
Ancient Worlds
Richard Miles traces the battle-scarred career of Alexander the Great.

Richard Miles traces the battle-scarred career of Alexander the Great.

Richard Miles explores the power and the paradox of the 'Greek Thing'.

Richard Miles looks at the winners, losers and survivors of the great Bronze Age collapse.

Richard Miles traces the roots of civilization in Iraq, Syria, Egypt, Anatolia and Greece.

According to new evidence, the Woolly Mammoth went on roaming until about the time the Pyramids were built.

Thousands of years ago, tar slicks entombed the most spectacular animals ever to walk the continent.

A herd of mammoths head south for winter, running a gauntlet of ice-age hunters.

The largest of all the sabre tooth cats roamed South America one million years ago.

Three million years ago, Ethiopia was home of the ape-man Australopithecus and the sabre-toothed Dinofelis.

Twenty five million years ago lived the Indricotheres - the largest land mammals of all time.

In the sea, 36 million years ago the most monstrous mammals can be found.

Forty-nine million years ago, the world was heavily forested and birds ruled the planet.

What finally killed all the woolly rhinos, mammoths, sloths and sabre-toothed cats?

According to new evidence, the Woolly Mammoth went on roaming until about the time the Pyramids were built.

Thousands of years ago, tar slicks entombed the most spectacular animals ever to walk the continent.

A herd of mammoths head south for winter, running a gauntlet of ice-age hunters.

The largest of all the sabre tooth cats roamed South America one million years ago.

Three million years ago, Ethiopia was home of the ape-man Australopithecus and the sabre-toothed Dinofelis.

Twenty five million years ago lived the Indricotheres - the largest land mammals of all time.

In the sea, 36 million years ago the most monstrous mammals can be found.