Lost City of Aphrodite

Lost City of Aphrodite

Widely recognized as one of the greatest and best-preserved sites in the Classical world, Aphrodisias is a magnificent city of marble dedicated to Aphrodite—the Greek goddess of beauty, love, and sex. Although largely forgotten until [...]

HISTORY Classics: Ancient Greece: Gods and Battles

HISTORY Classics: Ancient Greece: Gods and Battles

Immerse yourself in the exciting and dangerous world of the ancient Greeks and their gods with this invaluable collection of documentaries from HISTORY. A comprehensive selection of programs offers viewers a detailed look at ancient [...]

Empires

Empires

Relive the triumphs and the tragedies, alongside the heroes and the villains, of the most influential empires in history as HISTORY™ explores the spectacular glory – and gory spectacles – of the past in this [...]

Oracle of Delphi Secrets Revealed

Oracle of Delphi Secrets Revealed

Myth and science meet at Delphi, where the ancient Greeks said the oracle (always a woman), in a trance and often a frenzy, spoke on behalf of the gods. Scholarship rejected the claim that vapors [...]

Last Stand of the 300

Last Stand of the 300

High on a narrow mountain pass in 480 B.C., a small Greek army awaits an onslaught of epic proportions. Led by just 300 Spartan soldiers, they somehow hold off the colossal Persian military for seven [...]