The discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb is revealed for the first time in color, thanks to colorization of black-and-white newsreel and photographs.

The Scythians, skilled horsemen and nomadic conquerors, built a feared empire in the vast Eurasian s...

This historical drama tells the story of Qin Shihuang, who unified China's vast territory and declar...

In this gripping investigation, archaeologist Pepi Papakosta is on a hunt for Alexander the Great's ...

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

Forensic experts scan Pompeii’s victims to investigate why they didn’t escape the eruption.

The Great Year is a compelling documentary that explores the possibility that the fall of ancient ci...

Maya legend tells us that there is a hidden underground cave below Chichen Itza, now high tech archa...

With more than seven million visitors a year, its massive structure and awesome architecture testify...

For centuries Troy was believed to be a mythical city. Now, a leading team of American archaeologist...
An examination of how Africa's mythological stories have served as the basis for the world religions...

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

Come back with us to Ancient Greece, 2,500 Years ago to the original Olympic Games. The ancient Game...

With over 60 tombs, the Valley of the Kings is the most-famous burial ground on Earth. In the bigges...

In the first century, after the death of Herod the Great, Judea goes through a long period of turbul...

Best known for the myth of the Minotaur, Crete gave birth to Europe's first civilization. Yet little...
A documentary about Hagia Sophia. But somewhere nobody seen or filmed before. Cisterns, wells and pa...

Bettany Hughes goes in search of this lost civilisation, revealing the story of a city founded out o...

Albert Lin and National Geographic Channel unearth the terrible secrets that lie hidden in the tomb ...

In the heart of the Jordanian desert, the ancient city of Petra is full of mysteries. How was this a...