The narration refuses to use past tense, as if to imply that these ancient structures were being built even as we watch. There are multiple factual errors, and worst is the overall implication that these structures are all TOTAL mysteries and the people on the show are discovering all this interesting stuff about them (for instance, I'm watching "The Tower of London" and the narrator pretends no one knows who built the tower, when it's been an established fact of history since the day it was built. The archaeologists play along, as if they are discovering things that have been known for decades, if not centuries.
The show seems aimed at kids, but they'd be better served to watch a program that uses facts and not falsehoods.
The visuals are fun, and sometimes you learn something you didn't know - but you can't trust the source, so ...
The show seems aimed at kids, but they'd be better served to watch a program that uses facts and not falsehoods.
The visuals are fun, and sometimes you learn something you didn't know - but you can't trust the source, so ...