Archaeologist and historian Richard Miles traces the development of Western civilization, from the first cities in Mesopotamia to the fall of the Roman Empire. In this six-part series, Miles travels through the Middle East, Egypt, Pakistan and the Mediterranean to discover how the challenges of society -- religion and politics, art and culture, war and diplomacy, technology and trade -- were dealt with and fought over in order to maintain a functioning civilization. Stories are told of disappeared, ruined and modern cities, from ancient Iraq to modern Damascus, to reveal how successes and failures of the ancients shaped the world today.
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Egyptian Journeys with Dan Cruickshank is a BBC Television documentary series in which Dan Cruicksha...
At its height, the Roman Empire encompassed Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. How did it ke...
This epic series explores the lives of some of Egypt's greatest rulers: Ramses the Great, pyramid pi...
Told from the perspective of the rebel leaders, the series chronicles a wave of rebellions against a...
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Alastair Sooke tells the story of Ancient Egyptian art through 30 extraordinary masterpieces.
National Geographic's landmark event series, The Greeks, brings together historians, archaeologists,...
Who was Homer, and what is the meaning of The Odyssey? In this documentary we follow the footsteps o...
This stylish mix of documentary and historical epic chronicles the reign of Commodus, the emperor wh...
This three-part special tells the story of the Egyptian empire from its beginning in 1560 B.C. to it...
Unearthing the glittering, golden treasures of the pharaohs.
In the fourth and fifth centuries, B.C., the Greeks built an empire that stretched across the Medite...