What can the past teach us about the present? Come along as charismatic historian Michael Wood (The Story of India) travels the globe to trace the origins of six great civilizations: Iraq, India, China, Egypt, Central America, and Western Europe. Each journey offers surprising perspectives on questions that matter today-about the environment, the individual, society, and spirituality.

Egyptian archaeologist Dr. Yasmin el-Shazly and photographer Mahmoud Rashad investigate the life and...

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John Romer recreates the glory and history of Byzantium. From the Hagia Sophia in present-day Istanb...

Bettany Hughes searches out the real truth about the birth of democracy in ancient Athens 2500 years...

Professor Suzannah Lipscomb deep dives into some of the greatest death mysteries of the ancient worl...

How was everyday life in Ancient Greece? Did it have anything in common with our lives today? With t...

1984 Channel 4 documentary series surveying the history of New Testament scholarship, giving an over...

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Expert interviews and gripping reenactments combine to reveal the extraordinary life of Alexander th...

Tutored by Aristotle, helpless witness to his father's assassination, and a brilliant, pioneering ta...

Shortly after astrology predicts destruction to befall the Tang Dynasty, a coup d'état led by the cr...

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The story of Romulus and his twin brother Remus, in eighth century B.C. as seen through the eyes of ...

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