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Ancient HistFinding Atlantis (2015) - A team of archaeologists, geologists, divers and dreamers look for the final resting place of the once-mighty civilisation in a gigantic marsh in southern Spain.

11 points 5 comments submitted 1 year ago by s18m to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qI8lyH16H4I

Ancient HistAncient Aliens Debunked (2012) - A point by point critique of the "Ancient Astronaut Theory"

1,843 points 367 comments submitted 1 year ago by deadpoetic31 to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=13&v=j9w-i5oZqaQ

Ancient HistOUT OF THE ASHES: RECOVERING THE LOST LIBRARY OF HERCULANEUM (2015)- follows attempts over 250 years to unroll and decipher these precious 2000 year old manuscripts.

54 points 3 comments submitted 1 year ago by WoopsIAteIt to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpTunZJ845I

Ancient HistAncient Lives (1984) - British Egyptologist John Romer uncovers the everyday lives of the ancient Egyptian craftsmen and artists who built and decorated the royal tombs.

18 points 6 comments submitted 1 year ago by rushbington to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnsNwwwHm2I

Ancient HistThe Lost Tomb Of Jesus (2007) | James Cameron doc on uncovering crypt said to contain bones of Jesus of Nazareth | Arabic subtitles

0 points 1 comment submitted 1 year ago by TheRedWhale to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10vwCpYRJLc

Ancient HistAmerica's First Nations (2008)

10 points 4 comments submitted 2 years ago by hadees to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFIgq8D3oRk

Ancient HistWhat the Ancients Knew - Rome (2005)

41 points 5 comments submitted 2 years ago by zxxx to /r/Documentaries

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNbGjI-MEXE

Ancient HistWhat the Ancients Knew - China (2005)

63 points 2 comments submitted 2 years ago by zxxx to /r/Documentaries

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5U7nI9N_MJo

Ancient HistWhat the Ancients Knew - Egypt (2005)

19 points 0 comments submitted 2 years ago by zxxx to /r/Documentaries

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZgNq-lxNXo

Ancient HistWhat the Ancients Knew: The Greeks (2007)

141 points 8 comments submitted 2 years ago by zxxx to /r/Documentaries

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJRFLXBlsmA

Ancient HistGöbeklitepe - First settlement with massive carved stones over 12,000 years old (2014)

74 points 12 comments submitted 2 years ago by zxxx to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5ezUKqkJUQ

Ancient HistIn Search of the Trojan War (1985)

8 points 1 comment submitted 2 years ago by sbjf to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkbUQKyie_w

Ancient HistMonster Moves: Relocating Abu Simbel temples (2008)

10 points 2 comments submitted 2 years ago by cybrbeast to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SxLufRZr4c

Ancient HistMachu Picchu: Secrets of the Incan Empire (1999)

4 points 1 comment submitted 2 years ago by DerpyGrooves to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uf4MqtpL88

Ancient HistAncient Egypt Documentary - Complete History - 8000 B.C. to 30 B.C. (2010)

363 points 59 comments submitted 2 years ago by davidreiss666 to /r/Documentaries

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuUMe-43A3E

Ancient HistA look at artwork from the end of the Roman Empire through the 'Dark Ages'. Very insightful for development of early Christianity and how art was used to connect a largely illiterate population to a new religion (2012)

19 points 3 comments submitted 2 years ago by Maasterix to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiQwfSA6dks

Ancient HistJoanna Lumley's Greek Odyssey.S01E01 (2011)

15 points 9 comments submitted 2 years ago by GatorNelson to /r/Documentaries

http://www.youtube.com/attribution_link?a=dhn10BSgJKU&u=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DSBd1YqOPgYw%26feature%3Dshare

Ancient HistRescuing Ramesses (2008) - How will Egyptian engineers move a wonder of the ancient world before it becomes flooded with water?

15 points 1 comment submitted 2 years ago by Bel-ibni to /r/Documentaries

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SxLufRZr4c

Ancient HistEngineering an Empire: CARTHAGE [CC] (2006)

8 points 1 comment submitted 2 years ago by darkhorn to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HetYXwtCCho&new=new

Ancient HistBBC Ancient Greece The Greatest Show on Earth - Ep 1 The Democrats (2013)

9 points 2 comments submitted 2 years ago by squirrelmessiah to /r/Documentaries

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xf9cDKqwhQw

Ancient HistTroy:Documentary on the Great Trojan War (2013)

5 points 1 comment submitted 2 years ago by ZtheP to /r/Documentaries

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGsv0vL_16k

Ancient HistGermania: The Battle Against Rome (2013)

206 points 25 comments submitted 2 years ago by ZtheP to /r/Documentaries

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbZVrWUlJ0A

Ancient HistThe Mystery of Romes X Tomb (2013)

5 points 1 comment submitted 2 years ago by mrnukem to /r/Documentaries

http://www.youtube.com/attribution_link?a=US_dmwIujog&u=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DLP_enMBEXvs%26feature%3Dshare

Ancient Hist[BBC] The Other Pompeii: Life & Death in Herculaneum (2013) - (an exploration of the better preserved counterpart to the roman city of Pompeii)

22 points 8 comments submitted 2 years ago by suppow to /r/Documentaries

http://youtu.be/3_wfTPdp3_k

Ancient HistCarthage: The Roman Holocaust (2012) Great documentary on the history of Carthage and the historical smear campaign on the Carthaginians

154 points 8 comments submitted 2 years ago by LaMuchedumbre to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpaR6Sx3ZRg

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