Episode of Egypt Detectives - The Mystery Of The Rebel Pharaoh
Archaeologists and scientists are providing answers to the oldest question in Egyptology: who built the pyramids? Excavators have made extraordinary finds: the actual tombs of the pyramid builders, plus large sections of their "town." Scientists have compiled details of their lives, including food, lifestyle, medical care, and even who they were.
Discover how the steam engine led to safety matches, imitation diamonds and the moon in a wild ride.
Four russian submarines were at the front line of a nuclear standoff. This little known fact it's a tale that takes you inside the heads of the Soviet submariners and their US Navy counterparts in an eyeball to eyeball confrontation
Over a thousand years ago Spain was home to Jews, Christians, and Muslims, living together and flourishing. Their culture and beliefs interwined, and the knolwedge of the ancients was gathered and reborn. Here were the very seeds of the Renaissance.
(1of4) An attempt to re-trace Alexander's conquests by following the 20,000+ mile route of his army through Asia Minor, Africa and into the heart of Asia itself
Episode of Egypt Detectives - The Mystery Of The Pharaoh's Stone
Life Is No Picnic begins with an overview of the coffee consumed during WWII and 19th century theories of evolution. Burke ties these to the invention of nylon and the "Star Spangled Banner." In his usual upbeat style, he then discusses a new method of calculating astronomical dates, the death of Descartes, the Royal Society, and how jellyfish contributed to the fame of Charles Darwin.
An interdisciplinary approach to the history of science and invention and demonstrates how various discoveries, scientific achievements, and historical world events built off one another in an interconnected way to bring about particular aspects of modern technology
The Great Pyramid at Giza is the only one of the Seven Wonders of the World still standing and no one knows how it was built. For centuries archaeologists have been trying to figure out how ancient Egyptians moved huge stones to the top of the Pyramid.
(1/3) Egyptologist Dr. Bob Brier explains how mummies have been made, from King Tut to Lenin to Eva Peron, and describes his work applying ancient mummification techniques to a modern-day cadaver. Brier also uses Hollywood film clips and trips to medievel catacombs to explore mummies' enduring mystique and their grip on our imagination.
Episode of Egypt Detectives - The Mystery Of The Animal Mummies
The one-hour documentary examines the possible causes behind Egypt's downfall. Select images from NASA, along with global climate models and mapping reveal how changes half a world away triggered a chain of events that destroyed ancient Egypt.
We all know what happened on 9/11, the day the world changed. Or do we? The documentary investigates the growing number of conspiracy theories surrounding the 9/11 attacks and travels across the United States to investigate, speaking to eye witnesses and tries to separate fact from fiction.
How was life in ancient Egypt? Historian Terry Jones (former Monty Python) show us what life may have been like to the ordinary people in ancient Egypt With good humor and equally good academic knowledge Jones bypasses the pharaohs to focus in the life of the regular people in ancient times
For four thousand years men have marvelled at the Great Pyramid of Giza and asked two questions: how was it built and why? To answer those questions we will travel back in time. By combining the latest archaeological research with the most up-to-date visual technology we can for the first time see the Pyramid through the eyes of the men who built it
In "Echoes of the Past." The tea in India leads Burke to the ritual of the Japanese tea ceremony and Zen Buddhism, and porcelain takes him to the architecture in Florence and Freemasons. Moving back in time and across continents, Burke finds the links to secret coding, and from there to radio-telephones and the science of radio astronomy, which allows scientists to listen to sounds from the rest of the universe.
From Egypt, China and the Mayans the history of the pyramids and the men that built them
This documentary outlines how the racialist theories of the SS were drawn from archeology, myth and legend, as well as selected history. Nazi ideas about "Aryans" and the "master race" came out of historical and ethnic fantasies in which legends such as the Holy Grail and the lost city of Atlantis — supposed to be a home of the Aryan race — played their part.
Interesting insight into a gladiators life through a gladiator's eyes .... Travel back in time to the glamour and bloodshed of ancient Rome's gladiatorial world, where men fought for their lives to satisfy the whims of emperors and a bloodthirsty populace. Combining compelling narrative with state-of-the-art computer graphics and high-quality drama reconstruction, this production throws new light on the way gladiators really fought and trained, and reveals that many of them were the superstars of their age
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