "Han characters". This programme examines how the emperors arranged to have their dead bodies mummified in the search for immortality and looks at a newly discovered version of the famous terracotta army - sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China.
About Secret History
Title: Secret History
First Air Date: 1991-11-14
Last Air Date: 2017-11-12
Status: Returning Series
Rating: 7/10 (from 1 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 18
Total Episodes: 117
Network: Channel 4
Genres: Documentary
Production Companies: 3BM Television
Synopsis
Secret History was a long-running British television documentary series. Shown on Channel 4, the Secret History brandname was used as a banner title in the UK, but many of the individual documentaries can still be found on US cable channels without the branding. It can be seen as Channel 4's answer to the BBC's Timewatch.
