Albert Lin and National Geographic Channel unearth the terrible secrets that lie hidden in the tomb of China's first Emperor. The Terracotta Warriors are just the tip of the iceberg in this mausoleum the size of Manhattan, that has gone largely unexcavated…until now. These silent statues guard explosive, macabre findings that rewrite history and paint a very different picture of the ancient world from what we thought we knew.

Forensic experts scan Pompeii’s victims to investigate why they didn’t escape the eruption.

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

The Scythians, skilled horsemen and nomadic conquerors, built a feared empire in the vast Eurasian s...

The discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb is revealed for the first time in color, thanks to colorization ...

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

This historical drama tells the story of Qin Shihuang, who unified China's vast territory and declar...

With more than seven million visitors a year, its massive structure and awesome architecture testify...

In the heart of the Jordanian desert, the ancient city of Petra is full of mysteries. How was this a...
An examination of how Africa's mythological stories have served as the basis for the world religions...

Professor Bettany Hughes takes viewers on a journey of discovery as she investigates 10 of the great...

An account of the reign of Herod the Great, king of Judea under the rule of the Roman Empire, rememb...

In the first century, after the death of Herod the Great, Judea goes through a long period of turbul...

Shocking new evidence of highly advanced civilizations mounts as previously unexplored regions of th...

A new exploration of familiar places located in the region of Rhône and Isère throught an reinventio...

Maya legend tells us that there is a hidden underground cave below Chichen Itza, now high tech archa...

This explores the mysterious and catastrophic collapse of ancient civilizations during the late Bron...

Best known for the myth of the Minotaur, Crete gave birth to Europe's first civilization. Yet little...

Bettany Hughes goes in search of this lost civilisation, revealing the story of a city founded out o...

The Great Year is a compelling documentary that explores the possibility that the fall of ancient ci...

Starting from the colonial city of Trujillo, this documentary reveals natural and archeological feat...