From conquering emperors to engineering marvels, experience the rise and fall of the ancient world's greatest empire.

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An artistic, spiritual adventure to the Vatican heritage site, where religion, politics, arts and science meet...and new, untold secrets are revealed. Through 3D and CGI, watch archeologists, art restorers and palaeographers reveal the true history of this architectural masterpiece.

An artistic, spiritual adventure to the Vatican heritage site, where religion, politics, arts and science meet...and new, untold secrets are revealed.

The Untold Story of the Vatican

Examining the most incredible architectural constructions of antiquity, those that inspired our engineers and helped build the modern world.

Ancient Engineering

Go behind the scenes with archaeologists, architects and historians as they collaborate to restore Rome's Colosseum.

Colosseum: The Whole Story

Modern science reveals the environmental forces that have shaped human history

The Secrets To Civilization

From ancient caves and catacombs in Israel and Italy, to enigmatic passages in the gospels, evidence shows that Jesus had 12 female disciples who also played a critical role in the birth of Christianity. These indispensable women preached, healed, baptized and even bankrolled the movement.

Evidence shows that 12 female disciples also played a critical role in the birth of Christianity by preaching, healing, baptizing and even bankrolling the movement.

Jesus’ Female Disciples

This series explores three cities that today are home to the vestiges of the industrious Roman civilization.

Roman Megastructures

In 814 BC, the exiled Phoenician queen Dido founds the city of Carthage on the African Coast. The city develops and takes the lead of a maritime empire based on trade. Carthage dominates the Western Mediterranean. But in the third century BC, she finds herself opposed to the Roman Republic.

In 814 BC, the exiled Phoenician queen Dido founds the city of Carthage on the African Coast. But in the third century BC she finds herself opposed to the Roman Republic.

Carthage: Rome's Rival

At the end of a succession of civil wars which have weakened the Roman Republic, Caesar proclaims himself dictator for life. However, on March 14, 44 BC, he is assassinated by conspirators in the name of the Republic.

Caesar proclaims himself dictator for life. However, on March 14, 44 BC, he is assassinated by conspirators in the name of the Republic.

Augustus: Emperor of the Republic

The untimely death of the Roman Emperor of the Western Empire and the poor decisions of the Roman Emperor of the Eastern Empire change the fortunes of the Roman Army in their battle with the Goths. And this changes the future of Europe.

The untimely death of the Roman Emperor of the Western Empire and the poor decisions of the Roman Emperor of the Eastern Empire change the fortunes of the Roman Army.

Rome vs. Barbarians

Cleopatra Selene, daughter of Cleopatra the Great and Mark Antony, saw her dynasty collapse amid her parents’ defeat and suicide. Taken to Rome as a prisoner, all looked lost for Selene. But she rose from the embers to marry the African king Juba II and become one of the continent’s greatest queens.

Cleopatra Selene, little-known daughter of Cleopatra and Mark Antony, witnessed her dynasty’s collapse. But she survived to become a great queen.

Cleopatra's Daughter

Supported by stunning 3D graphics, Dr. Darius Arya explains the purpose and architectural significance of ancient Roman buildings.

Rebuilding Ancient Rome

Ancient Roman banking used a fractional reserve system until speculation caused a "bank run" in 33 AD. The emperor introduced quantitative easing (QE) by distributing 100 million sesterces to trusted banks, creating a quasi-central bank.

Ancient Rome had early examples of a quasi-central bank and used the process of quantitative easing.

The Economy of Ancient Rome

This talk is given by Caroline Winterer of Stanford University.

Learning From the Roman Empire: Are We Repeating their Rise and Decline?

The Roman Empire was built by engineers: from the roads and bridges that let its legions conquer half the world, to the aqueducts that brought water to millions of subjects, to the mighty Coliseum, which still stands as a monument to the glory of Rome.

The Roman Empire was built by engineers: from the roads and bridges that let its legions conquer the world, to the Coliseum, the ultimate monument to the glory of Rome.