Secrets Of The Dead Episode 2.06 The Syphilis Enigma
Episode Premiere
July 31, 2001
Genre
Documentary
Production Company
Thirteen
Official Site
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/
Episode Premiere
July 31, 2001
Genre
Documentary
Period
2000 -
Production Co
Thirteen
Distributor
PBS
Official Site
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/
Additional Cast
- Charlotte Roberts
In 1492, Christopher Columbus crossed the Atlantic in search of gold. But what his men carried back with them to Europe was something far less appealing. They brought the scourge of syphilis, a sexually transmitted disease never before seen in the Old World. At least that is what scientists have generally believed. But now, the discovery in Europe of a pre-Columbian body with definite signs of syphilis has archaeologist Charlotte Roberts convinced that syphilis existed in the Old World long before Columbus ever set sail. New evidence from across Europe is beginning to turn the prevailing Columbus theory on its head (UK/PBS 55 min)
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