ancient history

Ethiopia's prime minister Abiy Ahmed said that while the 80s original was "well-meaning at the time", it was "frustrating to see our nation’s ancient history, culture, diversity and beauty reduced to doom and gloom".

But thanks to a powerful laser-based technology called lidar, ancient history is being illuminated like never before.

It swings from one extreme to another, matching Coppola’s grandiose gestures toward futurism, ancient history, symbolism, theatrical performance — and, at the heart of it all, love.

“The stuff I’ll be asking you about is all ancient history,” he says.

Yet all of that is, quite literally, ancient history.