LIVING STONES

Decoding the architecture of antiquity

Synopsis

Through the great sites of antiquity, this series explores what architecture reveals about the civilizations that built them.

From Petra to Teotihuacan, via Baalbek and Chichén Itzá, each episode examines the technical, religious, and political choices carved in stone and shows how archaeology today helps us better understand these vanished worlds.

Episodes

• PETRA, SECRETS OF THE ROCK CITY
• HATSHEPSUT, THE QUEEN WITH TWO FACES
• QUSEIR AMRA, A MANIFESTO IN STONE
• CARTHAGE, THE NEW CITY
• BAALBEK, GIGANTISM IN THE SERVICE OF THE GODS
• PALMYRA, THE KINGDOM OF SAND
• JOURNEYS THROUGH THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN
• UXMAL, A CITY BETWEEN HEAVEN AND EARTH
• THE MESOAMERICAN CITY-STATES
• BENEATH THE STONES
• CHICHEN ITZA, LORDS OF THE WATER
• TEOTIHUACAN, CRADLE OF THE FIFTH SUN
• IRAQ AL-AMIR, THE UNFINISHED DREAM
• GERASA, ON THE GOLDEN RIVER
• MARI, BIRTH OF A CITY ON THE EUPHRATES
• MARI, THE ROYAL METROPOLIS
• THEBES, PRELUDE TO ETERNAL LIFE
• THEBES, A STROLL THROUGH ANOTHER WORLD
• VOLUBILIS, A BERBER CITY
• TRANSJORDAN, FOLLOWING IN MOSES' TRACKS
• THE CRUSADERS' CASTLES OF TRANSJORDAN
• DELOS, THE CHANGEABLE ISLAND
• DELPHI, THE PRIDE BOOK