Today on Far Future Horizons we present a new documentary series about classical antiquity hosted by Brittany Hughes titled “The Ancient World”. A new film about Hypatia and the ransacking of the Great Library of Alexandria titled “Agora”, directed by Alejandro Amenábar, provides the centerpiece of Bettany Hughes' definitive history of the ancient world and classical civilization.
In the first episode of this series “Alexandria: The Greatest City” we focus our attention on perhaps the greatest city of the classical age – Alexandria and a woman by the name of Hypatia who was a noted mathematician, astronomer and philosopher.
The Motion picture Agora dramatizes the story of Hypatia’s battle with Cyril, the patriarch of Alexandria, casting both historical figures in symbolic roles as the central protagonists in the historical battle between science and reason against the dark forces of religious bigotry and superstition.
