In Cairo, a German-Egyptian team is searching for traces of the largest temple of the Pharaohs, seeking answers as to why the sanctuary was abandoned more than 2000 years ago.

For centuries, archaeologists have been trying to understand the Aztec empire and reveal the truth a...

In Morocco, new excavations on the site of Jebel Irhoud upset the generally accepted view of the dat...

Who built the Pyramids? Were they designed only as royal tombs? How were they built to such precise ...

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

David Attenborough brings to life, in unprecedented detail, the last days of the dinosaurs. Palaeon...

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

It's a land of pyramids, gold, and ancient treasure, but it's not Egypt. It's present-day Sudan, onc...

A study of the ruined Egyptian pyramid of the 4th dynasty pharaoh Djedefre, including evidence from ...

Séfar (in Arabic: سيفار) is an ancient city in the heart of the Tassili n'Ajjer mountain range in Al...

In this special follow-up programme, the only television team with access to the dig and the scienti...

The Great Pyramids are the only wonder of the ancient world that still stand today, the greatest of ...


In 1587, more than 100 English colonists settle on Roanoke Island and soon vanish, baffling historia...

In the heart of a metropolitan city of 15 million people and among the construction of a new billion...

With an area three times larger than Pompeii, Baia, about 15 km from Naples and within the volcanic ...