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

What is true and what is false in the hideous stories spread about the controversial figure of the Roman emperor Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (12-41), nicknamed Caligula? Professor Mary Beard explains what is accurate and what is mythical in the historical accounts that portray him as an unbalanced despot. Was he a sadistic tyrant, as Roman historians have told, or perhaps the truth about him was manipulated because of political interests?

《神秘仙境》导演Mikkel Br?nne Sandemose《雪山惊魂3》的新动作片神秘仙境不久便要上映了，《雪山惊魂3 》与其它同类型电影来比，更好地完成了对人性的诠释而不仅仅只是一场无妄无知的杀戮。神秘仙境将由尼克莱·克莱夫·布洛奇《必要的杀戮》、比约恩·桑德奎斯特《韩赛尔与格蕾特：女巫猎人》、索菲亚·海林《圣殿骑士》三位同台演出。会带来什么样的精彩表演出。会带来什么样的精彩表现呢?随小编一起期待着吧

Maya legend tells us that there is a hidden underground cave below Chichen Itza, now high tech archaeologists are here to find the buried truth.

In 16th century feudal Japan the war between the Iga clan and the Kouga clan continues unabated. Typically for such violent disputes it is the women who suffer the most – in this case lowly castrated Kouga clan ninjas are kidnapping woman from their rivals’ lands and transporting them back to their own, with the intent to use them as concubines. Unfortunately for a trio of inept Kouga ninjas, one of the women they’ve kidnapped is Kisaragi (Rina Takeda), a skilled ninja with a long standing vendetta since her mother was kidnapped when she was just a baby.

The Scythians, skilled horsemen and nomadic conquerors, built a feared empire in the vast Eurasian steppe between the 9th and 3rd centuries B.C. All that remains are their graves: the Kourganes. In April 1999, a 2400 year-old Scythian tomb was discovered in Kazakhstan. It contained, among other treasures, twelve horses completely harnessed in gold, suggesting high social status.

A miss-matched couple embark on a frantic search for the Dead Sea Scroll hidden in the ancient city of Petra.

The Lecturer, leader of the Feminine League Against Frivolity, tells the history of eroticism and censorship from the beginning of time until the late 1960s.

1974年，中国中部地区的一名农民在距离秦始皇墓地不足1英里的地方发现了一个前所未有的发现：被埋藏在地下的8000余座兵马俑。自发现以来的40年中，考古学家和学者持续对这个令人惊叹的遗迹进行研究，并发掘出很多遗迹，但一直未能真正破解谜题。这次，国家地理频道和英国广播公司（BBC）联手，纪录了陵墓考古学家新的挖掘进程，不仅为秦始皇考古发现提供的新的启示，并且重写了中国与西方世界交流沟通的历史。

In the heart of the Jordanian desert, the ancient city of Petra is full of mysteries. How was this architectural wonder created over 2,000 years ago? The technical prowess of Petra, an ancient city in southern Jordan, which was a wonder in the middle of the desert.

Professor Bettany Hughes takes viewers on a journey of discovery as she investigates 10 of the greatest and most intriguing Egyptian mummies - and the secrets that lie beneath the bandages. Having remained in their tombs for thousands of years, wrapped, embalmed and buried with treasure, each mummy tells the story of the criminals, priests, children and pharaohs of Ancient Egypt.

考古学家佩比·帕帕科斯塔正在寻找亚历山大大帝的失落坟墓。在2300年前亚历山大建立的城市埃及亚历山大市中心挖掘时，她发现了⼀座罕见的亚历山大大帝大理石雕像，还有古希腊的宝藏和秘密隧道。但佩比最大的发现却非同寻常，连她自己也没有预料到。

The story of the Trojan Horse is probably one of the most famous stories ever told: after ten years of bloody war, the Greek coalition decides to lift the siege and depart, but not before leaving at the gates a huge wooden horse, which the Trojans confidently lead into the city. A few hours later, the once invincible Troy goes up in flames. What exactly happened? Is this myth true or false?

考古学家和⼀组潜水员进入了被淹没的纳斯塔森金字塔，纳斯塔森是埋葬在努里皇室陵墓的最后⼀位库施国王。他们的目标是最后⼀个房间，房间的中央放着⼀块大的方形岩床，其底部在水下，看似完好未损。组员用呼吸管潜水，冒着结构崩塌的危险，揭示了统治埃及近⼀百年的神秘库施王国的新线索。

The 1st queen of the king dies in child birth, the prince survives. After the 2nd queen, gives birth to a new prince, she plots to kill the 1st prince, so that her son would get the crown after the king. A soldier senses this danger and ousts the prince to a rural village for survival. The village headman adopts the child without knowing the origin of the child. The prince gradually forgets his royalty, and grows up as a skillful and handsome farmer. After the death of the king, the soldier and religious leaders plan to bring the real prince to the crown.

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

Explore the collapse of ancient civilizations during the late Bronze Age.

In the first century, after the death of Herod the Great, Judea goes through a long period of turbulence due to the actions of the corrupt Roman governors and the internal struggles, both religious and political, between Jewish factions, events that soon lead to the uprising of the population and a cruel war that lasts several years and causes thousands of deaths, a catastrophe described in detail by the Romanized Jewish historian Titus Flavius Josephus.

Shocking new evidence of highly advanced civilizations mounts as previously unexplored regions of the earth reveal mind boggling artifacts that defy all convention and utterly mystify today's academic and scientific factions. It's clear there are massive gaps between our current understanding of the cosmos and the origins of humanity and that of ancient civilizations that existed before "recorded history". Experience unprecedented relics and artifacts that force us to re-evaluate the mainstream dogma of who we are and where we came from.

5000 years ago the ancient Elamites established a glorious civilization that lasted about three millennia. They created marvelous works in architecture and craftsmanship. These works of art depict the lifestyle, thoughts, and beliefs of the Elamites.