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Using 3D imagery, reconstitutions and interviews with historians and archaeologists, this documentary will tell the story of Gallo-Roman Paris and uncover the vestiges of ancient Paris: Lutetia.

American bombers target a Romanian oil refinery in a daring 1943 mission.

As the allies make their way into Italy, they encounter tremendous resistance at German defensive positions along the Gustav line. One of these locations is an ancient monastery called Monte Cassino.

Bloody fighting erupts on a group of tiny Pacific islands in November 1943.

Located in Dashur's necropolis, the Bent Pyramid stands as the first great pyramid. Its peculiar shape has puzzled experts, sparking debate over whether it resulted from a construction mishap.

Built for pharaoh Khufu over 4,500 years ago, the Great Pyramid of Giza is the only one of the Seven Wonders still standing today - and is by far the most famous of all pyramids!

In 74 A.D., the fortress of Masada became the site of a bloodbath when 960 Jews committed suicide. Why did they do it? And why are some scientists now claiming it was actually a mass extermination?

One mystical city, caught at the crossroads of three great religions, Jerusalem calls out across the ages. We'll travel to this timeless, sacred city and try to make sense of its mysteries.

In this special edition of Mysterious Places, we capture the magic and majesty of the most extraordinary pre-Columbian cities in Mexico's Yucatan peninsula: Chichen Itza and Uxmal.

A golden apple inscribed 'for the fairest' is sent to a feast at Olympus. Unable to decide between the goddesses Aphrodite, Hera and Athena, Zeus decides to let a mortal choose.

All of the Greek kings and their armies have responded to Agamemnon's call... All except two, that is: Odysseus, and Achilles.

Ten years have passed since the Greek forces arrived in Troy, but King Priam's city has still not fallen. The king's eldest son, Hector, reproaches his brother Paris for causing this war with no end.

Agamemnon has seen it in a dream: Troy will be taken today. Helen's husband Menelaus recognizes Paris, the man who took his wife. The two men decide to face each other in a duel.

Pat Nee started out together with James ‘Whitey’ Bulger in the Winter Hill gang in South Boston but as Whitey started to introduce drugs to the community Nee tried to stop it and eventually they parted ways and became arch enemies.

In a deathbed confession Frank "the Irishman" Sheeran revealed his role in one of the great unsolved mysteries of the twentieth century: Who killed Jimmy Hoffa?

One of France's worst wartime villains, Paul Touvier is an overtly anti-Semitic traitor who terrorizes his own countrymen.

As the Nazi officer in charge of three Polish extermination camps, Franz Stangl is responsible for the murder of 800,000 people.

Follow Jamie as he attempts to get a better understanding of this dark and sinister cult.

At the close of the 20th Century, few subjects generate as much passion as the death penalty. But it wasn't always that way.

Three modes of solitary transportation that gave us freedom and adventure.

Three fighters throughout history who have defended and advanced power.

Follow Jamie Theakston as he searches the archives for mention of the 'Historical' King Arthur.

Las Vegas hit the jackpot post-WWII through 1960.

Take a close up look at what it was like, day to day, fighting in Vietnam, and how America's' changing war policy affected soldiers' attitudes on the war and how that changed their daily lives in Vietnam.

In homes across America, there were images of unimaginable violence: four white police officers viciously beat a man on the ground. Years of accusations of police brutality suddenly became flesh and blood in a man named Rodney King.

Allied armies encounter German resistance in the Italian fishing town of Anzio.

Examining the battle at the Kwajelein Atoll in the South Pacific during 1944. Included: operations by the Seabees.

Builder of the third pyramid of Giza, Menkaure erected a smaller, more modest pyramid than those of his two predecessors. But this discreet gem is perhaps the most revealing of them all.

Rome’s aggressive expansion takes it toe-to-toe with another great power – Carthage. An ancient town in Tunisia brings this civilization to life. Archaeology on the sea bed off Sicily reveals the brutal naval war between the two powers.

As the United States prepared for the invasion of the Philippines, scheduled for late 1944, the tiny Palau Islands had to be taken first.

D-Day, the 6th of June--one of the most pivotal moments in world history. In a massive armada of thousands of ships, 3,000,000 allied troops land at Three Beaches in Normandy, France.

Six weeks after the D-Day invasion of the Beaches of Normandy, the allied forces are pushing the Germans back through the French countryside. Town by town is won back as Panzer divisions retreat back to the Meuse River.

The Allies break into France and push the Germans back to their own border.

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