Archaeology
How attention turned from civilization and kings to the search for the common man.
How attention turned from civilization and kings to the search for the common man.
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The 120-million-year reign of the dinosaurs ended when mammals became the fiercest creatures on the planet.
This episode's featured species are the leaellynasaura and the tyrannosaurus.
This episode's featured species are the opthalmosaurus and the ornithocheirus.
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.
A giant comet heading for Earth is destined to mark the end of the age of the dinosaurs.
Follow a group of plant-eating dinosaurs as they try to survive in an extreme climate.
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.
Forty-nine million years ago, the world was heavily forested and birds ruled the planet.
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.
Piramesses, the grand capital of Ramesses II, was lost to time until scientists found it in the desert.
Our ancient powers have endured for centuries, but destruction is close at hand.
In an unruly world, our ancient powers must lead their people and create ways to govern.
Our ancient powers must use all their strength to defend their people and conquer land.
Alastair Sooke explores the sumptuous treasures of the golden age of Egyptian art.
Alastair Sooke looks at Ancient Egyptian masterpieces through the eyes of an art lover.
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