Up to one million gladiators are thought to have died in arenas across the Roman Empire. And, although fascination with gladiators has been high, the details of their lives and deaths remain fragmentary. Now, with the discovery of an ancient Roman burial site containing 80 skeletons thought to be gladiator warriors, National Geographic recreates the world of the Roman arena and how six gladiators lived, fought and died.

With stunning views of eruptions and lava flows, Werner Herzog captures the raw power of volcanoes a...

After decades of inaccessibility due to unrest and wars, teams of archaeologists from around the glo...

At the dawn of the Christian era, Petra, capital of the rich kingdom of the Nabataeans, bordering th...

Tells the story of the greatest natural disaster of the ancient world, an event that experts believe...

It's the most extraordinary feat of engineering in history, and one of the most iconic man-made stru...

A Roman nobleman, Horatius leads an imperial legion during the long and bloody war between the Roman...

This documentary follows a team of local archaeologists excavating never before explored passageways...

During the latter years of the reign of the tyrannical Roman emperor Nero, Marcus Vinicius, one of N...


American archeologists have found a new tomb in the desert valley. This is the first find of this ma...

Shot in Southern England over the course of six weeks by a crew of three American filmmakers, Circle...

Cleopatra, the last Egyptian queen and one of the most legendary women in history. A beautiful seduc...

Bones of the Buddha is a 2013 television documentary produced by Icon Films and commissioned by WNET...

During the Exodus, one of the most famous miracles of the Old Testament took place. More than 3000 y...

Dan Snow uncovers the lost Vikings in America with Dr Sarah Parcak. As Sarah searches for Vikings ac...

In 2016, four mummies of the National Archaeological Museum of Madrid left their showcases headed to...

In summer 2003, when the heatwave hit in Europe, in Switzerland, the glacier below the Schnidejoch p...

An insane young emperor finds his love of brutality and degradation surpassed only by his hunger for...