The story of the Trojan Horse is probably one of the most famous stories ever told: after ten years of bloody war, the Greek coalition decides to lift the siege and depart, but not before leaving at the gates a huge wooden horse, which the Trojans confidently lead into the city. A few hours later, the once invincible Troy goes up in flames. What exactly happened? Is this myth true or false?

Fifty years after the coup and the Turkish invasion of Cyprus, Cypriot and foreign archaeologists, a...

Caroline Darian, Gisèle Pelicot's daughter, looks back on the tragedy that shook her family: for ten...

The story of the Trojan war is one of history's most enduring legends. A beautiful queen elopes with...

In 2016, four mummies of the National Archaeological Museum of Madrid left their showcases headed to...

The most legendary 'sequence' ever achieved by a mountaineer: on 12 and 13 March 1987, in 40 hours, ...

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

Over 3,500 years ago, the powerful Shang Dynasty emerged from the Central Chinese plains. Their armi...

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

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

Short docudrama exploring the history of sex in the homosexual community from the 1970s to the prese...

The story of Sita, a Hindu goddess and the female protagonist of the Hindu epic “Ramayana”.

Based on a true story, one woman takes on the U.S. military and General Dynamics; maker of the F-16,...

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

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

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

A short distance from Marseille, at Cape Morgiou, in the depths of the Calanques massif, lies the Co...

After 20 years seeking Cleopatra's tomb, archaeologist K. Martinez's search shifts to an underwater ...

In 1864, the Spanish poet Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (1836-70), suffering from health problems, retires ...

A documentary that brings to light the extraordinary story of the Sacred Band of Thebes – an elite m...