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The excavations of Pompeii reveal a thriving sex industry with prostitutes ranging from female slaves to male celebrities. But like today sexual promiscuity was not considered proper or even legal. This program examines
Bettany Hughes draws on her investigative skills and the latest technology to offer a new insight into the lives and deaths of the victims of one of the worst natural disasters in history. As well as travelling to Pompei
Set in ancient Rome, this action-filled 1935 spectacle stars Preston Foster as a blacksmith who becomes a Roman gladiator.
In February 2021, the teams from the Archaeological Park of Pompeii unearthed an astoundingly well-preserved, almost intact Roman ceremonial chariot.
Beneath the pumice and ash that buried the buried the Roman city of Pompeii nearly 2,000 years ago, Italian archaeologists have have have a modern city street—complete with "fast food" roadside taverns—and a chariot that
Professor Alice Roberts joins the team excavating a 3,000-year-old Bronze Age village in the Cambridgeshire Fens that's been called the 'British Pompeii' due to the remarkable levels of preservation.
The story behind the triumphant naval battle of Lepanto in 1571, where Italians used the rosary as a weapon, praying for victory against overwhelming odds.
52 years after the original Pompeii film, Nick Mason, the legendary drummer of Pink Floyd, returns to this iconic location with his new band for an unforgettable performance. And the set-list was; 1) Intro, 2) Pre-Show,
POMPEII archaeologist Bettany Hughes revisited an incredible discovery in what was described as "the most intriguing survivor of Pompeii," a masterpiece of the Roman Empire that can be linked to the 21st century.
The volcano Eldfell erupts, and destroys much of the town of Heimaey.
Hidden beneath Yellowstone National Park lies a supervolcano with an eruption potential poised for global catastrophe; now, scientists use cutting-edge tech to explore what they believe could be the largest natural disas
