What were the Vikings really like? What did the Romans accomplish? And do the singular achievements of the ancient Greeks live on in our society today? This series questions the myths and unravels age-old clichés about these ancient cultures.

How did the ancient Egyptian civilizations collapse? Archeologists are excavating the sites where the ancient Egyptian civilization once thrived to find new answers to these crucial questions.

why did the Khmer civilization dissapear? What let to their decline? This documentary takes a look at Angkor Wat and the civilization that built the ancient temple and cities; the Khmer Civilization.

Dig into the history of the Hitties, an ancient and powerful civilization who lived during the height of the bronze age.

Historian Joann Fletcher explores the hitherto downplayed role that women took in the running of state and, indeed, in shaping every aspect of life in Ancient Egypt.

What are the oldest mummies in the world? Ancient Egypt was considered to be the origin of the practice of mummification. In Chile, however, spectacular graves containing mummies a thousand years older than those of the Egyptians, are being unearthed.

A team of modern builders set out to understand and reconstruct the engineering feats of the ancient Roman Colosseum, an iconic building of the ancient world.

Dig into the archaeological historical findings as we visit Petra, the Lost City of Stone and the ancient civilization who built it.

The Incas were master builders, fearsome warriors and practitioners of human sacrifice. Yet this mighty state was conquered by a small band of Spanish adventurers. How did this happen? Anthropologist Bill Sullivan sets out to find the answer to the myth.