Plot: Archaeologist and historian Richard Miles traces the development of Western civilization, from the first cities in Mesopotamia to the fall of the Roman Empire. In this six-part series, Miles travels through the Middle East, Egypt, Pakistan and the Mediterranean to discover how the challenges of society...
Plot: Inspired by art historian Kenneth Clark's documentary series of the 1960s, `Civilisations' sees three experts travel the world to explore human creativity and the development of art through the ages. From the ancient city of Petra in Jordan to the wondrous temples of Angkor Wat in Cambodia, presenters...
Plot: `Mummy Mysteries' investigates the circumstances surrounding suspicious deaths from ancient times using state-of-the-art scientific techniques. In each episode a team of archaeologists dig for information on how and why a victim met their death. The series explores an Iron Age mass grave found in France...
Plot: Exploring a civilization that built the first complex urban societies; developed writing, literature and law; and united vast regions through warfare and diplomacy while flourishing for more than 3,000 years.
Plot: In the first of a two-part programme, Egyptologist Dr Joann Fletcher investigates what life was like for ordinary Egyptians 3,500 years ago. Fletcher discovers how Egyptians travelled to work, looks at how tombs were built and even gets an insight into Egyptian interior design. She also gains access...
Plot: The history of the first civilizations, including Mesoamerica, the Middle East and the Indus Valley, and how and why early humans created villages, towns, cities and states.
Plot: Experts use modern forensic techniques to shed new light on historical mysteries such as the sinking of the Andrea Doria and the riddle of whether a weather or geological event of some kind might have triggered the Dark Ages.