Thomas Telford - The Colossus of Roads

The canals bridges docks and roads of Thomas Telford, the "father of civil engineering"

• 24 mins

Frobisher's Gold

Tudor explorer and licensed pirate Martin Frobisher's quest for Arctic gold

• 29 mins

Stolen Antiquities

Why has London has become a global centre for stolen and looted classical antiquities?

• 28 mins

Ancient Medicine

What killed the mummy? Manchester Museum investigate death in the classical world

• 28 mins

Moenjodaro - Pakistan

The abandonment of the city of Mohenjodaro in 1700BC, is still a mystery

• 29 mins

The Ghandaran Kingdom

The Ghandaran kingdom lasted from 1500-500BC. Will its remains survive modern looting?

• 28 mins

The Tomb of Tutankhamun

The discovery of the tomb in 1922 and the current attempts to preserve it

• 26 mins

Kathmandu

Factories businesses and over a million tourists are taking their toll on Kathmandu

• 27 mins

The Lost Monastery of San Vincenzo

The discovery of a 'monastic Pompeii' in the province of Isernia in central Italy

• 27 mins

The Temples of Angkor

The restoration of the temples in Angkor Cambodia, including the magnificent Angkor Wat

• 27 mins

Newgrange - Ireland

How Irish authorities are cracking down on the black market by recruiting treasure hunters

• 27 mins

British Museum - Lyre

A 7th Century lyre from a ship burial at Sutton Hoo is reconstructed and played

• 27 mins

Uluburun Shipwreck

The Uluburun shipwreck sank in 1,400BC with enough bronze on board to equip a small army

• 28 mins

Hagia Sophia

Hagia Sophia, one of the great buildings of the ancient world is painstakingly cleaned

• 28 mins

Petra

How was Petra's extraordinary rock-cut architecture achieved?

• 28 mins

The Australian Museum

Australia's first museum was established by early European settlers in 1827

• 28 mins

Ironbridge Gorge

How a gorge in the heart of England's Shropshire became a Unesco World Heritage site

• 29 mins

Prague

Despite war revolution and occupation Prague remains one of Europe’s best preserved cities

• 28 mins

The Monuments of Vietnam

Vietnam's history is written in its monuments. But can they be protected from developers?

• 27 mins

Orford Ness

The Suffolk nature reserve that was once a top secret military site

• 28 mins

Sana'a in Yemen

How did the ancient city of Sana'a develop multi-storey buildings with geometric patterns?

• 28 mins

Ethiopian Christianity

Ethopia's Christian heritage is an ancient one. But how many of their sites have survived?

• 28 mins

Australia

The new-found desire in Australia to preserve their colonial convict and industrial past

• 28 mins

Venice

Venice is sinking. Can concerned organisations from all over Europe hold back the tides?

• 27 mins

Zuiderzee Museum

A maritime museum dedicated to preserving the heritage of the Zuiderzee region

• 28 mins

The Great Irish Famine

Moves to commemorate the Great Irish Famine which began in 1845

• 28 mins

Hong Kong

From an island of fishermen to one of the world's first "tiger economies"

• 28 mins

London

Archeologists have discovered some strange things under and around London.

• 28 mins

Byzantine Shipwreck

The discovery of a Byzantine wreck in Tantura Lagoon once the ancient harbour of Tel Dor

• 28 mins

Joods Historisch Museum

Destroyed by the Nazis, the Jewish Historical Museum was rebuilt in Amsterdam in 1955

• 28 mins