Series bringing to life Great Empires, each episode visiting the most significant sites 100 historic sites in all, discovering how they were built, for what purpose, and what they reveal about the empire's rise and fall.
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Dr Alice Roberts explores the most exciting finds from West Britain. Iron Age gold in Britain is unearthed and a Viking camp is discovered.
After thriving for three centuries, the Celts turned from traders into proven warriors, weapon masters and metal artists in a time that became their golden age.
A journey to some of the mysteries of how the early Celts emerged and expanded, from collapsed salt mines, to bizarre rituals and lost cities.
The newly discovered testimony of an elderly Indigenous woman claims to identify where Slumach found his gold. After returning from their glacier expedition empty-handed, a disturbing vision has Kru rattled and rethinking his approach.
The legend of Slumach's Lost Gold Mine has a prospector, mountaineer and a truth-seeker searching for clues in Pitt Lake, British Columbia. Early 1900's newspaper reports claim that Taylor's ancestor Slumach placed a curse on his mine.
Nazi loot. Roman coins. Viking artefacts. Spanish gold. These are just some of the priceless treasures that regularly pass through the hands of the world's most prolific yet completely unknown treasure hunters, Hamilton White and Carl Cookson.
Nazi loot. Roman coins. Viking artefacts. Spanish gold. These are just some of the priceless treasures that regularly pass through the hands of the world's most prolific yet completely unknown treasure hunters, Hamilton White and Carl Cookson.
In medieval England, the North was ruled from York. Dan Jones explores the history of its castle, from the Viking Jorvik and the Normans, through the dark days of the anti-Jewish pogrom and the imprisonment of the Knights Templar, to one of its most colourful inmates - the legendary highwayman Dick Turpin.
Al Murray is joined by Kevin Kropinery. Uncover the truth about Captain Cook and how the first cricket legends were Aboriginal. Hitting the high notes of controversy along the way by butting in on topical issues is Al Murrays comedic alter ego.
Al Murray is joined in South Africa by Loyiso Gola, famed for his political satire and taboo-breaking comedy. Together they explore British Imperial history in South Africa and expose the dirty deal that started Apartheid.
Dr Alice Roberts explores the biggest collection of Roman writing tablets. A fort scattered with human skulls provides evidence of Caesar's invasion.
Dr Alice Roberts explores the most exciting finds from West Britain. Iron Age gold in Britain is unearthed and a Viking camp is discovered.
After thriving for three centuries, the Celts turned from traders into proven warriors, weapon masters and metal artists in a time that became their golden age.
A journey to some of the mysteries of how the early Celts emerged and expanded, from collapsed salt mines, to bizarre rituals and lost cities.
Dan takes a look behind the Arundel Castle and the infamous Earls of Arundel. He examines how its knights would've fought in the Hundred Years' War, as well as how they would've prepared the castle for Queen Victoria's visit in 1846.
Dr Alice Roberts uncovers some incredible finds from North Britain, including Scottish man-made islands that help paint a picture of Stone Age tech.
Medieval Italy was a hotch-potch of City States – among them Venice, Florence and Genoa – which were very, very rich and therefore juicy targets for envious foreign powers.
If there's a single period in history that really gets the imagination racing it's the time of the Crusades, which are always the subject of much historical speculation and are surrounded by myth and mystery.
Series bringing to life Great Empires, each episode visiting the most significant sites 100 historic sites in all, discovering how they were built, for what purpose, and what they reveal about the empire's rise and fall.
Series bringing to life Great Empires, each episode visiting the most significant sites 100 historic sites in all, discovering how they were built, for what purpose, and what they reveal about the empire's rise and fall.
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