Bringing the past to life
World Service,路94 episodes
Destroyed by the Nazis, the Jewish Historical Museum was rebuilt in Amsterdam in 1955
The history of Zanzibar, a cornerstone of world trade for over a 1000 years
The astonishing transformation of pearling and fishing villages into oil rich metropolises
The continuing destruction of Pompeii 2,000 years after Mount Vesuvius
The Fifes and Drums continue to play military music from the American Revolution
Immortalized by Homer in the Iliad Troy still draws archaeologists from around the world
The Siege of Sarajevo and its legacy on the city
From eyesores to ancient monuments, the race to save Britain's World War Two pillboxes
Preserving the monuments and settlements of the Tudor Roanoke Colony in North Carolina
From pirate ships to slave plantations Jamaica's history is being reassessed
Knossos on the Greek island of Crete could be the birthplace of European culture
Howard Carter, Lord Carnarvon and their discovery in 1922 of the young king's tomb
The ancient sites at Great Zimbabwe Bulawayo and Zimbabwe's prehistoric painters
How 2,300 paintings from the 13th Century to Picasso are housed, displayed, and cared for
How do you pack priceless ancient masterpieces to be exhibited half way around the world?
A celebration of St Augustine's re-establishment of Christianity in Britain 1400 years ago
The history of 'Old Cairo' is the history of the ancient world
The discovery of crashed US bombers along the Suffolk coast. With Charlton Heston
A visit to the ancient Syrian sites of Homs Damascus and Palmyra
The complex and sophisticated Mayan civilization survives in stone in Belize
From death at the Colosseum to Dominican monks, the layers of Rome's history are revealed
Who should own the past? The battle to own and display the world's ancient artefacts
What makes Greenwich, an area in South London, a Unesco World Heritage site?
The Tsarist capital was a city of palaces with 30 surviving the Soviets and the Nazis
Divers explore the wreck of a Byzantine ship dashed onto rocks over a thousand years ago
Is conservation about restoration or preservation, heritage or tourism?
The unexpected history of a hospital run by the Order of St John in 1180 Jerusalem
How the arteries of the British industrial revolution are being brought back to life
How Bedouins in Jordan are abandoning goat herding for employment in eco-tourism
The oldest European building in Africa became a central point in the Atlantic slave trade
