This is a documentary about the shipwreck excavations along the Agean-Mediterranean coasts and the foundation of Nautical Archaeology in Turkey, after the initial discovery of the shipwrecks by the sponge divers of Bodrum.

Over the course of 3,000 years, more than 300 pharaohs ruled ancient Egypt, most leaving behind well-documented evidence of their existence. But one group of pharaohs - those from the period known as the Old Kingdom - have left nary an archaeological trace of their rule. Now, follow world-renowned Egyptologist Vassil Dobrev as he tries to track down evidence of the most mysterious of these lost kings of Egypt: the pharaoh Pepy.

Historical revisionism and propaganda were important elements of apartheid ideology, proclaiming that black peoples were not the owners of Southern Africa by stating that the whites arrived in the same areas at nearly the same time. Today a crucial objective of South African education is to erase this interpretation as presented in earlier textbooks, and to give their students a genuine history of their country.

Qudad is an ancient lime waterproofing plaster that has been used for several millennia in the Arabian Peninsula. In Yemen, where it most likely originated, it is found on religious and secular buildings and archaeological sites. Because of its elaborate and labor-intensive application (it takes a full year to set properly), this strong, resistant material has barely been in use for the past 30 years. As a consequence, very few masons know how to...