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Petra
How was Petra's extraordinary rock-cut architecture achieved?
The Australian Museum
Australia's first museum was established by early European settlers in 1827
Ironbridge Gorge
How a gorge in the heart of England's Shropshire became a Unesco World Heritage site
Prague
Despite war revolution and occupation Prague remains one of Europe’s best preserved cities
The Monuments of Vietnam
Vietnam's history is written in its monuments. But can they be protected from developers?
Orford Ness
The Suffolk nature reserve that was once a top secret military site
Sana'a in Yemen
How did the ancient city of Sana'a develop multi-storey buildings with geometric patterns?
Ethiopian Christianity
Ethopia's Christian heritage is an ancient one. But how many of their sites have survived?
Australia
The new-found desire in Australia to preserve their colonial convict and industrial past
Venice
Venice is sinking. Can concerned organisations from all over Europe hold back the tides?
Zuiderzee Museum
A maritime museum dedicated to preserving the heritage of the Zuiderzee region
The Great Irish Famine
Moves to commemorate the Great Irish Famine which began in 1845
Hong Kong
From an island of fishermen to one of the world's first "tiger economies"
London
Archeologists have discovered some strange things under and around London.
Byzantine Shipwreck
The discovery of a Byzantine wreck in Tantura Lagoon once the ancient harbour of Tel Dor
Joods Historisch Museum
Destroyed by the Nazis, the Jewish Historical Museum was rebuilt in Amsterdam in 1955
Zanzibar
The history of Zanzibar, a cornerstone of world trade for over a 1000 years
United Arab Emirates
The astonishing transformation of pearling and fishing villages into oil rich metropolises
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 Â鶹ԼÅÄr 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