Reveals the history behind the building of the Great Wall, Emperor Qin's tomb of clay soldiers, the "Silk Road" trade route and many Chinese inventions.
Visit the ruins of the lost city of Machu Picchu and other remains of the Inca culture to explore the daily life, religion, farming and food of the Inca.
Are Homer's incredible stories in The Iliad and The Odyssey true? Did the lost continent of Atlantis exist? This program explores the "prehistory" of Europe's first civilizations that developed around the Aegean Sea, on the islands and mainland that now make up Greece. The artifacts of the ancient culture of the Mycenaeans reveal a civilization of warriors and craftsmen. By contrast, the ancient Minoans, named for King Minos, were artists, engineers, merchants and traders.
The first book in the Ancient Egyptian series (1993)
City of Thebes. The Festival of Osiris. Loyal subjects of the Pharaoh gather to pay homage to their leader, but Taita - a wise and formidably gifted eunuch slave - sees him only as a symbol of a kingdom's fading glory.