Noah's Ark, the Grail, and the Ark of the Covenant gave rise to real quests. Adventurers and historians set out in search of them. True treasures or simple chimeras, these objects have made the fortune of European and American novelists and filmmakers. Other relics such as the Shroud of Turin, the Robe of Trier, or the Spear of Longinius continue to arouse controversy. Are their powers or the miracles attributed to these holy objects real? What is the verdict of science? What role have these objects, venerated by millions of faithful, played in history? Investigator Christian Page tries to answer these questions and embarks on a mystical quest...

A mission to discover and re-create unexcavated worlds still hidden beneath the earth.

Dr Francesca Stavrakopoulou examines how archaeological discoveries are changing the way people inte...

Covering the ancient world through the age of technology, this illustrated lecture by Eugen Weber pr...

Morgan Freeman presents his quest in order to find how most religions perceive life after death, wha...

A series of programmes exploring great figures and events from biblical times. Historical, archaeolo...

Documentary series covering a year in the life of Canterbury Cathedral.

Bettany Hughes sets out on an epic journey across continents and back in time to trace the hidden an...

An epic adventure that aims to unravel the mystery at the heart of our existence: the questions of o...

Animated World Faiths tells the stories of the world's major faiths and their founders. Gloriously a...

Atheism: A Rough History of Disbelief – known in the United States as A Brief History of Disbelief –...

Featuring interviews with his followers, critics and Raël himself, this docuseries traces how a UFO-...

A four-part history of the Inquisition, a 500-year campaign against heretics by the Roman Catholic C...

It is said to be one of the oldest books in the world. Has it been altered? If yes why? A remarkable...

Deadly Journeys of the Apostles explores beyond the Bible, building new biographies of the Apostles ...
Explores how six major world religions have expressed the spiritual yearnings of the faithful in art...

2000 Jahre Christentum is a German documentary series on the history of Christianity prior to the ye...