Rascar Capac, the sinister creature featured on Hergé's album The Seven Crystal Balls (1948), has left its mark on many generations of readers. To draw it, the Belgian cartoonist was probably inspired by a mummy exhibited in the first pre-Columbian exhibition organized by the Brussels Cinquantenaire Museum in 1923. Two intrepid archaeologists embark on a fascinating journey to reconstruct the story of the mysterious mummy.
In the mountains of Peru, an environmental scientist discovers ancient artifacts submerged beneath t...
This explores the mysterious and catastrophic collapse of ancient civilizations during the late Bron...
Cleopatra - the most famous woman in history. We know her as a great queen, a beautiful lover and a ...
Archaeologist Raksha Dave and historian Dan Snow return to Pompeii to gain special access to a varie...
In 1898, a Minnesota farmer clearing trees from his field uprooted a large stone covered with myster...
During the Exodus, one of the most famous miracles of the Old Testament took place. More than 3000 y...
A short distance from Marseille, at Cape Morgiou, in the depths of the Calanques massif, lies the Co...
Two thousand years ago, it was a flourishing city in the middle of what is now a Syrian desert. At t...
It was the battle that decided the future of Europe: on August 26, 1278, two dynasties faced each ot...
Filmed in IMAX, a young Mayan boy who lives close to the ruins becomes acquainted with an archaeolog...
It's the most extraordinary feat of engineering in history, and one of the most iconic man-made stru...
The adventures of Hergé, or how Georges Remi created The Adventures of Tintin. Interviews, archive f...
Archaeologist Nicholas Zavaterro and his student find an antique vase with an inscription that point...
Druids have existed far longer than hitherto assumed, since the 4th century BC. Their traces are fou...
In 1587, more than 100 English colonists settle on Roanoke Island and soon vanish, baffling historia...
A backstage and on-stage look at Nicki Minaj's career during the Pink Friday Tour, festivals, and mo...