Bringing the past to life
World Service,·94 episodes
The world's first public museum, built in 17th Century Oxford
The canals bridges docks and roads of Thomas Telford, the "father of civil engineering"
Tudor explorer and licensed pirate Martin Frobisher's quest for Arctic gold
Why has London has become a global centre for stolen and looted classical antiquities?
What killed the mummy? Manchester Museum investigate death in the classical world
The abandonment of the city of Mohenjodaro in 1700BC, is still a mystery
The Ghandaran kingdom lasted from 1500-500BC. Will its remains survive modern looting?
The discovery of the tomb in 1922 and the current attempts to preserve it
Factories businesses and over a million tourists are taking their toll on Kathmandu
The discovery of a 'monastic Pompeii' in the province of Isernia in central Italy
The restoration of the temples in Angkor Cambodia, including the magnificent Angkor Wat
How Irish authorities are cracking down on the black market by recruiting treasure hunters
A 7th Century lyre from a ship burial at Sutton Hoo is reconstructed and played
The Uluburun shipwreck sank in 1,400BC with enough bronze on board to equip a small army
Hagia Sophia, one of the great buildings of the ancient world is painstakingly cleaned
How was Petra's extraordinary rock-cut architecture achieved?
Australia's first museum was established by early European settlers in 1827
How a gorge in the heart of England's Shropshire became a Unesco World Heritage site
Despite war revolution and occupation Prague remains one of Europe’s best preserved cities
Vietnam's history is written in its monuments. But can they be protected from developers?
The Suffolk nature reserve that was once a top secret military site
How did the ancient city of Sana'a develop multi-storey buildings with geometric patterns?
Ethopia's Christian heritage is an ancient one. But how many of their sites have survived?
The new-found desire in Australia to preserve their colonial convict and industrial past
Venice is sinking. Can concerned organisations from all over Europe hold back the tides?
A maritime museum dedicated to preserving the heritage of the Zuiderzee region
Moves to commemorate the Great Irish Famine which began in 1845
From an island of fishermen to one of the world's first "tiger economies"
Archeologists have discovered some strange things under and around London.
The discovery of a Byzantine wreck in Tantura Lagoon once the ancient harbour of Tel Dor
