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Pompeii
The continuing destruction of Pompeii 2,000 years after Mount Vesuvius
The Colonial Williamsburg Fifes and Drums
The Fifes and Drums continue to play military music from the American Revolution
Troy
Immortalized by Homer in the Iliad Troy still draws archaeologists from around the world
Bosnia
The Siege of Sarajevo and its legacy on the city
Future Monuments
From eyesores to ancient monuments, the race to save Britain's World War Two pillboxes
American Colonisation
Preserving the monuments and settlements of the Tudor Roanoke Colony in North Carolina
Jamaica
From pirate ships to slave plantations Jamaica's history is being reassessed
Knossos
Knossos on the Greek island of Crete could be the birthplace of European culture
Tutankhamen
Howard Carter, Lord Carnarvon and their discovery in 1922 of the young king's tomb
Zimbabwe
The ancient sites at Great Zimbabwe Bulawayo and Zimbabwe's prehistoric painters
The National Gallery
How 2,300 paintings from the 13th Century to Picasso are housed, displayed, and cared for
British Museum - On Tour
How do you pack priceless ancient masterpieces to be exhibited half way around the world?
Canterbury Cathedral - St Augustine
A celebration of St Augustine's re-establishment of Christianity in Britain 1400 years ago
Medieval Cairo
The history of 'Old Cairo' is the history of the ancient world
Aviation Archeology in Suffolk
The discovery of crashed US bombers along the Suffolk coast. With Charlton Heston
Syria
A visit to the ancient Syrian sites of Homs Damascus and Palmyra
The Maya
The complex and sophisticated Mayan civilization survives in stone in Belize
Rome
From death at the Colosseum to Dominican monks, the layers of Rome's history are revealed
Robbing the Past
Who should own the past? The battle to own and display the world's ancient artefacts
Greenwich
What makes Greenwich, an area in South London, a Unesco World Heritage site?
The Palaces of St Petersburg
The Tsarist capital was a city of palaces with 30 surviving the Soviets and the Nazis
Underwater Archaeology
Divers explore the wreck of a Byzantine ship dashed onto rocks over a thousand years ago
A Question of Conservation
Is conservation about restoration or preservation, heritage or tourism?
Medieval Medicine
The unexpected history of a hospital run by the Order of St John in 1180 Jerusalem
Canals
How the arteries of the British industrial revolution are being brought back to life
Bedouins of Jordan
How Bedouins in Jordan are abandoning goat herding for employment in eco-tourism
Elmina Castle in Ghana
The oldest European building in Africa became a central point in the Atlantic slave trade
The Holy Land
How much of Jesus' Jerusalem still exists after 2000 years of turmoil?
The Anastasian Wall
How an international effort is preserving the Roman Anastasian Wall in Turkey
Historic Ships
How are historic ships are conserved and why is so much spent on their long term survival?
Mass Tourism
Can heritage sites like Stonehenge and Westminster Abbey cope with modern mass tourism?