Journey back in time and explore our world’s history. Visit ancient civilizations and discover the scientific clues left behind. From the stone age to the modern age, History on Work Lizard explores every part of humanities history.
In 1971, the Shah of Iran celebrated 2,500 years of the Persian monarchy by throwing the greatest party in history. The party was so expensive however, it left Iran with such a big bill the country never recovered.
The Private Lives of Pompeii offers a fascinating look at the people who lived and died in Pompeii before the catastrophic volcanic eruption of Mt. Vesuvius.
Quest For The Lost City follows a group of scientists and archaeologists as they search for a mysterious place known as Site Q (La Corona), an ancient Mayan city in the Guatemalan jungles.
Bettany Hughes investigates the enduring relationship between warfare and worship, by following the trail through time of ancient Rome's god of war, Mars.
This documentary sets out to retrace the footsteps of captain Sir John Franklin's expedition and ultimately find his sunken ships and find out what happened to the expedition.
Marked as the worst human-made catastrophe in history, the Chernobyl nuclear power plant meltdown on 26th April 1986 is re-created through original footage and re-enactment by actors in Zero Hour: Disaster at Chernobyl.
The Chernobyl Podcast continues in part three. In this part we'll get to know more about how the contamination was handled by the people involved and the plan to stop the spread of the nuclear fallout.
Peter Sagal and Craig Mazin continues The Chernobyl Podcast in part two. Our hosts discuss how the nuclear meltdown was contained while millions of people were at risk to exposure across Europe.
The Chernobyl Podcast part one seeks to flesh out the same named HBO miniseries, Chernobyl, by contributing historical facts and true stories to show what lead up to the catastrophic disaster in Russia 1986.
Is there a reason for the inequality of modern world societies? Jared Diamond believes so and traces humanity's journey over the last 13,000 years to understand the roots of global inequality.