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Moving Tons of Rock by Hand
How did the ancient Egyptians dig huge trenches without modern tools? A team of scientists sets out to find the answer.
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Diving for Pyramids
A group of divers and archeologists journey to the Nile to discover if ancient forgotten artifacts lie in its depths.
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Devastating Radiation Effects
Two years after the US dropped the atomic bomb, a commission is created to study the effects of the intense radiation on humans.
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Net-Fishing for Oil
In the wake of one of the world’s largest oil spills, many Gulf Coast shrimp boats have begun trawling for oil rather than shellfish.
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Cleaning Up After the Spill
Join a crew collecting the oil runoff from one of history’s largest oil spills, and learn how they're helping to clean up the Gulf.
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Who Wrote the Devil’s Bible?
Allegedly made from the skins of 160 donkeys, the Codex Gigas is the world?s darkest and most mysterious medieval manuscript.
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Really Old Testament
An archeologist comes face to face with biblical history when he views the original book of Isaiah in order to study its origins.
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An Ancient Religious War
Travel back in time to one of the bloodiest events in ancient history — a mass suicide in order to protect sacred texts.
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An Ancient Religious War
Travel back in time to one of the bloodiest events in ancient history — a mass suicide in order to protect sacred texts.
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Scroll Survival
As the scrolls passed from scholar to scholar in a secrecy, they begain to break down.  Now, archivists are working to pre...
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Scroll Survival
As the scrolls passed from scholar to scholar in a secrecy, they begain to break down.  Now, archivists are working to preserve them.
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An Ancient Time Capsule
While the origin of the scrolls remains a controversial mystery, the scrolls themselves shed light on an important historical era.
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Super-Human Scribe
After a thorough analysis, researchers discover that this massive 165-pound medieval manuscript was written by a single man.
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Eventual Extinction
Despite the Nasca’s ingenious methods of irrigation and agriculture amid an intensely dry climate, the culture still withered and died.
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Eventual Extinction
Despite the Nasca’s ingenious methods of irrigation and agriculture amid an intensely dry climate, the culture still withered and died.
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