Professor Joann Fletcher explores what it was like to be a woman of power in ancient Egypt. Through a wealth of spectacular buildings, personal artefacts and amazing tombs, Joann brings to life four of ancient Egypt's most powerful female rulers and discovers the remarkable influence wielded by women, whose power and freedom was unique in the ancient world. Throughout Egypt's history, women held the title of pharaoh no fewer than 15 times, and many other women played key roles in running the state and shaping every aspect of life. Joann Fletcher puts these influential women back at the heart of our understanding, revealing the other half of ancient Egypt.
For over 4000 years, the Sphinx has puzzled all who have laid eyes on it. What is this crouching lio...
Escaping death, a Hebrew infant is raised in a royal household to become a prince. Upon discovery of...
Of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the Pyramid is the only one to survive. Many believe that...
Huelva, Spain, an isolated region lost in time. The grass, the sand and the sky are the same that th...
Paleolithic: a mysterious and enigmatic period. Hard to grasp from today's point of view. How did pe...
Professor Alice Roberts follows a decade-long historical quest to reveal a hidden secret of the famo...
In 1587, more than 100 English colonists settle on Roanoke Island and soon vanish, baffling historia...
Ardal O’Hanlon explores a 1930s quest to find the first Irish men and women using archaeology, answe...
Determined to hold on to the throne, Cleopatra seduces the Roman emperor Julius Caesar. When Caesar ...
Séfar (in Arabic: سيفار) is an ancient city in the heart of the Tassili n'Ajjer mountain range in Al...
The film chronicles the last 3 years of Akhenaten -called "the heretic pharaoh"- and his wife Queen ...
The adventurous life of Natacha Rambova (1897-1966), an American artist, born Winifred Kimball Shaug...
Nova and National Geographic present exclusive access to an astounding discovery of ancient fossil h...
Filmed in IMAX, a young Mayan boy who lives close to the ruins becomes acquainted with an archaeolog...
The story of the Trojan Horse is probably one of the most famous stories ever told: after ten years ...
It is one of Egypt's enduring mysteries. What happened to Nefertiti and her husband, Akhenaten - the...
In eighteenth-dynasty Egypt, Sinuhe, a poor orphan, becomes a brilliant physician and with his frien...
Mohawk archaeologist Baptiste Asigny engages in a search for his ancestors following a tragic terrai...