The Lost Tomb of Alexander the Great

This historical drama tells the story of Qin Shihuang, who unified China's vast territory and declared himself emperor in 221 B.C. During his reign,...

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

What exactly happened to all the objects found by Howard Carter after he finished exploring Tutankhamun's tomb in 1930 after they had been lying...

Follows an international archaeological team exploring Saudi Arabia's Black Desert and Jordan, investigating ancient megastructures to uncover...

With more than seven million visitors a year, its massive structure and awesome architecture testify to the genius of ancient Roman building...

Recent discoveries in archaeology are exploding the myth of the Amazon as a primeval wilderness, revealing traces of ancient civilizations that...

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

What is true and what is false in the hideous stories spread about the controversial figure of the Roman emperor Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus...

Dr Glenn Godenho goes on the hunt for the tomb of Cleopatra.

For centuries Troy was believed to be a mythical city. Now, a leading team of American archaeologists have discovered an ancient thriving city, and...

Ancient pharaoh Akhenaten was almost lost to history. Canadian archaeologist Donald Redford, who uncovered the foundation of one of the...