Britain's Ancient Capital Secrets of Orkney | BBC Documentary Series

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Britain's Ancient Capital Secrets of Orkney
Neil Oliver, Chris Packham, Andy Torbet and Dr Shini Somara join hundreds of archaeologists from around the world who have gathered in Orkney to investigate at one of Europe's biggest digs. Orkney - seven miles off the coast of Scotland, and cut off by the tumultuous Pentland Firth, the fastest-flowing tidal race in Europe is often viewed as being remote. However it is one of the treasure troves of archaeology in Britain, and recent discoveries there are turning the Stone Age map of Britain upside down. Rather than an outpost at the edge of the world, recent finds suggest an extraordinary theory - that Orkney was the cultural capital of our ancient world and the origin of the stone circle cult which culminated in Stonehenge.




 Britain's Ancient Capital Secrets of Orkney
 Production: BBC
 Duration: 59:00 min (each episode)
 Language: English




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Ancient Impossible | Documentary Series

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Ancient Impossible 
Ancient Impossible reveals how many of today’s technological achievements were actually developed centuries ago.  Colossal monuments, impossible feats of engineering and technologies so precise they defy reinvention–the ancient world was far more advanced than we ever imagined. We’ll travel through history to reveal a radically different picture of the past, with innovations so far ahead of their time, they’re still in use today. New science uncovers a lost world more like our own than we ever suspected, and reveals how modern technology has its blueprint in the ancient world.






 Ancient Impossible
 Production: History Channel
 Duration: 40:00 min 
 Language: English 



Episode 1: Ultimate Weapons 


Episode 2: Moving Mountains 


Episode 3: Monster Monuments 


Episode 4: Warrior Tech 


Episode 5: Ancient Einsteins 


Episode 6: Power Tools 


Episode 7: Greatest Ships 


Episode 8: Biggest Buildings 


Episode 9: Roman Empire 


Episode 10: Extreme Engineering 

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The Greeks (2016) | Documentary Series

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The Greeks 
Agamemnon to Alexander the Great
National Geographic's landmark event series, The Greeks, brings together historians, archaeologists, actors, athletes, scientists and artists to launch a groundbreaking exploration into the ancient Greeks' journey - not just to better understand their past, but to discover how their legacy illuminates our present, and will shape our future. The story of the Greeks is the story of us.





 The Greeks
 Production: National Geographic
 Duration: 54:00 min (each episode)
 Language: English



Episode 1: Cavemen to Kings


Episode 2: The Good Strife


Episode 3:  Chasing Greatness

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Building the Ancient City: Athens and Rome | BBC Documentaries

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Building the Ancient City: Athens and Rome
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.









 Building the Ancient City: Athens and Rome
 Production: BBC
 Duration: 60:00 min (each episode)
 Language: English 




Episode 1: Athens

Episode 2: Rome

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Genius of the Ancient World | Documentary Series

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Genius of the Ancient World
Historian Bettany Hughes travels to India, Greece and China on the trail of three giants of ancient philosophy - Buddha, Socrates and Confucius.








 Genius of the Ancient World
 Production: BBC
 Duration: 60:00 min (each episode)
 Language: English




Episode 1: Buddha 

Episode 2: Socrates 


Episode 3: Confucius 

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The Mystery of Atlit-Yam | Documentary

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The Mystery of Atlit-Yam
10.000 years under the sea
In 1984, off Israel’s Mediterranean coast, marine archaeologist Ehud Galili discovered an ancient settlement that had been submerged for millennia. The site was at first a mystery, but as underwater excavations progressed, the veil was lifted. It turned out to be the biggest and best preserved prehistoric site ever discovered along the Mediterranean shoreline. Atlit Yam – a stone age village dating from at least 9,000 years ago – stretches over more than four hectares at a depth of 10 meters, and comprises houses, altars, and numerous intact tombs containing dozens of bodies, burial objects, the remains of nets, and an altar of cut stone. This makes it an exceptional site informing us about the way of life of the coastal peoples during the Neolithic period. Although Dr Galili’s research has featured regularly in scientific publications since the discovery, Atlit Yam remains largely unknown to the general public. For the first time, the film The Mystery of Atlit Yam reveals to a wider audience the result of 25 years of extraordinary excavations, and unveils the story of the oldest known submerged stone age settlement.



 The Mystery of Atlit-Yam
 Production: Alpha Zoulou Films
 Duration: 43:00 min 
 Subtitles: Greek Built 
 Language: English 

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Barbarians Rising | HD Documentary Series

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Barbarians Rising 
This docu-drama focuses on legendary warriors as they’re engaged in one of mankind’s most timeless struggles – the fight for freedom.
Barbarians Rising is not a story about the glory of Rome, it’s the story of the millions who rise and fight for freedom in the shadow of absolute power and the few who led the charge.  The empire calls them “barbarians”: tribes beyond the fringe of civilization that live a primitive, brutish and violent existence.  These peoples are also some of the fiercest warriors in history – men and women who refuse to bow to ruthless oppression, launching an epic saga of resistance that ushers in the fall of Rome and shapes the world to come.

 Barbarians Rising
 Production: History Channel
 Duration: 01:20:00 min (each episode)
 Language: English



Episode 1:  Resistance (part 1)

Episode 1:  Resistance (part 2)


Episode 2:  Rebellion (part 1)


Episode 2:  Rebellion (part 2)


Episode 3:  Revenge (part 1)


Episode 3:  Revenge (part 2)


Episode 4:  Ruin (part 1)


Episode 4:  Ruin (part 2)

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Pompeii: The Last Day | Documentary Film

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Pompeii: The Last Day
A reconstruction of the final events leading to one of the worst natural disasters to strike the ancient world. Drawing on contemporary accounts and recent archaeological discoveries, this drama tells the real story of what happened, including the exact cause of the deaths of the 5,000 townspeople. In the year 79 A.D., the ancient city of Pompeii was transformed from a thriving community to a wasteland in little more than a day when the massive volcano Mount Vesuvius erupted, raining billions of tons of lava, stone, and ash upon the nearby city.



 Pompeii: The Last Day
 Production: BBC
 Duration: 50:20 min
 Language: English

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Ancient Worlds | BBC Series

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Ancient Worlds
Archaeologist and historian Richard Miles explores the roots of civilisation in an epic series that runs from the creation of the first cities in Mesopotamia to the fall of the Roman Empire. An illuminating and spectacular six-part odyssey tracing the development of Western civilisation - from the first cities of Mesopotamia to the fall of the Roman Empire. Academic and archaeologist Richard Miles travels through the Middle East, Egypt, Pakistan and the Mediterranean to discover how the mainstays of our society - community, democracy, commerce and technology - were forged and fought over in a series of classical cultures. Ancient Worlds tells the amazing stories of disappeared, ruined and modern cities - from Ancient Iraq to Augustan Rome, and from Phoenicia and the city states of Greece to today's Damascus - and reveals the compromise, ruthlessness, sacrifice and toil that made each city work. In an epic sweep of history against a panorama of stunning locations, Richard Miles, with the help of local experts and archaeologists, brings these legendary civilisations back to life to show how the successes and failures of the ancients shaped the world that we have inherited.


 Ancient Worlds
 Production: BBC
 Duration: 52:00 min (each episode)
 Subtitles: Greek Built
 Language: English


Episode 1: Come Together

Episode 2: The Age of Iron


Episode 3: The Greek Thing


Episode 4: Return of the King


Episode 5: The Republic of Virtue


Episode 6: City of Man, City of God

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Guns Germs And Steel | Documentary Series

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Guns Germs And Steel
Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book and national best seller, Guns, Germs, and Steel is an epic detective story that offers a gripping expose on why the world is so unequal. Professor Jared Diamond traveled the globe for over 30 years trying to answer the biggest question of world history. Why is the world so unequal? The answers he found were simple yet extraordinary. Our destiny depends on geography and access to: Guns, Germs, and Steel. Weaving together anthropology and science with epic historical reenactments, Guns, Germs, and Steel brings Diamond's fascinating theories to life, and moves beyond the book to bring his ideas into the present day.

 Guns Germs And Steel
 Production: National Geographic
 Duration: 54:00 min (each episode)
 Subtitles: Greek Built
 Language: English


Episode 1: Out Of Eden 

Episode 2: Conquest 


Episode 3: Into the Tropics 

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Ancients Behaving Badly | Documentary Series Online

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Ancients Behaving Badly
They employed a brutality which is staggering by today’s standards. A fresh look at some of the world’s most fascinating, iconic, and truly ruthless leaders, the new series ANCIENTS BEHAVING BADLY cuts through the folklore to present an accurate portrait of characters from Alexander the Great Ghenghis Khan, Caligula to Cleopatra 




 Ancients Behaving Badly
 (The Series contains 8 episodes and will be updated) 
 Production: History Channel
 Duration: 43:31 min
 Language: English



Episode 8: Cleopatra 
Episode 7: Caligula


Episode 6: Hannibal



Episode 5: Nero

Episode 4: Alexander the Great


Episode 3: Attila



Episode 2: Julius Caesar 



Episode 1: Ghenghis Khan  

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The Egyptian Job | Nat Geo Documentary Online

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The Egyptian Job
How did a band of villains manage to break into and rob an Egyptian pyramid 3,700 years ago? The audacious raid on King Amenemhat III's tomb was one of the biggest heists in ancient history. Now, a crack team of Egypt experts attempts to crack the ancient pyramid busters' methods. In a theft so slick it went unnoticed until 1888, robbers made off with untold riches taken from the wealthy monarch's burial chamber - dodging guards, sand traps and treacherous dead ends along the way. Applying historical evidence and forensic testing to the millennia-old crime, sand-searching super-sleuths paint a picture of the clever gang behind the heist, delving into the ancient underworld to find their cast of crooks.






 The Egyptian Job
 Production: National Geographic
 Duration: 01:34:41 min
 Subtitles: Greek Built
 Language: English

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Building The Great Pyramid | Documentary Film

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Building The Great Pyramid
For four thousand years men have marvelled at the Great Pyramid of Giza and asked two questions: how was it built and why? To answer those questions we will travel back in time. By combining the latest archaeological research with the most up-to-date visual technology we can for the first time see the Pyramid through the eyes of the men who built it. 



 Building The Great Pyramid
 Production: BBC
 Duration: 57:35 min
 Subtitles: Greek Built
 Language: English

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Ancient Secrets: Mystery of The Silver Pharaoh | Documentary Film Online

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Ancient Secrets: Mystery of The Silver Pharaoh
This film documents, one of the least-known yet most remarkable pharaohs of ancient Egypt. Psusennes I, who reigned around 1000 BC, was buried in a casket of solid silver and surrounded by treasures which rival those of Tutankhamun; the tomb of Psusennes is the only pharaoh's tomb ever found which hadn't previously been entered by tomb-raiders. His remarkable story has been overlooked partly because the initial discovery was made in 1940, overshadowed by the outbreak of World War II.


 Ancient Secrets: Mystery of The Silver Pharaoh
 Production: National Geographic
 Duration: 44:46 min
 Language: English


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The First World | Documentary Film

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The First World
A winner of several international awards, this programme examines the legacy of Pythagoras and Plato and their impact on the modern world and our thoughts. Filmed across North America and Europe, the documentary is shot on location in the home towns of these two great historical figures. 






 The First World
 Directed by: Hilary Lawson
 Duration: 53:29 min
 Language: English

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Ultimate Battles - Alexander The Great | Documentary

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Ultimate Battles - Alexander The Great
This stunning documentary details the military strategies and radical warfare techniques that allowed a twenty-two-year-old king to defeat a superior military force and, in one decisive victory, topple the mighty Persian Empire. Known as the Battle of Gaugamela, it is viewed as one of the greatest military engagements of the ancient world. In  331 BC, the two most powerful armies in the world met outside a small village in what is now considered to be Northern Iraq. On one side stood Alexander the Great, the young king of Macedon, and his small, but highly trained force. Opposing him was Darius, the king of Persia, and his army of 250,000 warriors. The film reveals how Alexander's innovative military tactics allowed him to prevail against seemingly overwhelming odds to become the master of the known world.




 Ultimate Battles - Alexander The Great
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 Language: English
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Cave of Forgotten Dreams | Documentary Film

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Cave of Forgotten Dreams 
Follows an exclusive expedition into the nearly inaccessible Chauvet Cave in France, home to the most ancient visual art known to have been created by man. It's an unforgettable cinematic experience that provides a unique glimpse of the pristine artwork dating back to human hands over 30,000 years ago - almost twice as old as any previous discovery.




 Cave of Forgotten Dreams
 Directed By: Werner Herzog 
 Duration: 01:30:08 min
 Language: English

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The Destiny of Rome | Documentary Film

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The Destiny of Rome
At the Battle of Philippi, Marc Antony and Octavian fight back their joint enemies to lay claim to Caesar's throne. Eleven years later, the two square off in the naval Battle of Actium to decide once and for all the destiny of Rome. The bitter personal rivalry between the two men climaxes when Marc Antony abandons his attacking forces to pursue the fleeing Cleopatra. This single act sounded the death knell of the Roman Republic and gave birth to an empire.


 The Destiny of Rome
 (The documentary contains 2 episodes)
 Production: Arte
 Duration: 51:00 min
 Language: English

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Gruesome Medicine | Documentary Film

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Gruesome Medicine
Modern medicine it isn't, but at the time, it was the best that could be done--and perhaps may have new applications in our world. Examine how the leech was used as an ancient medical cure and test one on a live patient to see how much blood comes out. Travel to Spain to take a reading from a live torpedo fish and to do a pain test with the same level of electricity on a live volunteer. Investigate trepanning, the ancient Inca art of relieving pressure on the brain by cutting open a hole in the skull, as well as Roman battlefield surgery techniques and tools. Learn how snake venom was used as medicine in the ancient world--a technique that medics are re-learning today. Using replica tools and virtual surgery in the computer, see how brain surgery performed on Prince Henry V of England to remove an arrow from his skull--the first ever life-saving surgery ever performed on a historical figure.


 Gruesome Medicine
 Production: History Channel
 Duration: 43:28 min
 Language: English


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Egypt: Rediscovering a Lost World | Complete BBC Series

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Egypt: Rediscovering a Lost World
Focusing on three of the most important discoveries from the world of the ancient Egyptians, this series journeys back in time to explore Howard Carter's discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun, the Great Belzoni's finds from the reign of Ramesses II and Champollion's deciphering of the hieroglyphs. Join Carter, Belzoni and Champollion as they overcome immense obstacles to unlock the secrets of an as-yet undiscovered world and reveal their seminal finds. Then travel even further back, to the amazing period of Egyptian history unveiled by their astounding work.

 Egypt: Rediscovering a Lost World
 (The documentary contains 6 episodes)
 Production: BBC
 Duration: 56:00 min  (each episode)
 Language: English



Episode 1: Carter Part A


Episode 2: Carter Part B



Episode 3: Belzoni Part A



Episode 4: Belzoni Part B



Episode 5: Champollion Part A



Episode 6: Champollion Part B

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