Move over, King Tut: There's a new pharaoh on the scene. A team of top archaeologists and forensics experts revisits the story of Hatshepsut, the woman who snatched the throne dressed as a man and declared herself ruler. Despite her long and prosperous reign, her record was all but eradicated from Egyptian history in a mystery that has long puzzled scholars. But with the latest research effort captured in this program, history is about to change.

Documentary following the 1955–1956 Norwegian Archaeological Expedition's investigations of Polynesi...

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Thousands of terracotta warriors guarded the first Chinese emperor's tomb. This is their story, told...

What is true and what is false in the hideous stories spread about the controversial figure of the R...

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Mohawk archaeologist Baptiste Asigny engages in a search for his ancestors following a tragic terrai...

The adventures and exploits of Jean-Baptiste Charcot (1867-1936), an intrepid scientist and explorer...

Rascar Capac, the sinister creature featured on Hergé's album The Seven Crystal Balls (1948), has le...

Ancient pharaoh Akhenaten was almost lost to history. Canadian archaeologist Donald Redford, who unc...

In this hour-long documentary, Oxford academic Janina Ramirez tours the country in search of Anglo-S...
On December 21, Nicolas Vanier will set off with his pack on a new expedition called L’Odyssée sauva...

The grail is not the gold, nor the books of ancient wisdom, but the 3,000 year old DNA of the mummie...

Filmed in IMAX, a young Mayan boy who lives close to the ruins becomes acquainted with an archaeolog...