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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.

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

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.

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.

U-boats posed the deadliest threat to Allied convoys traveling the Atlantic.

To keep France free, 400,000 English soldiers have manned the battlefields. Germany's strength is too great and pushes the British to the coast town of Dunkirk.

German tanks roll into Poland in September 1939.

Odysseus' fleet tries to avoid Charybdis, the first sea monster ready to swallow them, but Scylla, a horrible multi-headed creature, destroys three of his ships.

Odysseus has been living out peaceful days with Calypso for 7 years. But waves of nostalgia wash over him, and the memories of his wife, his son and his island never cease to torment him.

The Suitors, informed by Melantho – one of Penelope's servants – learned that the queen had fooled them. They locked her up in the gynaeceum.

Penelope is now forced to choose a husband among the Suitors.

Ten years after the sack of Troy by the Greek army, Zeus is alone on Olympus, left alone in his palace by the other gods. His daughter Athena is the only one remaining at his side.

10 years earlier, as the Greek warriors had just razed Troy.

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.

The chaos that reigns between Greeks and Trojans has now spread to Mount Olympus. Back on the battlefield, the Trojans have driven back the Greeks, and decide to build a long wall.

Odysseus and Ajax try to convince Achilles to return to combat, but the Greek warrior rejects their appeals. On the battlefield, Agamemnon, Diomedes and even Odysseus are injured one after the other.

Saved by Apollo, Hector goes back on the attack and leads the Trojans as far as the Greeks' ships. Patroclus, a childhood friend of Achilles, rushes to him and implores him to re-join the battle.

Thetis asks Hephaestus, the god of blacksmiths to forge new armour and weapons for her son Achilles. At dawn, she hands them to him, knowing that they will lead to his death.

The River Scamander and its banks are set alight by fireballs sent by the god Hephaestus. The river god spares Achilles, who immediately goes back on the rampage. The gods are shocked by his rage.

The Trojans are surprised to discover that the Greeks have suddenly left the shores of Troy, leaving only a wooden horse. Inside the horse, Greek warriors remain silent and still.

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.

In Episode Two we countdown from 88 to 74 events that have shaped and influenced thought, marked wars, changed fashion, and rebuilt economies.

Counting down from 75 to 63 we showcase great works of art and scientific feats in space, civil wars, sieges and environmental crises.

The battle of Stalingrad was turning point in WWII, the Rwandan genocide and Tiananmen Square massacre left millions in sorrow, and war criminals were taken to trial in Nuremberg.

Arguably the most notorious Nazi fugitive of all, Dr. Joseph Mengele earned the nickname the 'Angel of Death' for his perverse and sadistic experiments at Auschwitz-Birkenau.

As the Gestapo Chief in Paris, Kurt Lischka orders the largest mass arrest in French history and is responsible for the murder of 33,000 Jews.

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.

In Saqqara desert, south of Cairo, stands a little-known monument whose walls are covered with exceptional texts: the pyramid of Pepi II – Egypt's longest reigning pharaoh.

The ancient Black Pyramid, dating back 1,800 years, appears ruinous yet harbors intricate underground tunnels. Egyptologist Lark Lenher delves into these passageways, revealing impressive artifacts.

We find extraordinary graphic representations on sarcophagi, papyrus scrolls, the walls of tombs and other buildings.

Two hundred years ago, Jean-François Champollion deciphered the Egyptian hieroglyphs for the first time, thus solving one of the greatest enigmas in the history of humanity.

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