Unsterbliches Pompeji

2020

German

6.2

♡ 1

Sabine Bier Director

Roberto Nini as Self - Archaeologist

Pia Kastenmeier as Self - Archeologist

Pierpaolo Filippelli as Self - Public Prosecutor of Torre Annunziata

Mauro Di Vito as Self - Volcanologist

In 79 A.D., Mount Vesuvius erupted, killing 2,000 people. This documentary asks what happened next as experts explore Ancient Rome's crisis management.

Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb

2020

English

7.2

♡ 35

79%

James Tovell Director

Mostafa Waziri as Self

Nermeen Momen Mohamed as Self

Amira Shaheen as Self

Hamada Shehata Ahmed Mansour as Self

This documentary follows a team of local archaeologists excavating never before explored passageways, shafts, and tombs, piecing together the secrets of Egypt’s most significant find in almost 50 years in Saqqara.

Secret of the Incas

1954

English

6.0

♡ 10

51%

Jerry Hopper Director

Leon Askin as Anton Marcu

Thomas Mitchell as Ed Morgan

Michael Pate as Pachacutec

Martin Garralaga as (uncredited)

Harry Steele (Charlton Heston) is a tourist guide determined to make his fortune by finding the Sunburst, an Inca treasure.

Caligula with Mary Beard

2013

English

6.9

♡ 6

Hugo Macgregor Director

Mary Beard as Self

What is true and what is false in the hideous stories spread about the controversial figure of the Roman emperor Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (12-41), nicknamed Caligula? Professor Mary Beard explains what is accurate and what is mythical in the historical accounts that portray him as an unbalanced despot. Was he a sadistic tyrant, as Roman historians have told, or perhaps the truth about him was manipulated because of political interests?

Ardal O'Hanlon: Tomb Raider

6.7

Chris Nikkel Director

Ardal O'Hanlon as Self - Presenter

Ardal O’Hanlon explores a 1930s quest to find the first Irish men and women using archaeology, answering his deepest questions about what it means to be Irish.

Viking Warrior Women

2019

English

6.4

♡ 1

David Bartlett Director

Isaak Dentler as Narrator

Leszek Gardela as Self - Archaeologist

Torun Zachrisson as Self - Archaeologist

Elisabeth Ida Ward as Self - Historian

Drama-led documentary following the life of Signe, an orphaned Chief's daughter, who, driven by revenge, becomes an explorer and trader in the lands of the Rus Vikings.

National Treasure

2004

English

6.9

♡ 178

47%

arctic polar circle region

philadelphia, pennsylvania

Thriller

treasure

Jon Turteltaub Director

Diane Kruger as Abigail Chase

Nicolas Cage as Benjamin Franklin Gates

Sean Bean as Ian Howe

Stephen A. Pope as Phil

Modern treasure hunters, led by archaeologist Ben Gates, search for a chest of riches rumored to have been stashed away by George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin during the Revolutionary War. The chest's whereabouts may lie in secret clues embedded in the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, and Gates is in a race to find the gold before his enemies do.

Mysteries of the Terracotta Warriors

2024

English

6.7

♡ 15

67%

archeology

china

Documentary

historical reenactment

James Tovell Director

Thousands of terracotta warriors guarded the first Chinese emperor's tomb. This is their story, told through archeological evidence and reenactments.

La Chimera

2023

Italian

7.3

♡ 27

95%

Alice Rohrwacher Director

Josh O'Connor as Arthur

Yle Vianello as Beniamina

Isabella Rossellini as Flora

Alba Rohrwacher as Spartaco

Just out of jail, rumpled English archaeologist Arthur reconnects with his wayward crew of tombaroli accomplices – a happy-go-lucky collective of itinerant grave-robbers who survive by looting Etruscan tombs and fencing the ancient treasures they dig up.

The Body

2001

English

♡ 14

13%

Jonas McCord Director

Ian McNeice as Dr. Sproul

Antonio Banderas as Father Matt Gutierrez

Vernon Dobtcheff as Monsignor

Olivia Williams as Sharon Golban

An ancient skeleton has been discovered in Jerusalem in a rich man's tomb. Colouration of the wrist and leg bones indicates the cause of death was crucifiction. other signs, include a gold coin bearing the marks of Pontius Pilate and faint markings around the skull, lead authorities to suspect that these could be the bones of Jesus Christ. Politicians, clerics, religious extremists and those using terror as a means to an end, find their beliefs and identities tested while risking their lives to unearth the truth.....

Nostalgia for the Light

2010

Spanish

7.6

♡ 2

100%

Patricio Guzmán Director

Luís Henríquez as Self

Lautaro Núñez as Self - Archeologist

Miguel Lawner as Self - Architect

Gaspar Galaz as Self - Astronomer

In Chile's Atacama Desert, astronomers peer deep into the cosmos in search for answers concerning the origins of life. Nearby, a group of women sift through the sand searching for body parts of loved ones, dumped unceremoniously by Pinochet's regime.

Egypt's Lost Queens

2014

English

7.1

♡ 3

Ian A. Hunt Director

Joann Fletcher as Self - Presenter

Professor Joann Fletcher explores what it was like to be a woman of power in ancient Egypt. Through a wealth of spectacular buildings, personal artefacts and amazing tombs, Joann brings to life four of ancient Egypt's most powerful female rulers and discovers the remarkable influence wielded by women, whose power and freedom was unique in the ancient world. Throughout Egypt's history, women held the title of pharaoh no fewer than 15 times, and many other women played key roles in running the state and shaping every aspect of life. Joann Fletcher puts these influential women back at the heart of our understanding, revealing the other half of ancient Egypt.