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A string of violent murders frustrates the Cleveland, Ohio, police in the 1930s. Despite a determined investigation, the killer was never identified.

The Battle of the Gothic Line in 1944.

The December 1944 battle pitting American forces against German Panzer divisions in the Ardennes Forest.

American forces landing on the shores of Iwo Jima encounter Japanese combatants willing to fight to the death.

Zahi Hawass is still searching for the tomb of Imhotep, the vizier and architect of pharaoh Djoser's Step Pyramid.

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.

Known in antiquity as the center of the world, Delphi is a sacred place where many gods were worshipped, foremost among them: Apollo, god of poetry, music, reason, and prophesy.

Who were the Etruscans? Where did they come from, and why were they different from other ancient societies? Most mysteriously, what caused their rapid fall from power and virtual disappearance?

In the outback of Australia, one of the world's most bizarre rock formations is huge, imposing, and orange. To the aborigines, it is the part of the Earth from where all life sprung.

Odysseus and his companions are trapped in the Cyclops’ cave. But he is a man with a plan. He carves out a stake and, after having drunk Polyphemus under the table, drives it into his one eye.

In Ithaca, Queen Penelope endures the presence of Suitors who covet her hand, and the throne of her husband Odysseus – who disappeared more than 10 years ago.

A year has passed. It is time for Odysseus and his men to leave the witch Circe’s island and return to Ithaca. To do so, they must first go to meet the prophet Tiresias in the Underworld.

Curiosity getting the best of him, Odysseus delves into the depths of the Underworld. He meets the souls of the Greek heroes who fought with him in the city of Troy.

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

This episode investigates the realities behind everyday life in the city including law and order, education, taxation and early class systems.

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

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.

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

As World War Two drew to a close, had the Nazis developed a brand new flying craft?

In this episode we travel to the UK and the USA to look at the life and work of Nikola Tesla.

Through regulation and investigation, the Mob was forced out of Vegas to keep the city "clean"

The 1990s brought about changes to Vegas where corporations and large businesses transformed Vegas to the city we know today.

In 1991 Boris Yeltsin became the first man in a thousand years to be elected by the people to be Russia's head of state.

Look back at the early days of America's space program and the race to space with the Soviet Union during the height of the Cold War.

400,000 people worked in putting a man on the moon. This episode looks at some of the prominent, and not so prominent players who played their parts.

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.

From the coronation of the enduring British monarch Queen Elizabeth II, to the rise of Iranian dictator Khomeini, Episode One counts down 101-89 events.

Since his victory over Tsar Alexander in 1807 and the Treaty of Tilsit, France and Russia are officially allies. But Alexander doesn't support Napoleon's expansionist strategy. To Napoleon, Russia's behavior makes it an enemy of France.

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.

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