What life was like in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii moments before it was devastated by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79.

In 26 AD, Judah Ben-Hur, a Jew in ancient Judea, opposes the occupying Roman empire. Falsely accuse...

The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer Batiatus. A...
Features volcano watches in Iceland from 1984-91, showing the country's highlands, Askja, Kverkjoll,...

Explore the lives of the lucky few who call Britain's most magnificent mansions home. Meet the custo...

After fierce Roman commander Marcus Vinicius becomes infatuated with beautiful Christian hostage Lyg...

After the death of the paranoid emperor Tiberius, Caligula, his heir, seizes power and plunges the e...

This short documentary chronicles the culture and arts of Cambodian Americans and the Lowell, MA com...

From the legendary times of Romulus and Remus to the present day, the compelling story of the eterna...

Herzog and cinematographer Peter Zeitlinger go to Antarctica to meet people who live and work there,...

For over 85 years, steamship Ste. Claire transported generations of Detroiters to Boblo Island, an a...

A series of bawdy and satirical episodes written during the reign of the emperor Nero and set in imp...

Titus Andronicus returns from the wars and sees his sons and daughters taken from him, one by one. S...

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

Determined to hold on to the throne, Cleopatra seduces the Roman emperor Julius Caesar. When Caesar ...

In the 6th century AD, large parts of the world were affected by mysterious weather events causing t...

The Kush Empire was an ancient superpower that dominated the Nile Valley and rivaled the Egyptians, ...

Terry Jones' Barbarians is a 4-part TV documentary series first broadcast on BBC 2 in 2006. It was w...