National Geographic: Pyramids of Death (2005)
A look at the ancient city of Teotihuacán.
장르 : 다큐멘터리
상영시간 : 52분
시놉시스
They are some of the biggest pyramids on the planet, millions of tons of stone and earth towering above the landscape in a display of massive wealth and power. But it wasn't the pharaohs that built these pyramids. This is the majestic ancient city of Teotihuacán, Mexico, home to one of the most powerful civilizations of its time. But why, around 750 AD, did the advanced civilization that created Teotihuacán suddenly vanish? The identities of its founders, the language they spoke and even the original name of the city are all unknown. DNA analysis of bodies from Teotihuacán shows they weren't Mayan, Incan or Aztec, but an entirely different civilization. It was assumed to have been a peaceful, utopian society, but the latest discoveries are revealing a much darker scenario. In the depths of Teotihuacán's pyramids, experts have uncovered vault after vault filled with curious human remains.
기원전 221년, 세계를 정복하려던 황제 한은 여사제의 저주에 묶여 미이라로 땅속에 묻힌다. 이후 2천년이 지나 상하이 박물관으로 유물 인수에 착수한 릭 오코넬(브랜든 프레이저)과 그의 가족은 우연히 황제의 무덤을 발견하게 되고, 황제는 미이라의 힘을 이용하려는 세력의 음모에 의해 깨어나게 된다. 분노로 가득찬 미이라와 그의 테라코타 군사들을 막기 위해 오코넬 가족은 다시 한번 위험한 모험을 시작하게 되는데...
영국의 자랑거리 SAS 최고 요원을 암살하라! 석유 전쟁 속에서 자신의 아들을 죽인 SAS 요원을 처치해 달라는 의뢰를 하는 오만의 부족장. 실패를 모르는 본능적인 킬러 대니는 파트너이자 멘토인 헌터를 구하기 위해 주위의 만류에도 불구하고 임무를 받아들인다. 특수부대를 상대로 자백을 받아내고 사고로 위장하라는 미션을 수행하기 위해 사랑하는 연인을 뒤로 한 채 타겟들을 하나씩 제거하기 위한 세밀하고 엄청난 계획을 세운다. 깃털처럼 가볍게, 모든 것을 흔적 없이 처리하라! 병적으로 철저한, 고문도 안 통하는 독종의 영국 특수부대 SAS 전직 요원인 스파이크. 그는 세계최강의 영국 특수부대 SAS 전, 현직 요원들의 연이은 죽음에 대한 의심을 품게 되고, 사고사로 위장된 살인 현장에 전문가가 개입됐음을 직감한다. SAS 본부까지 잠입해 요원을 살해하는 그들을 막기 위해 철저한 조사를 통해 배후를 캐내기 시작한다. 자존심을 건 최강 격돌이 시작된다! 스파이크의 추적마저 따돌리며 SAS 요원들을 암살해야 하는 대니의 공격과, 대니로부터 요원들을 지켜야 하는 스파이크의 숨막히는 반격! 여기에 결정적인 한 방을 지닌 전설적인 헌터까지 합류하면서 한치의 양보도 없는 대결이 펼쳐지는데…
'미이라'에서 동고동락을 한 릭 오코넬과 에블린은 결혼하여 8살짜리 아들까지 두고 행복한 가정을 꾸려나가고 있다. 그들은 고대 이집트 문명에 관한 전문가가 되어, 세계 어느 곳이든 발굴 여행을 떠난다. 그러던 어느날 에블린이 환영을 보고, 그것을 근거로 이집트의 한 무덤에 발을 들여 놓는다. 그곳은 바로 오래전 죽음의 신 아누비스의 군대를 이끌고 전세계를 정복하였던 전설적인 왕 스콜피온 킹의 팔찌가 있는 곳이었다. 스콜피온 킹이 세계를 정복하는 꿈을 이루자 죽음의 신은 스콜피온 킹이 약속한대로 그의 영혼을 거두고 그의 군대와 종족을 없애 버렸다. 스콜피온 킹은 누군가가 그의 팔찌를 찾아 그를 환생시켜 군대를 다시 통솔할 날을 기다리며 조용히 무덤속에 묻혀 있었다. 한편, 부활한 고대 이집트 마법사 이모텝은 세계를 정복하기 위해서는 스콜피온 킹 팔찌를 찾은 뒤 그를 죽이고 그의 군대를 이용해야만 한다는 결론을 내린다. 그러나 그 팔찌는 우연히 오코넬 아들 손에 들어가고...
고대 이집트의 파라오 중 가장 영화를 누렸던 세티 1세의 시대. 세티 1세의 정부인 앙크수나문과 세티 1세의 총애을 한몸에 받던 승정원 이모탭은 금지된 사랑에 빠진다. 그러나 그들의 운명적인 사랑은 얼마되지 않아 파라오에게 발각되고 이에 앙크수나문은 자결하게 된다. 이모텝은 흑마서의 주문으로 그녀를 부활시키려 하지만, 파라오의 근위대에 붙잡히게 되고, '홈다이'라는 형벌에 처해진다. 홈다이란 산 채로 석관에 갇혀 영원히 생시체가 되는 끔찍한 극형. 결국 금지된 사랑은 파라오의 저주로 비극적인 끝을 맺고 왕족들이 잠든 하무납트라는 죽음의 도시가 되어 역사 속에 묻힌다. 황금의 유물을 찾아 여러 탐험가들이 하무납트라를 찾아오지만 하나 같이 의문의 죽음을 당하고, 전투 중에 피신했던 외인부대 장교 오커넬만이 유일하게 살아남는다. 그 소식을 들은 이집트 박물관 사서 이비와 그녀의 오빠 조나단이 오커넬을 찾아오고 죽음의 도시 하무납트라에 관한 단서를 듣게 된다. 용기와 모험심으로 뭉친 세 사람은 의기 투합하여 하무납트라의 황금유물을 찾아 떠나기로 한다. 한편 파라오의 저주를 푸는 열쇠를 손에 넣은 조나단은 실수로 이모텝을 부활시키고, 마침내 3천년을 기다려온 엄청난 분노가 온 이집트를 뒤덮는데. 아무것도 모르는 세 사람은 죽음과 저주의 왕국 한 가운데에서 살아난 미이라와의 사투를 벌인다.
환락의 밤을 즐기기 위해 멕시코로 여행을 간 3명의 미국청년은 술도 마시고, 여자도 유혹하며 즐거운 밤을 보낸다. 하지만, 한 친구가 어떤 사이비 종교단체에 납치를 당하게 되고, 친구를 구하기 위해 경찰을 찾아가지만, 경찰은 비협조적이다. 결국 친구를 구하기 위해 직접 조직과 맞서기로 한 두남자와, 조직과 원한 관계가 있는 경찰 한명이 조직의 아지트를 찾아가게 되는데..
맥스(Max Donigan: 척 노리스 분)와 리오(Leo Porter: 루이스 고셋 주니어 분)는 친구 사이로서 수많은 모험을 즐기며 사는 젊은이들이다. 최근 중동의 사막지에서 구사일생으로 살아 돌아온 그들은 그런 생활을 관둘까 생각하고 있던 중에 패트리샤(Patricia Goodwin: 멜로디 앤더슨 분)라는 미모의 아가씨가 그들 앞에 나타나 한장의 보물 지도를 보여주며, 신비한 인디언 전설과 함께 엄청난 보물이 숨겨져 있다는 얘길한다. 그러면서 그녀는 둘에게 보물을 찾으면 50대 50으로 나누는 조건으로 함께 모험의 길을 떠날 것을 제의한다. 리오는 약간 내키지 않으나 맥스가 강권하여 둘은 승낙한다. 그러나 그 순간부터 세 사람은 인디언들의 표적이 되어 위험한 고비를 숱하게 넘기게 된다. 지도에 적힌 동굴에 도착한 일행은 황금대신 한 자루의 신비한 단검을 입수한다. 인디언 예언가 톨 이글(Tall Eagle: 윌 샘슨 분)의 도움으로 인디언들의 저주를 모면한 일행은 동굴에서 얻은 정보를 토대로 금을 찾아 산 미구엘로 간다. 그때부터, 불의 전사의 후예라는 엘 코요테(소니 랜담 분)의 끈질긴 추적을 받으며, 중남미의 불안한 사회환경 속에서 숱한 죽을 고비를 넘긴 끝에 마침내 사원에 도착하나 엘 코요테의 함정에 빠져 최대의 위기에 빠지나 모험으로 단련된 이들은 엘 코요테를 물리치고 엄청난 황금을 손에 넣는데...
2009년, 태양계에서 외계생명체의 존재가능성을 발견한 우주 탐사선이 외계 샘플을 채취해 지구로 귀화하던 중 멕시코에 추락하는 사건이 발생한다. 이 후 나타나기 시작한 괴생명체로 인해 나라의 절반이 감염구역으로 지정되어 격리되고. 그로부터 6년 후. 삼류 사진가 ‘앤드류’(스쿳 맥네이리)는 멕시코 인근으로 여행을 떠난 출판사 사장의 딸 ‘샘’(휘트니 에이블)을 집까지 안전하게 데려오라는 임무를 맡는다. 샘과 함께 크루즈를 타고 미국으로 오는 간단한 임무로 시작된 그들의 여정은 여권을 도둑 맞으며 크루즈에 오르지 못하고, 어떻게든 미국으로 돌아가야 하는 상황에서 감염구역의 중심을 지나가야 하는 최악의 위기를 맞는다. 무방비 상태로 감염구역을 지나가던 그들은 ‘괴생명체’와 맞닥뜨리게 되는데…
멕시코 갱의 보스인 제페(El Jefe: 에밀리오 페르난데즈 분)는 자신의 딸을 임신시킨 알프레도 가르시아의 목을 잘라 오는 사람에게 백만달러를 주겠다고 말한다. 이에 제페의 부하이자 동성애자인 두 킬러가 바의 주인인 베니(Bennie: 워렌 오아티스 분)와 함께 가르시아의 목을 가지러 떠난다. 베니는 자신의 애인이자 창녀인 엘리타(Elita: 이셀라 베가 분)로부터 가르시아가 이미 죽어서 묘지에 묻혔다는 것을 알게 된다. 이제 베니와 엘리타는 백만 달러의 꿈에 부풀어 가르시아의 묘지로 향한다. 무덤을 파헤쳐 가르시아의 목을 잘라 올 작정인 것이다. 베니는 도중에 만난 오토바이족들을 처치하는데는 성공하지만 라이벌인 다른 멕시코 갱들에게 걸려 엘리타는 죽고 그는 모진 구타를 당한 뒤 가르시아의 목을 빼앗긴다. 이제 그들 사이의 죽은 시체의 목을 놓고 피튀기는 대결이 진행되는데...
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8명의 멕시코의 감독들이 모여서 멕시코에서 전해 내려오는 가장 잔인하고 끔찍한 이야기들을 영화로 만들었다. 어린 시절 우리를 악몽까지 쫓아오던 이야기들, 부기맨, 트롤, 귀신, 괴물, 아즈텍의 희생양들 그리고 물론 도시부터 시골에까지 전해진 좀비까지. 멕시코의 악몽은 관객들을 사로잡을 것이다.
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David Attenborough is in the Swiss Jura Mountains to discover the secrets of a giant. Beneath his feet lies a vast network of tunnels and chambers, home to a huge empire of ants. It is believed to be one of the largest animal societies in the world, where over a billion ants from rival colonies live in peace.
Methamphetamine is one of the hardest drugs to quit. Its abuse is ravaging rural communities and cities alike. NGC correspondent Lisa Ling goes inside this global epidemic to find out what makes meth so addictive and destructive.
Unlike other great civilizations such as the Romans and the Ancient Egyptians, the Mayan empire did not arise from the banks of a mighty river. Much of the Mayan world is in fact devoid of even the smallest river or lake. Then why did they populate Yucatan? The Maya believed that the freshwater pools, ‘cenotes’, dotted across the area were sacred portals to the underworld. They are indeed portals, but rather to an incredible underground labyrinthine systems of rivers. Only now being properly explored and understood, this secret world was created by nature in a unique chain of dramatic events. Underneath the jungle-clad Mayan temples of Yucatan lies a world even more mysterious, even more incredible than the Maya could have ever imagined. A whole food chain has been found in the cenotes deepest recesses — over 20 species that have never seen the light of day. Some of the underground caverns are not totally full of water… incredibly, they are home to thousands of bats.
As Brazil prepares to host the next World Cup, it's people are confronted with the growing problem of child prostitution. The country's relaxed attitude to buying sex has long attracted millions of tourists, particularly men. But now the world's oldest industry is recruiting the world's youngest workers. UNICEF estimates there are 250,000 children forced into prostitution across Brazil. In this shocking episode of Our World, Chris Rogers goes undercover, posing as one of the millions of so-called sex tourists who visit the South American country in search of cheap sex, often with children as young as seven years old.
In this fascinating documentary, historian Bettany Hughes travels to the seven wonders of the Buddhist world.Her journey begins at the Mahabodhi Temple in India, where Buddhism was born; here Hughes examines the foundations of the belief system - the three jewels.At Nepal's Boudhanath Stupa, she looks deeper into the concept of dharma - the teaching of Buddha, and at the Temple of the Tooth in Sri Lanka, Bettany explores karma, the idea that our intentional acts will be mirrored in the future.At Wat Pho Temple in Thailand, Hughes explores samsara, the endless cycle of birth and death that Buddhists seek to end by achieving enlightenment, before travelling to Angkor Wat in Cambodia to learn more about the practice of meditation.In Hong Kong, Hughes visits the Giant Buddha and looks more closely at Zen, before arriving at the final wonder, the Hsi Lai temple in Los Angeles, to discover more about the ultimate goal for all Buddhists - nirvana.
You'll learn how to strike safely and effectively, and how to defend against common chokes, headlocks, and other assaults. -- You'll also learn to deal with knife attacks, and you'll learn gun defenses that have been praised by civilians and law enforcement around the world. -- Instructional DVD's: Line of Fire, Basic Combatives, Self Defense, and On the Edge show you the techniques in dramatized true-to-life situations. -- To easily master the exercises you are then taken into the training studio to examine the techniques as they are explained and analyzed by Krav Maga's highest level instructors: U.S. Chief Instructor Darren Levine and International Krav Maga Federation Head Instructor Eyal Yanilov. * Krav Maga's battle-tested techniques emphasize simple, practical movements, based on the body's natural instincts that can be performed by people of all levels of ability.
Where do dogs in all their amazing diversity come from? Tradition says that thousands of years ago someone tamed a wolf pup, thus creating the first of our best friends. But many scientists disagree. On "Dogs and More Dogs," NOVA goes to the dogs—and to leading researchers—to find out the truth. Narrated by John Lithgow, the program ranges from a wolf research facility in rural Indiana to the Westminster Dog Show in New York's Madison Square Garden. NOVA makes a fascinating detour to the city dump in Tijuana, Mexico, where viewers get surprising insight into the origin and evolutionary strategy of our canine companions.
Ice is one of the strangest, most beguiling and mesmerising substances in the world. Full of contradictions, it is transparent yet it can glow with colour, it is powerful enough to shatter rock but it can melt in the blink of an eye. It takes many shapes, from the fleeting beauty of a snowflake to the multi-million tonne vastness of a glacier and the eeriness of the ice fountains of far-flung moons. Science writer Dr Gabrielle Walker has been obsessed with ice ever since she first set foot on Arctic sea ice. In this programme she searches out some of the secrets hidden deep within the ice crystal to try to discover how something so ephemeral has the power to sculpt landscapes, to preserve our past and inform our future.
Orange-and-black wings fill the sky as NOVA charts one of nature's most remarkable phenomena: the epic migration of monarch butterflies across North America. To capture a butterfly's point of view, NOVA’s filmmakers used a helicopter, ultralight, and hot-air balloon for aerial views along the transcontinental route. This wondrous annual migration, which scientists are just beginning to fathom, is an endangered phenomenon that could dwindle to insignificance if the giant firs that the butterflies cling to during the winter disappear.