Trois destinées, celles de deux hommes et d'une femme, vont participer à la fondation de la ville de Rome.
Des entretiens avec des experts et des reconstitutions captivantes révèlent la vie extraordinaire d'Alexandre le Grand et son désir fou de conquérir le monde.
Jérusalem, en 72 après Jésus Christ après la destruction du Second Temple, 900 fanatiques juifs tiennent tête à une légion romaine de 5000 hommes sur la forteresse de Massada, au sommet de la montagne. L'armée romaine commandée par Flavius Silva assiège la forteresse réputée imprenable de Masada où sont réfugiés les rebelles juifs. La force militaire implacable de Rome se confronte alors à l'héroïsme d'un peuple qui n'a plus rien à perdre…
Twenty year-old Julius Caesar flees Rome for his life during the reign of Sulla but through skill and ambition rises four decades later to become Rome's supreme dictator.
Bettany Hughes take viewers on armchair travels to explore household-name treasures and new finds from across the world.
John Romer recreates the glory and history of Byzantium. From the Hagia Sophia in present-day Istanbul to the looted treasures of the empire now located in St. Marks in Venice.
Tutored by Aristotle, helpless witness to his father's assassination, and a brilliant, pioneering tactician, Alexander the Great had conquered the known world--and sealed his legacy as one of history's most remarkable rulers--by the age of 25. In the year 334 B.C., 20-year-old King Alexander of Macedonia decided to bring the farthest reaches of the world under one domain. Over the next 12 years, he led a grand army across more than 20,000 miles and eventually brought all of Asia under his control, only to perish from battle wounds at the age of 32. Incorporating dramatic onsite reenactments with high-end computer graphics and the expertise of renowned scholars, THE TRUE STORY OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT is a special presentation from THE HISTORY CHANNEL®, examining the life and career of this military genius, impassioned lover, and fearless leader.
1984 Channel 4 documentary series surveying the history of New Testament scholarship, giving an overview of the contemporary New Testament scholarship, and finally a tracing of the history of the development of Christianity.
Adaptation du web-roman chinois de Yu Xiao Lan Shan (语笑阑珊).
Nous suivons l'histoire du jeune empereur Chu Yuan et de son ami d'enfance Duan Baiyue.
How was everyday life in Ancient Greece? Did it have anything in common with our lives today? With the help of specialized scientists and a rich audiovisual material, a journey back in time begins!
Egyptian archaeologist Dr. Yasmin el-Shazly and photographer Mahmoud Rashad investigate the life and burial of King Tut.
L'historien britannique Dan Snow nous révèle la fabuleuse histoire du jeune pharaon Toutânkhamon. L'historien et ses collègues John Sergeant et Raksha Dave découvrent la tombe et les trésors du jeune roi. Pendant que Snow explore le tombeau doré du pharaon, Dave suit de nouvelles fouilles dans la Vallée des Rois et Sergeant découvre la cuisine et la culture égyptiennes anciennes. Dan Snow visite également les laboratoires du Musée égyptien du Caire, où il découvre la véritable histoire de la famille du garçon roi et comment il est peut-être mort.
Bettany Hughes searches out the real truth about the birth of democracy in ancient Athens 2500 years ago
In 1072, King Ly Thanh Tong died, 7 years old Crown Prince Can Duc ascended the throne, alias Ly Nhan Tong. At the same time in the north, the Song dynasty was disturbed by the reforms of Vuong An Thach, and the Song Dynasty plotted to attack the South.
Mur monumental marquant la frontière nord de l’empire et protégeant le pays contre les attaques des nomades venus d'Asie centrale, une série de documentaire sur une des réalisations les plus importantes de l'homme.
A guided tour of the history of numbers and how they’ve shaped the development of humankind is at the heart of this unique series. In five episodes that take us across time and around the world, we see how mathematics played an important role in ancient Egypt and Greece, early India, medieval Europe, and our own modern world. Computer graphics make mathematical formulae accessible and interesting, while dramatic reenactments of history pique the viewer’s interest.