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 Scorpion King: The King before Pharaohs. Learn more about the king who likely united ancient Egy...

The film chronicles the last 3 years of Akhenaten -called "the heretic pharaoh"- and his wife Queen ...

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

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

By decoding ancient hieroglyphic texts, Jean-François Champollion gave voice to an enigmatic civiliz...

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

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

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

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

5000 years ago the ancient Elamites established a glorious civilization that lasted about three mill...

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

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

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

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

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

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

A captured architect designs an ingenious plan to ensure the impregnability of the tomb of a self-ab...

This program presents the stories of the works of architecture regarded by the Greeks and Romans as ...

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