
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.

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.

David Attenborough investigates the discovery of a giant dinosaur find in Argentina.

Unraveling the secrets of the 5,000-year-old corpse found frozen in an Alpine glacier.

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.

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

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.

This episode's featured species are the leaellynasaura and the tyrannosaurus.