
Archaeology: A Secret History
Richard Miles explores how archaeology began by trying to prove a biblical truth.

Richard Miles explores how archaeology began by trying to prove a biblical truth.

Alice Roberts journeys 40,000 years back in time on the trail of the great beasts of the Ice Age.

High in the mountains of Transylvania, a cave sealed for centuries reveals a fight to the death.

Professor Alice Roberts is on the trail of Ice Age beasts, including the saber-toothed cat.

Dinosaurs are extinguished by an asteroid in prehistoric Idaho.

Dinosaurs thrived during springtime when ferns and evergreens reappeared in the polar forest.

Prehistoric flying reptiles.

Large marine reptiles command the seas during the late Jurassic period.

Colorado was once a desert home to dinosaurs.

The life of the first reptilian carnivores on Earth, told through computer animation.

Iain Stewart shows the impact of salt on the existence of ice ages and the preservation of the dead in Egypt.

Iain Stewart discovers how water has played a role in history, including the fall of the Roman Empire.

Dr Iain Stewart looks at how the rocks of the Mediterranean have shaped human history.

Cave painters scraped their colors from rocks, but later civilizations used rocks to broaden their palettes.

Dr Stewart reveals how rocks inspired the Egyptians to build pyramids and the Romans to build perfect circles.

Earthquakes are behind everything from catastrophic volcanoes to natural health spas.

A documentary following the investigation of a 4,000-year-old body found preserved in a bog.

Dr Alice Roberts finds out how the experts put dinosaur skeletons back together.

Over 150 million years during the Jurassic period, the first giant killers stalked the Earth.

Recent discoveries reveal the extraordinary ability of dinosaurs to adapt and survive.