The Great Irish Famine

Moves to commemorate the Great Irish Famine which began in 1845

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Hong Kong

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

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London

Archeologists have discovered some strange things under and around London.

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Byzantine Shipwreck

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

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Joods Historisch Museum

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

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Zanzibar

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

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United Arab Emirates

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

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Pompeii

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

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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

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Bosnia

The Siege of Sarajevo and its legacy on the city

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Future Monuments

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

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American Colonisation

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

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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

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Tutankhamen

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

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Zimbabwe

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

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The National Gallery

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

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British Museum - On Tour

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

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Canterbury Cathedral - St Augustine

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

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Medieval Cairo

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

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Aviation Archeology in Suffolk

The discovery of crashed US bombers along the Suffolk coast. With Charlton Heston

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Syria

A visit to the ancient Syrian sites of Homs Damascus and Palmyra

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The Maya

The complex and sophisticated Mayan civilization survives in stone in Belize

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Rome

From death at the Colosseum to Dominican monks, the layers of Rome's history are revealed

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Robbing the Past

Who should own the past? The battle to own and display the world's ancient artefacts

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Greenwich

What makes Greenwich, an area in South London, a Unesco World Heritage site?

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The Palaces of St Petersburg

The Tsarist capital was a city of palaces with 30 surviving the Soviets and the Nazis

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Underwater Archaeology

Divers explore the wreck of a Byzantine ship dashed onto rocks over a thousand years ago

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A Question of Conservation

Is conservation about restoration or preservation, heritage or tourism?

• 27 mins