Journeys into the ancient worlds that shaped our own.
A weak emperor. A divided empire. Enemies at the gate. Is this the end for ancient Rome?
The secrets of the Neanderthal discoveries in the Mandrin Cave in France are revealed.
Mary Beard uncovers the hidden world of the emperors of Rome.
Bettany Hughes travels to India to investigate the revolutionary ideas of the Buddha.
Dr Jon Henderson tells the story of the Norsemen in Scotland.
Alexander Armstrong and Dr Michael Scott uncover 2,500 years of hidden history in Naples.
Julius Caesar tears up the rulebook in his quest to become Rome鈥檚 greatest man.
Margaret Mountford uncovers a new story within one of history's most iconic moments.
An exploration of the pharaoh's role in ancient Egyptian life.
Dan visits the underground tombs in the Valley of the Kings.
Adam Hart-Davis investigates the lavish lifestyles of the Romans.
Mary Beard is on a mission to uncover the real Julius Caesar.
Kenneth Clark's classic 1969 series looks at how European art survived the Dark Ages.
Mary reaches back to the myths and legends of the origins of Rome.
Alastair Sooke crosses the Sahara and travels the Nile to find Egypt's earliest art.
Fekri Hassan attempts to determine why the Egyptian Old Kingdom collapsed around 2200 BC.
Documentary about Flinders Petrie, the pioneer who transformed field archaeology in Egypt.
An international team of archaeologists explores megastructures in the Arabian desert.
A look at the formative role art and imagination have played in the forging of humanity.
Life in Britain in the brutal world of the last ice age.
A team heads to Egypt in an attempt to uncover lost cities beneath the sands.
At Pompeii, in the biggest dig in a generation, archaeologists excavate a new city block.
Prof Mary Beard asks not what the Romans did for us, but what the empire did for Rome.
The story of the Black African Kingdom of Kush.
