Professor Bettany Hughes takes viewers on a journey of discovery as she investigates 10 of the greatest and most intriguing Egyptian mummies - and the secrets that lie beneath the bandages. Having remained in their tombs for thousands of years, wrapped, embalmed and buried with treasure, each mummy tells the story of the criminals, priests, children and pharaohs of Ancient Egypt.

The 1st queen of the king dies in child birth, the prince survives. After the 2nd queen, gives birth...

Of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the Pyramid is the only one to survive. Many believe that...

It is one of Egypt's enduring mysteries. What happened to Nefertiti and her husband, Akhenaten - the...

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

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Escaping death, a Hebrew infant is raised in a royal household to become a prince. Upon discovery of...

Egypt's two greatest Pharaohs, Khufu and Ramesses II, built their way to immortality through archite...

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

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.

Ancient pharaoh Akhenaten was almost lost to history. Canadian archaeologist Donald Redford, who unc...

Around 800 BC, Kush, a little-known subject state of Egypt, rose up and conquered the Egyptians, ent...

What killed King Tutankhamun? Ever since his spectacular tomb was discovered, the boy king has been ...

Move over, King Tut: There's a new pharaoh on the scene. A team of top archaeologists and forensics ...

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

The world's leading Egyptologists are on a quest to uncover the secrets of Howard Carter's history-m...

Over the past 50 years, thousands of exquisitely painted Maya vases, almost all looted from tombs, h...