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Ramses II's legacy lives on through countless temples bearing his name, but he didn't build them all. For centuries, Egyptologists puzzled over how so many monuments came to be linked to one reign.

German forces retreat across the Rhine on the Remagen bridge near the close of the war.

Kamikaze pilots guard the island of Okinawa from American forces.

In 1945, Soviet and American troops press Hitler's armies from the west and the east, culminating in the fall of Berlin.

In Saqqara, Zahi Hawass and his team uncover a trove of sarcophagi from the New Kingdom and Late Period. With over forty shafts dug, they anticipate rich discoveries.

Despite months of excavation yielding numerous sarcophagi, Zahi Hawass discovers a stone coffin hinting at a vizier's presence from the New Kingdom. Yet, inside, an unexpected surprise awaits.

In the Rio Grande Valley of the Southwest, we find startling etchings carved into stone. Who were the ancient Americans that created them? Will we ever decipher the meaning of their stories in stone?

In Aachen, the great King Charlemagne built his remarkable cathedral. A variety of questions surrounding the cathedral have arisen, and Stacy Keach sets out to answer them in this episode.

Tombstone is the site of some of the world's most notorious haunted places – from the Bird Cage theater's “ghostly manifestations,” to the strange phantasm in Big Nose Kate's Saloon.

One of the world's most bizarre structures, this 1100-ton "castle" was sculpted out of coral rock, allegedly by just one man. Who was he, and how did he build on such a grand scale?

Kronos revolted against his father Uranus. He severed his father’s genitals and threw them into the sea, where they mingled with the foam and gave birth to Aphrodite.

Hermes was the youngest of the Gods of Olympus. Right from birth, he was an insolent, thieving, trickster God.

In this myth, many versions of which have been passed down through the ages, Psyche is the Beauty.

Bellerophon, the grandson of Sisyphus, one of the Greek world’s worst criminals, dreamt of becoming a hero, of being equal to the Gods.

The act of human sacrifices combined with bizarre ritualized acts formed the backdrop to organized religious systems of the ancient world.

Explore the latest findings about the development of the earliest civilizations and the transition from hunter-gatherer to city dweller.

In l966 Charles Whitmore barricaded himself in the bell tower at the University of Texas and randomly shot 31 people as they walked the college campus.

From the muskets of the Revolutionary War to the high-powered assault weapons of the late 20th Century, guns -- and the "Right Of The People To Keep And Bear Arms" -- have been as American as apple pie.

The politics and the high cost of not understanding the application of military power.

In this episode, we look at whether the real 'Holy grail' is still around today and exactly what it is.

Who are the mysterious group known known to the world as "The Illuminati"?

In this episode, we travel to Greece and Italy to make the fabled 'descent into hell'.

Witness the real story behind the rise of Al Capone and the city of Chicago. Discover why the roaring twenties played the crucial role as the heart and soul of gangster life.

In 1986 Ronald Reagan was one of the most popular Presidents in American history. But all that was suddenly shattered by a series of startling disclosures that rocked the White House to its foundations. The scandal that came to be known as Iran-Contra.

The 20th Century looks back at Fidel Castro, his Communist revolution and forty years of confrontation with the United States.

Three very different, uniquely talented men came together to form the crew of Apollo 11. Neil Armstrong, the skilled pilot, Buzz Aldrin, the astronaut with a Ph.D., and Mike Collins, the well-liked pilot of the command module.

Before Apollo, there was Gemini, and before Gemini, there was the Mercury program. This episode examines Mercury, the first U.S. program to put a man in space.

Through new research and 3D imagery, revisit the discovery of boy Pharaoh Tutankhamen and its continuing impact today, 100 years after.

The monuments of Arles are World Heritage Sites and the town's Roman past is visible throughout. Here, for the first time, is the architectural odyssey of the most elegant Gallo-Roman city in History.

We explore the legend of Romulus and Remus and search for hard evidence of a prehistoric settlement on the Tiber. In Rome’s ancient sewers, we uncover how the first leader turned their city into stone.

Heavily armed vessels disguised as ordinary cargo ships patrolled allied waters, sinking supply boats and stealing their content.

The development of the B-17 bomber, which allowed American planes to reach inside Germany and bomb its cities.

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