Al-Ma’arri the Poet

Why was the bust of a blind, vegetarian, medieval poet the casualty of Syria's modern war?

• 13 mins

The Genie of Nimrud

On the murky trail of a missing genie, last seen in the ancient Assyrian palace of Nimrud

• 15 mins

Armenian Martyr’s Memorial, Der Zor

A shrine to the 1915 Armenian massacres, made from human bones in the Syrian desert

• 14 mins

Looted Sumerian Seal, Baghdad

In search of a Sumerian goddess, and the pillaging of Iraq's most important museum

• 14 mins

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• 1 min

Nimrud and Hatra

What’s left of the ancient archaeological sites of northern Iraq?

• 28 mins

The Necklace That Divided Two Nations

India and Pakistan's tussle for Indus Valley antiquities after partition

• 22 mins

Kashmir’s Palladium cinema

The conflict in Kashmir told through the life and times of a burnt-out movie theatre

• 29 mins

The Cricketer Who Lost His Team

Even cricket was partitioned in 1947

• 3 mins

The Keeper of Buddha's Bones

In search of Peshawar’s lost Buddhist past

• 14 mins

Delhi’s Stolen Seat of Power

The creation and capture of Mughal India’s coveted Peacock Throne

• 13 mins

Jinnah’s Last Home

The ruin and rebuilding of Ziarat residency, where Pakistan’s founder spent his last days

• 18 mins

Tagore’s Nobel Prize Theft

Rabindranath Tagore was the world's first Asian Nobel Laureate - but his medal was stolen

• 16 mins

Return to Aleppo

One man's extraordinary quest to find out what became of his home in Aleppo's old town.

• 27 mins

The Fire That Scorched Brazil’s History

Inside the ruin of Brazil’s National Museum – and the struggle to revive it

• 57 mins