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26 Jan
26 Jan
After the war, hunger and adversity shape daily life in East Germany; this episode shows how dangerous daily life was in Berlin after 1945 and why those who survived the war went to extreme measures.
26 Jan
Robbery, murder, rape; after the war, West Germany is the scene of brutal crimes. We explore how strained life was in the West zones and how a nation struggled to find new values.
26 Jan
Homicide detective Rod Demery and scientist Professor Turi King study an 800-year-old partial skeleton; motives include robbery and a brawl, but can they identify the killer?
26 Jan
Celtic Queen Boudica led a fierce rebellion against Roman oppression after her tribe's mistreatment; destroying major cities, she nearly defeated Rome but secured her legacy in a devastating final clash.
26 Jan
The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts in 1692 and 1693; the state eventually pardoned those who died.
26 Jan
The Grimaldi family has held their posts as sovereigns of Monaco with the utmost grace, but one thing they have missed time and again is good luck in the love department.
26 Jan
J. Paul Getty was renowned for his wealth and frugality as well as his lack of empathy and compassion for his family. He would marry four times and sire five sons, but he died old and alone.
26 Jan
Can a 3,000-year-old solid gold hat really see into the future? How could a tiny metal cube have won the war for Hitler? How could an intricate and complex clock have solved a billion-pound problem?
26 Jan
We visit Copán in Honduras and Palenque in Mexico to follow archaeologists as they discover how the Maya lived; in Tikal in Guatemala, experts explore the scale of Maya kingdoms.
26 Jan
We investigate grim evidence of human sacrifice at Copán in Honduras, and experts brave an erupting volcano in Guatemala to search for clues explaining why the Maya abandoned their cities.
26 Jan
26 Jan
In decoding Adolf Hitler's dictatorship, the question of why the all-powerful Führer needed a close and constantly available circle at his beck and call is one deserving of examination.
26 Jan
We look at the conversations at the heart of German power; the deciphering of archive images allows us to understand the motivations of the Nazi regime in their conquest of Europe.
26 Jan
Cleopatra did not hesitate to eliminate her enemies... even if they were family members; archaeologists enter the only Ptolemaic mausoleum ever discovered to shed light on the queen's family.
26 Jan
After delving in the Battle of Actium, this final episode takes us to Alexandria, where Cleopatra and her lover ended their lives; will this investigation finally lead to the legendary queen's tomb?
26 Jan
Zahi Hawass is excavating an enclosure called Gisr El-Mudir where sarcophagi containing mysterious mummies and rich painted tombs are discovered; will these treasures lead them to Imhotep?
26 Jan
Researchers discovered a concrete city buried outside The Hague decades after WWII; more than 400 bunkers and defensive structures formed a vast underground network built to defend the coastline.
26 Jan
The Nazis spent the war pillaging museums, emptying coffers, and stealing everything of value; with so much still missing, where did the Nazis hide their stolen hoards?
26 Jan
The Nazis had all but lost the war by March of 1945, but Hitler still sent throngs of soldiers to protect an isolated area of occupied Poland from oncoming forces. What was he trying to hide?
26 Jan
This episode focuses on Guernsey, an island which Hitler occupied and fortified over the course of five years.
26 Jan
The Maisy Battery was made up of three-and-a-half miles of recently-excavated trenches, bunkers, barracks, and gun encasements near Pointe du Hoc that tell a new story of D-Day.
26 Jan
26 Jan
26 Jan
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