Ancient World Movies

5000 years ago the ancient Elamites established a glorious civilization that lasted about three millennia. They created marvelous works in...

In this visually compelling and thought-provoking documentary, author, scholar and modern-day Indiana Jones, Jay Weidner uncovers some of the deepest...

A telegram-tragedy about the last days of Ovid, the Roman poet.

A man who recovers ancient languages uncovers more than he expected when taking on a new client.

How did the Romans produce some of the most impressive gladiatorial games ever seen in Europe? How did the Colosseums mysterious roof really work?...

Mizoguchi’s 30th film is the earliest surviving example of his work, and his only film of the 1920s to survive complete. Song of Home finds the...

The work-shy, lazy Germanicus is taken to Rome by slave traders and sold straight to the nouveau riche Roman Tusnelda. He manages to escape, but only...

Long before Columbus, the Maya established one of the most highly developed civilizations of their time in the jungles of Mexico and Central America....