Documentaries about ancient civilizations are some of the most interesting, with several of them being engaging docuseries ...

HANGZHOU, China, Nov. 05, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- An innovative international documentary, When Socrates Met Confucius, is poised for its upcoming debut on Jiangsu Satellite TV and broadcasters in ...

Researchers visit an ancient pyramid in Peru in NOVA's Ancient Builders of the Amazon. Image Credit: Federico Pardo for NOVA/GBH For 50 years, NOVA has taken viewers on adventures through time and ...

The Cycladic, the Minoan, and the Mycenaean cultures define the Bronze Age of Greece, 3,100-1,000 BCE. This was a period of flourishing architecture, craftmanship, agriculture, sanitation, including ...

Two recent Netflix documentaries have ignited a firestorm among members of the scientific community who have challenged the credibility of the work. The popular shows are “Unknown: Cave of Bones,” ...

The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Civilizations explores the world's earliest cultures, from the farming settlements of Mesopotamia to the Americas and Polynesia, via the birth of Greek city ...

Go back in time to ancient Egypt. Thousands of years, in fact. Their influence on modern life can be seen in our language, art, engineering, and more. Gain a new appreciation for ancient Egyptian ...

On a summer day in 1908, Italian archaeologist Luigi Pernier unearthed what would become one of history’s most tantalizing puzzles. While excavating the ancient Minoan palace of Phaistos in Crete, ...

In a groundbreaking discovery that has the potential to delay a significant infrastructure project, Greek archaeologists have unearthed a 4,000-year-old stone building on a hilltop in Crete, earmarked ...