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.

The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer Batiatus. A...

Hawaii, with its tropical rainforests and diverse coral reef is a spectacular natural paradise for 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...

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

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

Over 90 percent of the available lands in the Greater Chaco region of the Southwest have already bee...

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

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

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

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

This short documentary chronicles the culture and arts of Cambodian Americans and the Lowell, MA com...
Features volcano watches in Iceland from 1984-91, showing the country's highlands, Askja, Kverkjoll,...

The devious general Cethegus plays the Byzantine and Gothic forces against each other for his own ga...

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

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

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