Category: Near East

War And Conflicts
Join Monty Python's Terry Jones on a tour of the ingenuity of our ancestors. Take a humorous yet factual look at inventions we think...

Episode 1 The Age of Heroes
Homer wrote his epicThe Iliad, in 700 BC 500 years after the Trojan Wars were supposed to have taken place. Did the Trojan war...

Queen of Sheba Behind the Myth
The Queen of Sheba is one of the most alluring names in historysynonymous with the exotic and erotic, but until now her real story...

Guardian of the Ages: The Great Sphinx
On the eastern base of the Giza plateau below the pyramid complex is another stunning symbol of ancient Egypt the great sphinx. There are...

Episode 2 The Legend under Siege
Homer wrote his epicThe Iliad, in 700 BC 500 years after the Trojan Wars were supposed to have taken place. Did the Trojan war...

The History of Devil
LuciferBeelzebub, The Beast, Satan. He has been called many names and taken many strange different forms over the ages. So where does the concept...

Episode 1 The Assyrians Masters of War
Each half hour episode looks at a major fighting people or force and charts the reasons for their rise to dominance and subsequent fall....

Episode 3 The Singer of Tales
Homer wrote his epicThe Iliad, in 700 BC 500 years after the Trojan Wars were supposed to have taken place. Did the Trojan war...

The History of God
Based on the best selling book by Karen ArmstrongA History of God descents into the ancient roots of Abrahamic religions and analyses today's three...

Episode 6 Soldiers of Pharaohs
Each half hour episode looks at a major fighting people or force and charts the reasons for their rise to dominance and subsequent fall....