← Back to Home
First Civilizations

Show Info

  • Status: Ended
  • First Aired: April 24, 2018
  • Seasons: 1
  • Episodes: 4
  • Networks: PBS
  • Genres: Documentary
IMDb

Where to Watch

We couldn't find any streaming providers for this show in your region.

First Civilizations(2018)

TMDB Rating: 7.7 (3 votes)

Overview

Using the latest in archaeology, anthropology and genetics, this series tells the story of where the modern world began. Incorporating studies of artifacts, renowned sites of archaeological interest and interviews with leading experts, it moves around the geographic zones of the world, exploring how and why civilization first sparked into life.

Loading...

Loading episode ratings...

This may take a moment for shows with many seasons.

Season 1 Poster

Season 1

4 episodes • 2018Avg: 7.5

#EpisodeAir DateRating
1WarApr 24, 20188.0
2ReligionMay 1, 20187.0
3CitiesMay 8, 20188.0
4TradeMay 15, 20187.0

Related Shows

Naked Science: Evolution
N/A

Naked Science: Evolution

2016

No description available.

Time Team
7.1

Time Team

1994

Time Team is a British television series which has been aired on British Channel 4 from 1994. Created by television producer Tim Taylor and presented by actor Tony Robinson, each episode featured a team of specialists carrying out an archaeological dig over a period of three days, with Robinson explaining the process in layman's terms. This team of specialists changed throughout the series' run, although has consistently included professional archaeologists such as Mick Aston, Carenza Lewis, Francis Pryor and Phil Harding. The sites excavated over the show's run have ranged in date from the Palaeolithic right through to the Second World War.

Etiquetados
N/A

Etiquetados

Unknown

No description available.

Drain the Oceans: Deep Dive
7.2

Drain the Oceans: Deep Dive

2019

Explore a world never seen before a world hidden under miles of water, the landscape of the seabed. Join expeditions to dive long-lost vessels, discover ancient sites and follow the scientists who are probing the darkest and deepest corners of this underwater world. Computer generated, three-dimensional maps and imagery will offer a first glimpse of these mysteries.

Tomb Hunters
7.0

Tomb Hunters

2021

It was an archaeological find that became global news. An extraordinary mega-tomb, filled with the largest concentration of coffins ever unearthed in Saqqara, Egypt. This four-part series places you at the site to witness this ground-breaking discovery as it happened and follows Egyptologists as they try to determine why all of these mummies were buried together and what this ancient cemetery can tell us about the Egyptian civilization's way of death 2,500 years ago.

Archaeology
4.0

Archaeology

1991

A documentary series hosted by John Rhys-Davies based on the articles published in the magazine "Archaeology".

Bettany Hughes' Voices of the Dead
6.5

Bettany Hughes' Voices of the Dead

2022

A forensic dig into history's most enduring mysteries. In Voices of the Dead, Professor Bettany Hughes leads a forensic investigation into some of the most enduring mysteries of the ancient world and brings viewers face-to-face with the extraordinary people of the past she unearths along the way.

Lost Cities with Albert Lin
7.0

Lost Cities with Albert Lin

2019

A mission to discover and re-create unexcavated worlds still hidden beneath the earth.

Ancient Apocalypse
6.8

Ancient Apocalypse

2022

Journalist and writer Graham Hancock travels the globe hunting for evidence of mysterious, lost civilizations dating back to the last Ice Age. He attempts to prove that a climatic event 12,000 years ago wiped out an entire civilization far more sophisticated than the simple hunter-gatherers some archaeologists believe lived at that time.

First Peoples
8.0

First Peoples

2015

A five-part series that features the latest research exploring how early humans evolved. See how the mixing of prehistoric human genes led the way for our species to survive and thrive around the globe. Archaeology, genetics and anthropology cast new light on 200,000 years of history, detailing how early humans became dominant.

Bible Secrets Revealed
6.8

Bible Secrets Revealed

2013

It is said to be one of the oldest books in the world. Has it been altered? If yes why? A remarkable journey back in time to see what the Old Testament and the New Testament is hiding from us.

The First War for Western Civilization
N/A

The First War for Western Civilization

2016

The Greco-Persian War was pivotal in the creation of the modern world - yet all that is generally remembered are the 300 Spartans at Thermopylae. This documentary examines the whole history, from the Ionian Revolt (497BC) to the Peace of Callias (449BC), and also covers the legacies of the war - including Democracy.

The Pyramids: Solving The Mystery
7.3

The Pyramids: Solving The Mystery

2019

The construction of the Egyptian pyramids remains an enigma, an unsolved mystery. But today, Egyptologists and archaeologists have developed a new tool which uses aerial and satellite images to provide valuable fresh clues about the position, construction, and evolution of these edifices. This series sets out to decode the mysteries of the pyramids' construction, and to recreate Egypt as it was more than 5000 years ago.

Ancient Apocalypse
8.0

Ancient Apocalypse

2001

Throughout the ages, civilisations have risen up and then disappeared. Ancient Apocalypse seeks to explain how human achievements were destroyed by the forces of nature.

Unnatural Selection
7.1

Unnatural Selection

2019

From eradicating disease to selecting a child's traits, gene editing gives humans the chance to hack biology. Meet the real people behind the science.

Jungle Atlantis
8.0

Jungle Atlantis

2014

Millions of tourists visit Angkor Wat in Cambodia every year to marvel at its remarkable architecture, yet most are probably unaware that when it was built nearly 1,000 years ago it was even more impressive. Using remote sensing technology, scientists now know what is hidden beneath the nearby paddy fields and jungle: a sophisticated metropolis with an elaborate network of houses, canals, boulevards and temples covering 30 square kilometres that housed three-quarters of a million people. To put that into perspective, London at that time was home to just 18,000. These previously hidden finds tell us a great deal about life during the golden age of the powerful Khmer dynasty.

Joanna Lumley's Japan
5.7

Joanna Lumley's Japan

2016

The British actress goes on a 2,000 mile journey across the four main islands of Japan, travelling from North to South meeting local people and absorbing the culture.

Cities of the Ancient World
N/A

Cities of the Ancient World

2014

People live in a world of cities; reflecting on ancient models of the city as a human phenomenon offers important lessons about today's culture; an opportunity to survey the breadth of the ancient world through the context of its urban development.

The Celts: Blood, Iron and Sacrifice
7.4

The Celts: Blood, Iron and Sacrifice

2015

Three-part documentary series in which anthropologist professor Alice Roberts and archaeologist Neil Oliver go in search of the Celts - one of the world's most mysterious ancient civilisations.

Les secrets des bâtisseurs de pyramides
6.0

Les secrets des bâtisseurs de pyramides

2020

No description available.