The first city of a million was built two thousand years ago. But how did they make Ancient Athens and Rome work without petrol, gas or electricity? Professor Wallace-Hadrill finds out.

The Bible is both a religious and historical work, but how much is myth and how much is history?

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

For centuries, explorers have searched for the Bible’s most sacred religious artefacts. One of the m...

In 90 A.D., ancient Rome played host to a sporting spectacle that attracted crowds three times the s...

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

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

The construction of the Egyptian pyramids remains an enigma, an unsolved mystery. But today, Egyptol...

Millions of tourists visit Angkor Wat in Cambodia every year to marvel at its remarkable architectur...

Time Team is a British television series which has been aired on British Channel 4 from 1994. Create...

A documentary series hosted by John Rhys-Davies based on the articles published in the magazine "Arc...

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

This stylish mix of documentary and historical epic chronicles the reign of Commodus, the emperor wh...

Journalist and writer Graham Hancock travels the globe hunting for evidence of mysterious, lost civi...

Bettany Hughes follows in the footsteps of 18th century aristocrats going on a Grand Tour as she tra...

People live in a world of cities; reflecting on ancient models of the city as a human phenomenon off...

Explore a world never seen before a world hidden under miles of water, the landscape of the seabed. ...

Ancient X Files travels around the world to solve some intriguing riddles. Each story is a piece of ...

This extraordinary series is a sweeping account of the rise of Earth’s continents. They are the prod...