Timeshift S7E8 — Sir Mortimer Wheeler - A Life in Ruins

Timeshift•Season 7•Episode 8

Sir Mortimer Wheeler - A Life in Ruins

Oct 21, 200760 min

Profile of Mortimer Wheeler, who became the public face of archaelogy for almost 40 years. With the arrival of television in the 1950s, the energetic and charismatic Wheeler became a celebrity and was the first to bring the subject to a mass audience. From Dorset

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Episode Summary

"Sir Mortimer Wheeler - A Life in Ruins" is episode 8 of Timeshift season 7. It aired on October 21, 2007.

Next: E9 · Watching the Russians Best of Season 7