Journeys into the ancient worlds that shaped our own.
Kenneth Clark's classic 1969 series looks at how European art survived the Dark Ages.
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.
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.
In AD80, the Colosseum opens. Emperor Titus plans 100 days of games to commemorate.
Michael Scott uses 3D scans to reveal the historical secrets of Cairo and ancient Egypt.
Richard Miles traces the roots of civilisation in Iraq, Syria, Egypt, Anatolia and Greece.
Simon Sebag Montefiore investigates how the Romans worshipped and sacrificed to the gods.
Sir Mortimer Wheeler investigates the legacy of the Roman Empire. (1960)
Jacob Bronowski opens the first programme at the Great Rift Valley of East Africa.
