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.

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

National Geographic's landmark event series, The Greeks, brings together historians, archaeologists,...

It was an archaeological find that became global news. An extraordinary mega-tomb, filled with the l...

Throughout human history, there have been sinister desires driven by animalistic lust, and the Ancie...

Told from the perspective of the rebel leaders, the series chronicles a wave of rebellions against a...

In the fourth and fifth centuries, B.C., the Greeks built an empire that stretched across the Medite...

This three-part special tells the story of the Egyptian empire from its beginning in 1560 B.C. to it...

Professor Alice Roberts travels across Greece and thousands of years back to our collective past, tr...

Who was Homer, and what is the meaning of The Odyssey? In this documentary we follow the footsteps o...

At its height, the Roman Empire encompassed Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. How did it ke...

Egypt's Cosmic Code charts Bradley Walsh's first trip to Egypt in search of answers to some of Ancie...

This epic series explores the lives of some of Egypt's greatest rulers: Ramses the Great, pyramid pi...
Archaeologists are making new discoveries about life during the glory days of the Roman Empire.

Unearthing the glittering, golden treasures of the pharaohs.

Egyptian Journeys with Dan Cruickshank is a BBC Television documentary series in which Dan Cruicksha...

Around 5000 years ago, one of the largest and most powerful empires in history emerged on the Nile –...