ancient world
HISTORY Classics: Ancient Discoveries: War in the Ancient World
Each episode of ANCIENT DISCOVERIES: WAR IN THE ANCIENT WORLD explores ancient inventions and engineering that were previously believed to have been created only in modern times. Included in this special collection: the extraordinary ingenuity [...]
Secrets of the Rosetta Stone
For hundreds of years, the glorious history of Ancient Egypt remained a mystery to the world, its secrets locked away in the baffling language of the hieroglyphs. But in 1799, French troops near the Egyptian [...]
The Great Wall of China
Winding roughly 6,700 kilometers through undulating mountains, grasslands, and desert, its vastness seems beyond the realm of human possibility. A wonder of the ancient world, the Great Wall of China is one of mankind’s most [...]
Egyptian Pyramids
In Hollywood, they are the home to killer mummies and booby traps. Now, separate fact from fantasy with THE HISTORY CHANNEL in this exciting tour of the Egyptian Pyramids, which traces the rise of one [...]
Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
The Pyramids of Giza. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon. The Colossus of Rhodes. Magnificent and mysterious, the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World have captivated explorers for centuries. Narrated by Leonard Nimoy, ANCIENT MYSTERIES® ventures [...]
Mystical Monuments of Ancient Greece
The glorious temples of Athens’s Acropolis bear silent witness to the high point of Ancient Greece’s fabled civilization. Built during the rule of the legendary Pericles the most powerful leader in Athens’s history majestic temples [...]
Ancient Torture Tech
Throughout history man has gone to great lengths to develop the technology of torture. Learn about a new discovery that proves victim’s bones were snapped apart on the rack — not the joints being pulled [...]
