Archaeology
How discoveries in the 18th century overturned ideas of when and where civilization began.
How discoveries in the 18th century overturned ideas of when and where civilization began.
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Fly with a pterosaur on a journey of thousands of miles to his breeding grounds.
Meet the liopleurodon, the biggest of all the carnivores 149 million years ago.
This is the story of one of the largest animals to walk the Earth - the mighty sauropods.
Two hundred and twenty million years ago, one group of reptiles was about to take over the world.
How attention turned from civilization and kings to the search for the common man.
How discoveries in the 18th century overturned ideas of when and where civilization began.
Richard Miles explores how archaeology began by trying to prove a biblical truth.
In the last of the series, Richard Miles examines the rise and fall of the Roman Empire.
This episode's featured species are the leaellynasaura and the tyrannosaurus.
This episode's featured species are the opthalmosaurus and the ornithocheirus.
This episode's featured species are the coelophysis and the diplodocus.
David Attenborough explores why dinosaurs vanished while reptiles like crocodiles and turtles survived.
A look at the scientific work which went into the reconstruction of Big Al the Allosaurus.
In 1991, scientists discovered a perfectly preserved Allosaurus body and named him Big Al. This is his story.
Nigel Marven is on the trail of the dinosaur with the biggest claws of all time.
Computer animation is used to simulate dinosaurs in a walk alongside the biggest ones that ever lived.
The Hittites ruled an empire from Hattusha, lost for 2,500 years until its rediscovery.
Tucume, South America's largest pyramid city, has 26 structures and a history of sacrifice and neglect.
In an unpredictable world, our ancient powers must lay down their foundations.
In a brutal world where nature is both friend and foe, our ancient powers take shape.
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