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

Zanzibar

The history of Zanzibar, a cornerstone of world trade for over a 1000 years

• 28 mins

United Arab Emirates

The astonishing transformation of pearling and fishing villages into oil rich metropolises

• 28 mins

Pompeii

The continuing destruction of Pompeii 2,000 years after Mount Vesuvius

• 28 mins

The Colonial Williamsburg Fifes and Drums

The Fifes and Drums continue to play military music from the American Revolution

• 27 mins

Troy

Immortalized by Homer in the Iliad Troy still draws archaeologists from around the world

• 28 mins

Bosnia

The Siege of Sarajevo and its legacy on the city

• 28 mins

Future Monuments

From eyesores to ancient monuments, the race to save Britain's World War Two pillboxes

• 28 mins

American Colonisation

Preserving the monuments and settlements of the Tudor Roanoke Colony in North Carolina

• 27 mins

Jamaica

From pirate ships to slave plantations Jamaica's history is being reassessed

• 27 mins

Knossos

Knossos on the Greek island of Crete could be the birthplace of European culture

• 27 mins

Tutankhamen

Howard Carter, Lord Carnarvon and their discovery in 1922 of the young king's tomb

• 27 mins

Zimbabwe

The ancient sites at Great Zimbabwe Bulawayo and Zimbabwe's prehistoric painters

• 27 mins

The National Gallery

How 2,300 paintings from the 13th Century to Picasso are housed, displayed, and cared for

• 27 mins

British Museum - On Tour

How do you pack priceless ancient masterpieces to be exhibited half way around the world?

• 27 mins

Canterbury Cathedral - St Augustine

A celebration of St Augustine's re-establishment of Christianity in Britain 1400 years ago

• 27 mins

Medieval Cairo

The history of 'Old Cairo' is the history of the ancient world

• 27 mins