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.

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

Explores the Pyramids of Giza as Egyptologists try to unravel the mysteries and decipher the clues b...

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

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...

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

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

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

With Its Myriad Of Mysteries Ancient Egypt Continues To Work Its Spell. The Necropolis Of Saqqara Ro...

Under Pharaoh Amemphis III's reign, the most powerful in the kingdom, as vizier Burkis and a fanatic...

Examines the history of the African kings from Kush who conquered Egypt and ruled over it for 1500 y...

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

Around 3,000 BC, the first territorial state in history was created with the unification of Upper an...

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