Michael Wood travels through Syria and Iraq to uncover the story of Alexander the Great's decisive battle against the might of the Persian Empire in 331 BCE. Ancient writers agreed that it was fought somewhere near the city of Irbil in northern Iraq, but the exact location has never been discovered. Using dramatic new finds in the UK - a cuneiform clay tablet in the British Museum and a papyrus dug up in Egypt - Michael sheds new light on the course of events. Then to reconstruct the campaign, he follows Alexander's route through Damascus and Aleppo to the river Euphrates in Syria and travels into Northern Iraq with the British and US military.
448 BC: Olympiad of Ancient Hellas
La Cité oubliée de Ramsès II
The Colosseum: A Jewel in Rome's Crown
The Great Year
Alexander der Große – Kampf und Vision
Alexandria: The Greatest City
China's Megatomb Revealed
Search for the Goddess of Love
Beneath the Hagia Sophia
Mystical World of Ancient Greece
The Battle of Naseby 1645
Out of Darkness: Heavy is the Crown (Vol. 1)
