Britain's Pompeii: A Village Lost in Time

Forensic experts scan Pompeii’s victims to investigate why they didn’t escape the eruption.

Restoration expert Giancarlo Napoli takes on the important task of saving 86 plaster casts of Pompeii citizens that were created by archaeologist...

The causes underlying the collapse of civilizations are usually traced to overuse of resources. As we write this, the world is reeling from economic...

A documentary film about Syria with its diverse civilizations and history. Where the hero of the film gets lost between his questions about history,...

Pompeii, 79 A.D., the night before the eruption. The journey of “Tonight in Pompeii” with Alberto Angela begins here, in the hours...

Documentary revealing what life was really like for the people of Pompeii at the time of the infamous volcanic eruption, almost 200 years ago, using...

For over two centuries, archaeologists have hailed Pompeii as a sophisticated city at the heart of an advanced ancient civilization. But a series of...

In 79 A.D., Mount Vesuvius erupted, killing 2,000 people. This documentary asks what happened next as experts explore Ancient Rome's crisis...

In the beginning was sex. To the ancient cultures, sexuality, love and sex were inextricably connected with the creation of the earth, the heavens...

5000 years ago the ancient Elamites established a glorious civilization that lasted about three millennia. They created marvelous works in...

Four nights in Caracas. A documentary essay about chaos and civilization.

Why did the Roman Empire, which dominated Europe and the Mediterranean for five centuries, inexorably weaken until it disappeared? Archaeologists,...