In Search of History

1. The Trojan City

Air Date: 1996-01-04

In the more than 3,000 years since Troy's fabled fall, its mysteries have yet to be unraveled. The legends of the Trojan Horse, Helen of Troy and Achilles have fueled some of archaeology's most celebrated expeditions, yet continue to baffle scholars and ignite controversy. THE TROJAN CITY is an exhaustive exploration of the legendary city. Travel to the site of Troy in modern-day Turkey and visit with the scientists and archaeologists who are probing its secrets. Search for answers to the central questions of this eternal mystery: Did the Trojan War really occur? Was the abduction of Helen its cause? And what do we know of Homer, the poet whose Iliad immortalized Troy's contentious history? The astonishing findings add a new and intriguing chapter to this legendary story!

2. A Deadly Deception

Air Date: 1996-01-11

It's a spin volume mysteriously titled the Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion, and it is arguably one of the most influential works of the 20th Century. Henry Ford believed it was a wakeup call for America. Winston Churchill was once convinced it was true. And the Nazi's used it as a warrant for geocide. This is a story of the hoax that will not die. It has fooled millions of people all over the world for more than a century, and continues to be a powerful force of evil and hate.

3. Civil War Draft Riots

Air Date: 1996-01-18

The year 1863, the President was Abraham Lincoln, a new law calling for more troops on the front lines came to pass and civil discontent was about to erupt in the worst violence our nation had ever seen. Soon there would be blood in the streets - the New York City Draft Riots of 1863. In the wake of the first federal draft in U.S.. history, the city exploded...and for a week it was chaos.

4. The Knights of Camelot

Air Date: 1996-01-25

In Search of History looks the historical influences that shaped the story of King Arthur and the Knights of Camelot.

5. England's Lost Castles

Air Date: 1996-02-01

6. Lost City of the Incas

Air Date: 1996-02-08

The spectacular Incan city of Machu Picchu, high in the Andes Mountains, was long thought to be legendary. Then in 1911, the intrepid explorer Hiram Bingham stumbled upon its remains. But while the walls and chambers have been extensively studied in the years since, the purpose of this ancient site remains unclear. Go to the top of the world to unravel the mysteries of this enigmatic place. See incredible footage of the earliest expeditions to Machu Picchu, and meet the men and women who have dedicated their lives to unearthing its secrets. Wander through the incredible ruins and feel the eerie presence of the past and the timeless secrets that are locked somewhere within. Was it a pleasure palace, an observatory, a fortress or something else entirely?

7. Forgotten City of the Jungle

Air Date: 1996-02-15

8. Pyramids of Giza

Air Date: 1996-02-22

9. The Missing Princes of England

Air Date: 1996-02-29

London, 1483. The War of the Roses rages, threatening the throne. Newly orphaned Edward V and his younger brother, placed in the care of their uncle, are declared illegitimate. They then disappear, the bodies never found. Did Richard III have them murdered? Or was he the victim of a Tudor plot to claim the throne and discredit him?

10. The Roman Emperors

Air Date: 1996-03-07

11. Frontier Doctors

Air Date: 1996-03-14

For the vulnerable European settlers making their way west on the uncertain plains of the American frontier, the threat of death lurked around every twist of the trail. In the late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth centuries, America's western lands were a place of both isolation and primitive conditions. At each step in the march westward, new settlers fought cunning and ubiquitous enemies in the form of deadly diseases and rampant epidemics. Where battle wounds, poor sanitation, and deadly animals were common, appropriate medical care was not. To survive in these harrowing conditions, the settlers had to find a doctor - or someone calling him or herself one. In this captivating program, The History Channel® journeys deep into the American frontier to discover the stories behind the pioneering men and women whose courage and heroism both helped to save lives and make medical history.

12. Man in the Iron Mask

Air Date: 1996-03-21

13. Ancient Inventions

Air Date: 1996-03-28

The Nazca lines in Peru stretch for miles, forming perfect images of animals visible only from the air. Immense and precise, the pyramids remain among mankind's greatest accomplishments, and experts still debate how they were built. Span the globe in this riveting look at the most incredible accomplishments of the ancient world achievements that rival and even surpass those of today. From the secret formula of Damascus steel which helped drive the Crusaders from the Holy Land to the "computer" from Ancient Greece, probe the origins of these incredible inventions. Take to the skies in a balloon made from a design 1,000 years old, and join scientists, engineers and historians as they probe the mysteries of ancient devices that cannot be replicated today!And examine the extraordinary innovations of Leonardo Da Vinci, whose drawings included designs for a tank, machine, gun, helicopter and parachute!

14. Devil's Island: Hell on Earth

Air Date: 1996-04-04

Described as the "world"s most notorious penal colony" the tropical outpost established by the French government in 1852 (and used until 1945) was so inhospitable that half of the prisoners have died or gone insane.

15. Infamous Dreyfus Affair

Air Date: 1996-04-11

On a cold Paris morning in January 1895, as 20,000 people shouted, "Death to the traitor, death to the Jew," French Army Captain Alfred Dreyfus was publicly stripped of his rank for committing high treason. That the evidence against him was flimsy and fabricated did not matter; he was Jewish, and that alone was enough to sustain a gross miscarriage of justice that unraveled over a dozen years before his name was finally cleared. THE INFAMOUS DREYFUS AFFAIR details the travesty which exposed the ignorance and prejudice of a nation. See how high-ranking officers set up Dreyfus to take the blame for a critical security leak, and how others who questioned his guilt were silenced and even court-martialed.

16. The Holy Lance

Air Date: 1996-04-18

A search for the lance that pierced the side of Christ.

17. Voodoo Secrets

Air Date: 1996-04-25

18. Secrets of the Rosetta Stone

Air Date: 1996-05-02

For hundreds of years, the glorious history of Ancient Egypt remained a mystery to the world, its secrets locked away in the baffling language of the hieroglyphs. But in 1799, French troops near the Egyptian town of Rosetta discovered an ancient basalt slab that would prove to be the key to unlocking Egypt's mysteries. Carved in 196 BC, the Rosetta stone bore a decree praising the Egyptian king Ptolemy V etched in hieroglyphs, demotic Egyptian and Greek. From the discovery and the long struggle to uncover the secrets of the ancient language to the birth of modern Egyptology, this is the fascinating saga of the Rosetta Stone. Trace the many failed attempts and dead-ends that stumped scholars. Leading experts tell the story of the brilliant, obsessed Jean Francois Champollion, who finally broke the code. And see how, within a few years, the secrets revealed because of the Rosetta Stone had transformed our understanding of the ancient world.

19. The Aztec Empire

Air Date: 1996-05-09

Present day Mexico City sits atop of what was once a great civilization, the Aztec Empire. Drawing on newly discovered artifacts, anthropologists can now give us a more in depth picture and shed new light on what life was like for this ancient civilization. Watch in awe as Ancient Mysteries reveals the Secrets of the Aztec Empire.

20. China's Forbidden City

Air Date: 1996-05-16

1. The Greek Gods

Air Date: 1997-02-06

Their exploits were recorded in stories passed down from generation to generation, their images the basis of some of the most beautiful artworks ever created, and their names echo through history to this day. From their mythical home high atop Mount Olympus, the great Greek gods were an integral part of every aspect of life. Explore the fascinating story of these enduring figures in this comprehensive program. Hear from renowned classicists why the Greeks endowed their deities with such human failings, and explore the significance of the most famous myths. See the astonishing artworks that have preserved their images for all time, and how these epic figures have been integrated into modern life. And visit the phenomenal temples that were built in their names, and where the most important rituals of Ancient Greece were carried out. From Aphrodite to Zeus, it's an entertaining and illuminating look at THE GREEK GODS.

2. The Monkey Trial

Air Date: 1997-02-13

In the summer of 1925, history was made in the small town of Dayton, Tennessee. The issue at hand was the "Butler Law," which forbid the teaching of evolution in public schools. The fledgling American Civil Liberties Union wanted to challenge the law's constitutionality and chose to test it with the trial of John Scopes, a young high-school math and gym teacher who briefly taught Darwinism as a substitute biology teacher. The quiet procedural matter exploded into a media carnival when two great lawyers arrived to argue the case.

3. Oracle at Delphi

Air Date: 1997-02-20

One of the holiest sites of ancient Greece, Delphi was the pre-eminent shrine of Apollo. Cradled by Mount Parnassos and a valley of olive groves, it was also sacred to Dionysus, who was supposedly buried there. But Delphi is chiefly known for its legendary oracle the most famous of the ancient world. Journey back to the golden age of Greece, when the mysterious oracle of Delphi predicted the futures of kings and countries. In the smoky, haunting, and hallucinogenic atmosphere of the sacred shrine, predictions were uttered by a priestess in a delirious trance and interpreted by a priest speaking in verse. Dramatic re-creations bring the oracle to life, and leading historians explain how Delphi grew wealthy through the offerings of those seeking a glimpse at their destiny. Explore the ruins of this mystical site with archaeologists, and see the latest discoveries that are shedding new light on the legendary city.

4. Cardiff Giant

Air Date: 1997-02-27

The history of the Cardiff Giant and the reality about it's existence just south of Syracuse, New York.

5. Frankenstein

Air Date: 1997-03-06

Was Dr. Frankenstein born from novelist Mary Shelley's mind, or based in reality as some investigators argue? Did she hear of the 18th-century German doctor who experimented on dead as well as live bodies?

6. Meriwether Lewis: Suicide or Murder?

Air Date: 1997-03-13

Just 3 years after his triumphant return from the Lewis & Clark Expedition, Meriwether Lewis is dead. The body of the renowned explorer and Governor of the Louisiana Territory is found in the wilderness. What happened to this protégé of Thomas Jefferson? The sparks of controversy still flies today.

7. Viking Explorers

Air Date: 1997-03-20

Scandinavian sagas tell the tales of Leif the Lucky and the Land of Grapes, but are these merely boastful yarns of magical heroes or historical facts? VIKING EXPLORERS investigates the oft-repeated claim that the Vikings landed on America's shores 1,000 years ago. Follow the incredible journey that these hardy sailors had to make across the North Atlantic, and go aboard a restored longboat like the one that carried them to the New World. Noted historians tell the remarkable story of Leif Ericsson and his father, the legendary Eric the Red, and attempt to separate fact from fiction in the sagas of these heroes. And in a remarkable interview, archaeologist Helge Ingstad recalls how her discovery of a Viking settlement in North America helped to rewrite history.

8. The True Story of Sacco and Vanzetti

Air Date: 1997-03-27

9. The Great Wall

Air Date: 1997-04-03

10. The Odessa File

Air Date: 1997-04-10

This installment in the History Channel series In Search of History takes an in-depth look at a mysterious phenomenon, with this investigation into the infamous flight of several top-ranking Nazi officers from Allied authorities after WWII. Because many of these men faced prosecution for their crimes during the Third Reich, they went into hiding in countries like Syria, Argentina, and even the US - but some believe that this mass exodus was orchestrated by a high-powered organization, which masterminded their escape and asylum.

11. The True Story of the Molly Maguires

Air Date: 1997-04-17

The Molly Maguires was an Irish 19th-century secret society active in Ireland, Liverpool and parts of the eastern United States, best known for their activism among Irish-American and Irish immigrant coal miners in Pennsylvania. After a series of often violent conflicts, twenty suspected members of the Molly Maguires were convicted of murder and other crimes and were executed by hanging in 1877 and 1878. This history remains part of local Pennsylvania lore.

12. Lost Colony of Roanoke

Air Date: 1997-04-24

It was supposed to be the first permanent English settlement in the New World. It became one of the most enduring tantalizing mysteries in American history.

13. Dragons

Air Date: 1997-05-01

Dragons: Gigantic fire-breathing man-eating monsters! Dragons haunt the imagination and invade the art of nearly all civilizations.

14. Alchemy: The Science of Magic

Air Date: 1997-05-08

Alchemy: The Science of Magic: Back in the shadows of time, men known as alchemists worked in secret, conducting magical experiments to turn base metals into gold.

15. Born Killers: Leopold and Loeb

Air Date: 1997-05-15

Nathan Freudenthal Leopold Jr. and Richard Albert Loeb were two wealthy students at the University of Chicago who in May 1924 kidnapped and murdered 14-year-old Robert Franks in Chicago. They committed the murder—characterized at the time as "the crime of the century"—as a demonstration of their perceived intellectual superiority, which, they thought, rendered them capable of carrying out a "perfect crime", and absolved them of responsibility for their actions.

16. Mexico's Great Pyramids

Air Date: 1997-05-22

This program goes to Mexico to unravel the enigmatic history of Teotihuacán, a 2,000-year-old urban wonder and one of the largest settlements of the ancient world.

17. Forgotten Wars

Air Date: 1997-05-29

Reveals exciting and controversial military campaigns that have all but faded from American history--a showdown with Britain that began over a pig; a war in Korea fought in 1871, not 1950; and a U.S. citizen's attempt to seize control of Nicaragua! Covers little-known invasions in Russia, Central America, and the Caribbean as well. (cc) [TV G] 9:00/6:00 Top Secret Missions of the CIA. Bodysnatch/The War That Never Was. First, CIA officer Duane Clarridge engineers a clandestine operation with the FBI to "kidnap" international terrorist Fawaz Yunis from Cyprus and bring him to the U.S. to stand trial. Then, CIA Officer Bill Lair launches Operation Momentum, a covert mission to arm and train mountain tribesmen in Laos to battle communist infiltration.

18. Samurai Warrior

Air Date: 1997-06-05

The rituals and history of Japan's Samurai.

19. Secret Brotherhood of Freemasons

Air Date: 1997-06-12

Join us as we divulge the true nature of the secret and mystical organization known as freemasons. We reveal the initiation ceremony, when candidates swear on pain of death.

20. The Catacombs of Rome

Air Date: 1997-06-19

21. Prophecies

Air Date: 1997-06-26

Prophecies: From the ancient Greek's ominous Oracle at Delphi to the Renaissance's revered Nostradamus, civilizations have sought their future through the mouths of prophets.

22. Seven Wonders of the World

Air Date: 1997-07-03

23. Death Cult of the Incas

Air Date: 1997-07-10

24. The Roman Legions

Air Date: 1997-07-17

The Roman Legions: Their legions were legend as the Roman army marched across the known world, trampling its enemies and securing one of history's largest empires.

25. The Mormon Rebellion

Air Date: 1997-07-24

Archival documents and stunning re-creations bring the defining moments of the standoff to life, and Mormon historians explore the legacy it left behind. THE MORMON REBELLION reveals the truth behind an often-overlooked chapter in American history.

26. The Romanovs

Air Date: 1997-09-18

Explores the fall of the Romanov dynasty and the fate of some of its members. Examines the enduring mystery of Anastasia in some detail.

27. The Celts

Air Date: 1997-10-17

The Celts are one of the least understood of all the ancient people. They left no written records, and the Greek and Roman accounts tell us of little beyond their prowess in battle. This much is certain they were the fiercest warriors of the ancient world, and the most unusual. They often fought naked and cut off the heads of their enemies for souvenirs. Search for clues to the life of these legendary people beyond the battlefield. Wander the English countryside to see their incredible monuments including the legendary Stonehenge and ponder their significance. Join archaeologists as they trace the origins of the Celts, and see ancient evidence of their advanced culture they were among the most advanced farmers, artists and metalworkers of their time. And explore the influence of their powerful holy men the Druids whose true role and significance remains shrouded in mystery.

28. The Knights Templar

Air Date: 1997-11-12

The Poor Knights of Christ and the Temple of Solomon grew quickly into a powerful religious order - only to stand accused of devil worship. Were the Knights Templar betrayed by the Pope or their own greed?

1. The First Olympics

Air Date: 1998-01-08

The First Olympics: Olympia, where every four years Greek city-states set aside differences and laid down arms to compete in these peaceful games established to honor Zeus.

2. Egypt's Great Queen

Air Date: 1998-01-15

While Egyptian women engaged in trade and owned property, only a few held power as consorts to kings. But then there was Hatshepsut, who took the title of pharaoh when acting as her stepson's regent. Statues of her as bearded king and her unique tomb reveal vast power; but rivals vowed to erase her from history. We'll examine why.

3. Salem Witch Trials

Air Date: 1998-01-22

In the late 1600s, more than 150 men and women were accused of being witches. After the infamous Salem Witch Trials, 19 people were hanged for their alleged crimes, and one person was pressed to death under heavy stones. This History Channel documentary travels back to one of America's darkest times and reveals startling facts about who the real accusers were and what the community did to make restitution to the loved ones of the dead.

4. Ramses the Great

Air Date: 1998-01-29

A look at the various things commonly associated with Ramses and his political motivations.

5. Captives

Air Date: 1998-02-05

As white settlers pushed west, resulting wars with Native Americans claimed more victims than the dead. Portraits of captives taken by both sides include: "White Indian" John Tanner who returned to his roots after 30 years of "civilization", and a woman rescued during a forced exchange who escaped to return to her Native-American husband.

6. Library of Alexandria

Air Date: 1998-02-12

Alexander the Great’s most highly regarded general, Ptolemy the First, designs the Alexandria Library. For the first time in history, scholars from all fields of study and from every known corner of the world have a place where they can pursue pure knowledge. The Alexandria Library houses the largest collection of books ever assembled in the ancient world. But no trace of it exists today. Who was responsible for the destruction of the Alexandria Library and what secrets about the ancient world were forever lost in the rubble?

7. The Maya

Air Date: 1998-02-19

The Maya: Over a 1,000 years ago, Mayan King Lord Pacal directed construction of Palenque, a temple city in Mexico's jungle. The Great Palace, Temple of Inscriptions, and other sacred buildings still stand.

8. The Abominable Snowman

Air Date: 1998-02-26

9. Mystic Ruins

Air Date: 1998-03-05

From Easter Island to Stonehenge, this is a thrilling journey to the most fascinating and mysterious places on earth. They stand in regal silence, monumental reminders of a time when the earth was a more mysterious and magical place. They have captivated and confounded scientists, anthropologists and historians for years. Yet even as their secrets are revealed, their capacity to inspire awe and wonder remains undiminished. MYSTIC RUINS is a thrilling journey to the world's most famous and enigmatic sites.

10. China's Boxer Rebellion

Air Date: 1998-03-12

In 1997, Britain ceded control of Hong Kong to China completing the Boxer Rebellion's goal of nearly 100 years prior--to oust outsiders. This movement led to the massacre of thousands of foreigners and international intervention in 1900.

11. Dr. Livingstone, I Presume

Air Date: 1998-03-19

Dr. Livingstone, I Presume?: Dr. David Livingstone journeyed across Africa naming Victoria Falls, then returned in 1858 to found missionaries. After many mishaps, he was discredited and forgotten.

12. The Quest for Dragons

Air Date: 1998-03-26

13. Ship of Slaves: Middle Passage

Air Date: 1998-04-02

14. The First Americans

Air Date: 1998-04-09

This documentary takes a look at new evidence that indicates anthropologists and archaeologists may have been wrong in their theories about the first inhabitants of North and South America.

15. Witchcraft

Air Date: 1998-04-16

Witchcraft: Once upon a time that cackling crone on a broomstick held the exalted position of a healing woman who harnessed nature's secrets for humanity's good. What happened in the Middle Ages to transform her into a Christian symbol of evil?

16. Potions or Poisons

Air Date: 1998-04-23

In the late nineteenth century, costumed performers roamed rural America entertaining people and selling vast quantities of medicinal preparations. Usually neither beneficial nor healthy, their elixirs ofter contained opium, cocaine, mercury, and grain alcohol.

17. Scourage of the Black Death

Air Date: 1998-04-30

Scourge Of The Black Death: In 1348, a mysterious and deadly disease ravaged Europe, killing millions of people while spreading irrational fear in its wake.

18. Arabian Nights

Air Date: 1998-05-07

Arabian Nights: Aladdin and his magic lamp...Sinbad the sailor...Ali Baba and the 40 thieves. Do these legends lie in long-buried truths in the deserts of Arabia?

19. Pirate's Lost City

Air Date: 1998-05-14

20. The Plot to Overthrow FDR

Air Date: 1998-05-21

When Franklin Delano Roosevelt won the Presidency in 1932, many Americans looked to his bold New Deal plans as the way out of the dark days of the Depression. But a powerful group of financiers and industrialists saw his economic policies as a threat.

1. Hell's Angels

Air Date: 1999-02-15

Behind the scenes interviews with Hell's Angels leaders and members reveal the fascinating life and danger of the Hell's Angels. Hunter S. Thompson shares his notorious experiences and ultimate betrayal by the Angels, and law enforcement gang specialists provide perspective on the gang's violence and criminal activities.The story of how the Angels got their start in the 1940s how the 1954 film The Wild One made them famous. See the Angel's explain their point of view about many of most controversial incidents, including the infamous Rolling Stones concert at Altamont where the club was hired to provide security, with explosive results.

2. The Night Tulsa Burned

Air Date: 1999-02-19

Long-buried tale of the tragic hours that brought Greenwood to a fiery end, and the misunderstanding that started when a white elevator operator accused 19-year-old Greenwood resident Dick Rowland of assault prompted the violent race riot. Eyewitness accounts, archival film, and dramatizations recount the 1921 race riots in Tulsa.

3. Hitler and the Occult

Air Date: 1999-02-25

4. The Art of Tattooing

Air Date: 1999-03-04

5. Curse on the Gypsies

Air Date: 1999-03-11

6. The Loch Ness Monster

Air Date: 1999-03-18

7. Lincoln: The Untold Stories

Air Date: 1999-03-25

8. Ancient Drugs

Air Date: 1999-04-01

The 60's weren't the first time people tried to turn on and tune out. Since the beginning of mankind, civilizations have searched for two ways to reach a higher plane of existence. The program examines ancient rituals that demonstrate some of the frightening - and often lethal - means humans have employed in search of altered consciousness. What drives the human psyche on this never-ending quest to find deeper meaning than what reality presents? Are there commonalities to the ancient practices and today's methods?

9. The Enduring Mystery of Stonehenge

Air Date: 1999-04-08

10. The End of the World

Air Date: 1999-04-15

11. Fountain of Youth

Air Date: 1999-04-22

Why did Ponce de Leon search the ends of the earth and ultimately lose his life in a bid to find the fountain of youth? Travel back to India, considered the source of magical waters of healing, and learn the importance of water mythology.

12. Pueblo Cliffdwellers

Air Date: 1999-04-29

The Pueblo Cliff Dwellers: High in the cliffs of New Mexico in an area called Chaco Canyon, the mysterious Anasazi built elaborate dwellings known as Great Houses.

13. World Series Fix! The Black Sox Scandal

Air Date: 1999-05-06

World Series Fix!: The Black Sox Scandal: In 1919, when players couldn't strike, baseball saw one of its greatest scandals. Eight Chicago White Sox, self-dubbed "Black Sox" due to the greedy owner's refusal to launder uniforms, plotted to fix the World Series.

14. Athens Triumph and Tragedy

Air Date: 1999-05-13

Athens: Triumph and Tragedy: After the Persians' defeat in 479 B.C., Athens entered a Golden Age when her democratic assembly ruled supreme.

15. Secrets of the Aztec Empire

Air Date: 1999-05-20

The Aztec Empire: Review the history of the Aztec Empire--from the 1200s, when the nomadic tribe first inhabited the Valley of Mexico, to 1519.

16. Spies Among Us

Air Date: 1999-05-27

The hunt for Communists in the United States clearly reached the point of hysteria by the early 1950s, but what is often overlooked is that it had its origins in a very real phenomenon. The opening of the Soviet archives in the 1990s, and the declassification of certain intercepted Soviet messages from the late 1940s, indicates that Soviet agents had penetrated the U.S. government before and during World War II, in some cases at very high levels, including the Office of Secret Services, the Los Alamos nuclear lab, the State Department and the U.S. Congress. Now evidence gleaned from declassified secret Russian cables and newly opened KGB files shows that Soviet penetration indeed ran deep; even the Congressman who set up House Un-American Activities Committee was on the KGB payroll!

17. Legends of the Werewolves

Air Date: 1999-06-03

18. The Celts

Air Date: 1999-06-10

19. Beyond the Grave: The Afterlife

Air Date: 1999-06-17

20. The Sphinx of Egypt

Air Date: 1999-06-24

The brooding figure of the Great Sphinx stands guard over the pyramids of Giza. With the head of a man and body of a lion, this 240-foot ruin may depict Pharaoh Khafre, son of Khufu, the builder of the Great Pyramid. But speculation still abounds as to its birth. We'll use computers to flesh out its possible original face.

1. Roman Roads Paths to Empire

Air Date: 2000-01-07

Romans engineered a stone-paved highway system encompassing 50,000 miles and sprawling across three continents. Ironically, their breathtaking feat may have paved the road to their ruin as ancient and newly sprung enemies marched straight.

2. Rome's Eternal Wonders

Air Date: 2000-01-14

Built to attest to the power and glory of Rome, the ancient monuments often hide a rocky past. Built to attest to the power and glory of Rome, the ancient monuments often hide a rocky past. What outrageous acts helped build and maintain them?

3. Rome's Glorious Cities

Air Date: 2000-01-21

"All roads lead to Rome" as the empire expands and Romans erect elegant cities to honor their emperors and unify conquered territory. The cosmopolitan centers let many cultures co-exist under Roman law. We'll see how they administered the vast empire and learned from mistakes of vanquished civilizations.

4. Rome's Lost Harbor

Air Date: 2000-01-28

Rome's Lost Harbor: The Roman city of Ostia, founded in the 4th century B.C. at the mouth of the Tiber, was once a vital harbor town and important port. Today, Ostia is covered in sand.

5. England's Theatres of Blood

Air Date: 2000-02-04

England's Theatres Of Blood: Elizabethan England offered the heights entertainment in theatres such as the Globe, where Shakespeare staged most of his plays. Both rich and poor attend the spectacles.

6. The Cavemen

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7. The Truth About Science Fiction

Air Date: 2021-02-18

8. Navajo Code Talkers

Air Date: 2000-02-25

Describes the role of a select group of Navajo Marines who developed a code based on their own native language that provided a means for secure communications among American forces in the Pacific during World War II.

9. The Holy Grail

Air Date: 2021-03-04

10. Five Points Gangs

Air Date: 2021-03-11

11. The Real Dracula

Air Date: 2021-03-18

12. Pompeii

Air Date: 2021-03-25

13. Lourdes: Shrine of Miracles

Air Date: 2000-04-01

For over 150 years, pilgrims have journeyed to the French mountain village of Lourdes where a young girl--Sainte Bernadette--claimed to see a vision of the Virgin Mary.

14. Riddle of the Zodiac

Air Date: 2000-04-08

For over 4,000 years, people have looked to the heavens for answers about life on earth. Created by the ancient Babylonians, the zodiac and astrology are still hotly debated.