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Ancient Civilizations & Lost Worlds
Journey through time to explore ancient mysteries, from the Epic of Gilgamesh to Easter Island's enigmatic statues and the Silk Road's cultural exchange.
- Ancient
- Civilizations
- Archaeology
- Mysteries
Some of the stories included
Milo of CrotonMilo of Croton, a wrestler from a Greek colony in southern Italy, won six Olympic titles in the 6th century BC and became the subject of lasting legends about his strength.
The ColosseumDiscover how the Colosseum was built with war spoils, engineered to empty in minutes, and what the thumbs-down gesture really meant.
Machu PicchuMachu Picchu, the Inca royal estate built for Emperor Pachacuti in the 1400s: how it was built, why it was abandoned, and who really lived there.
The Silk Road: A Journey Across ContinentsThe Silk Road, the network of trade routes that linked China to the Mediterranean and carried silk, paper, religions and ideas for 1,500 years.
The Pyramids of GizaHow the Great Pyramid of Giza was built around 2580 BC: the architect, an inspector's surviving diary, and the paid workers' city beside it.
Lost Cities of the AmazonLIDAR found over 6,000 ancient platforms hidden beneath Ecuador's rainforest canopy, revealing a 2,500-year-old urban network.
The MycenaeansThe Bronze Age civilisation of mainland Greece, from its fortified palaces and Schliemann's 1876 excavation at Mycenae to the Linear B tablets, its collapse around 1200 BC and its echoes in Homer.
PompeiiThe AD 79 eruption of Vesuvius buried Pompeii, a catastrophe witnessed and recorded by Roman author Pliny the Younger.
The Epic of GilgameshThe Epic of Gilgamesh, the world's oldest surviving great story: a Mesopotamian king, the wild man who became his friend, and a search for eternal life.
The Teotihuacan CollapseTeotihuacan, the great city of ancient Mexico, and the fire and slow decline that ended it, which many archaeologists link to internal revolt and a colder climate.
Sargon of AkkadSargon of Akkad rose from cupbearer to create the world's first empire, uniting Mesopotamia with a standing army and a new capital, Agade.
The Boys Who Found LascauxOn September 8, 1940, 17-year-old Marcel Ravidat and his dog Robot found a cave of paintings hidden for millennia.
DoggerlandThe story of Doggerland, the land that once joined Britain to Europe, revealed by a harpoon found in a fisherman's net in 1931.
The Nazca LinesThe Nazca Lines of southern Peru: how the desert geoglyphs were made, the researchers who studied and protected them, the 2024 AI-assisted discovery of 303 new figures, and the threats they face.
The Library of AlexandriaDiscover how the Library of Alexandria gathered its massive collection, who worked there, and the events that led to its destruction.
The Discovery of Ur's Death PitWoolley's team found Queen Puabi's tomb in 1927, then a pit of 74 retainers whose deaths were finally reexamined with CT scans in 2007.
The Rosetta StoneA forgotten stone slab from 196 BC, found in a wall in 1799, held the key to deciphering ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs.
The Historical JesusWhat historians can say about Jesus of Nazareth, from Paul's letters to his crucifixion under Pontius Pilate and mentions in Roman sources.
The Mystery of Easter IslandHow the Rapa Nui carved nearly 900 moai and moved them by "walking" them upright, how they farmed a harsh island, and how Peruvian slave raids and smallpox nearly destroyed them in the 1860s.
The Mystery of the Sea PeoplesThey helped topple the Bronze Age world, and a 2019 DNA study finally proved their European origins.
Tutankhamun: The Boy KingThe life and death of Tutankhamun, the boy pharaoh who restored Egypt's old gods, and Howard Carter's 1922 discovery of his nearly intact tomb in the Valley of the Kings.
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