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      • Ancient Top 10 (10)

        Ancient Sieges. The great empires of the ancient world were created through war, and the most defining battles were fought through siege warfare. From the legendary battle of Troy to the fall of Rome, which siege will top our list for being the most devastating?

      • Boneyard (10)

        Demolition. When buildings become obsolete and are abandoned, they become boneyards, but often their materials are given new life, able to rise up again out of the dust.

      • DB Cooper: Case Closed? (1)

        Part 1. In 1971, a man hijacked and threatened to blow up an airliner, extorting $200,000 from its owner, Northwest Orient. He then parachuted from the plane - and was never seen again. Learn how the case took over 40 years to crack.

      • Museum Men (5)

        Lincoln's Last Ride. Creative Arts has been commissioned by the Sarasota Classic Car Museum to build a full-scale replica of President Abraham Lincoln's Springfield funeral carriage.

      • Missing in Alaska (4)

        Zombies of HAARP. The team explores a top secret government facility that is said to operate an electromagnetic generator which has caused the disappearances in Alaska.

      • Missing in Alaska (5)

        Attack of the Ice Gnomes. Sightings of small creatures have coincided with missing persons reports within the Alaska Triangle. Could man-eating gnomes be roaming Alaska?

      • Battlefield Detectives (2)

        Mexican-American War - The Battle of Palo Alto. On May 8th 1846 the armies of Mexico and the United States met in a battle over the ownership of Texas.

      • Ancient Top 10 (10)

        Ancient Sieges. The great empires of the ancient world were created through war, and the most defining battles were fought through siege warfare. From the legendary battle of Troy to the fall of Rome, which siege will top our list for being the most devastating?

      • Boneyard (10)

        Demolition. When buildings become obsolete and are abandoned, they become boneyards, but often their materials are given new life, able to rise up again out of the dust.

      • DB Cooper: Case Closed? (1)

        Part 1. In 1971, a man hijacked and threatened to blow up an airliner, extorting $200,000 from its owner, Northwest Orient. He then parachuted from the plane - and was never seen again. Learn how the case took over 40 years to crack.

      • Museum Men (5)

        Lincoln's Last Ride. Creative Arts has been commissioned by the Sarasota Classic Car Museum to build a full-scale replica of President Abraham Lincoln's Springfield funeral carriage.

      • Missing in Alaska (4)

        Zombies of HAARP. The team explores a top secret government facility that is said to operate an electromagnetic generator which has caused the disappearances in Alaska.

      • Missing in Alaska (5)

        Attack of the Ice Gnomes. Sightings of small creatures have coincided with missing persons reports within the Alaska Triangle. Could man-eating gnomes be roaming Alaska?

      • Battlefield Detectives (2)

        Mexican-American War - The Battle of Palo Alto. On May 8th 1846 the armies of Mexico and the United States met in a battle over the ownership of Texas.

      • Ancient Top 10 (10)

        Ancient Sieges. The great empires of the ancient world were created through war, and the most defining battles were fought through siege warfare. From the legendary battle of Troy to the fall of Rome, which siege will top our list for being the most devastating?

      • Boneyard (10)

        Demolition. When buildings become obsolete and are abandoned, they become boneyards, but often their materials are given new life, able to rise up again out of the dust.

      • DB Cooper: Case Closed? (1)

        Part 1. In 1971, a man hijacked and threatened to blow up an airliner, extorting $200,000 from its owner, Northwest Orient. He then parachuted from the plane - and was never seen again. Learn how the case took over 40 years to crack.

      • Museum Men (5)

        Lincoln's Last Ride. Creative Arts has been commissioned by the Sarasota Classic Car Museum to build a full-scale replica of President Abraham Lincoln's Springfield funeral carriage.

      • Missing in Alaska (4)

        Zombies of HAARP. The team explores a top secret government facility that is said to operate an electromagnetic generator which has caused the disappearances in Alaska.

      • Missing in Alaska (5)

        Attack of the Ice Gnomes. Sightings of small creatures have coincided with missing persons reports within the Alaska Triangle. Could man-eating gnomes be roaming Alaska?

      • Battlefield Detectives (2)

        Mexican-American War - The Battle of Palo Alto. On May 8th 1846 the armies of Mexico and the United States met in a battle over the ownership of Texas.

      • Ancient Top 10 (10)

        Ancient Sieges. The great empires of the ancient world were created through war, and the most defining battles were fought through siege warfare. From the legendary battle of Troy to the fall of Rome, which siege will top our list for being the most devastating?

      • Boneyard (10)

        Demolition. When buildings become obsolete and are abandoned, they become boneyards, but often their materials are given new life, able to rise up again out of the dust.

      • DB Cooper: Case Closed? (1)

        Part 1. In 1971, a man hijacked and threatened to blow up an airliner, extorting $200,000 from its owner, Northwest Orient. He then parachuted from the plane - and was never seen again. Learn how the case took over 40 years to crack.

      • Museum Men (5)

        Lincoln's Last Ride. Creative Arts has been commissioned by the Sarasota Classic Car Museum to build a full-scale replica of President Abraham Lincoln's Springfield funeral carriage.

      • Soviet Storm: WWII in the East (6)

        Operation Bagration. A look from the Soviet perspective at the operation to encircle and annihilate the occupying Germans in the Byelorussian SSR.

      • Sliced (17)

        Robots. Are robots artificially intelligent or just intelligently designed? To find the secrets behind the circuits, John's slicing a Roomba, a fortune-telling Zoltar, an industrial robot arm and some terrain-exploring toy robots.

      • Sliced (18)

        Gas Station. How safe are gas stations and the tankers that deliver gasoline? What technology is in place to prevent a spill that could lead to a deadly explosion? John's going to get to the bottom of this explosive mystery.

      • River Hunters (5)

        Hadrian's Wall. Rick Edwards joins YouTuber and detectorist Beau Ouimette on an underwater hunt to discover the secrets of Hadrian's Wall.

      • The Hunt for Baltic Gold (5)

        Danger awaits amber hunters. Krzysztof’s field is flooded and smoke starts blowing from his caravan. Sappers clear the sea floor from unexploded bombs. Dorota begins the certification process for her jewellery. The storm arrives on the Baltic sea.

      • Ancient Discoveries IV (2)

        Mega Ocean Quest. Experts reveal how an ancient army blasted its way through a seven-mile fleet without losing a single ship. Plus, we investigate the mystery of a time-travelling ghost ship.

      • Secret History of Humans (1)

        Lust for Luxury. From an obsession with silk to the fall of Constantinople, the discovery of the Americas to the launch of the Industrial Revolution, a desire for luxury has shaped our history and evolution.

      • Secret History of Humans (2)

        Arms Race. Around 10,000 years ago, humans discovered farming. But when crops failed, early farming communities faced a new threat: war. It's the birth of the arms race.

      • Ancient Impossible (1)

        Moving Mountains. We reveal the ancient technology that allowed the Egyptians to move a 1,000 ton obelisk, and show how the Romans moved even heavier objects at the temples at Baalbek.

      • Dogfights (5)

        The Last Gunfighter. Relive one of the longest, gut-wrenching dogfights on record as US Lt Commander Richard Schaffert heroically took on the enemy, without any ammunition.

      • Soviet Storm: WWII in the East (6)

        Operation Bagration. A look from the Soviet perspective at the operation to encircle and annihilate the occupying Germans in the Byelorussian SSR.

      • Sliced (17)

        Robots. Are robots artificially intelligent or just intelligently designed? To find the secrets behind the circuits, John's slicing a Roomba, a fortune-telling Zoltar, an industrial robot arm and some terrain-exploring toy robots.

      • Sliced (18)

        Gas Station. How safe are gas stations and the tankers that deliver gasoline? What technology is in place to prevent a spill that could lead to a deadly explosion? John's going to get to the bottom of this explosive mystery.

      • River Hunters (5)

        Hadrian's Wall. Rick Edwards joins YouTuber and detectorist Beau Ouimette on an underwater hunt to discover the secrets of Hadrian's Wall.

      • The Hunt for Baltic Gold (5)

        Danger awaits amber hunters. Krzysztof’s field is flooded and smoke starts blowing from his caravan. Sappers clear the sea floor from unexploded bombs. Dorota begins the certification process for her jewellery. The storm arrives on the Baltic sea.

      • Ancient Discoveries IV (2)

        Mega Ocean Quest. Experts reveal how an ancient army blasted its way through a seven-mile fleet without losing a single ship. Plus, we investigate the mystery of a time-travelling ghost ship.

      • Secret History of Humans (1)

        Lust for Luxury. From an obsession with silk to the fall of Constantinople, the discovery of the Americas to the launch of the Industrial Revolution, a desire for luxury has shaped our history and evolution.

      • Secret History of Humans (2)

        Arms Race. Around 10,000 years ago, humans discovered farming. But when crops failed, early farming communities faced a new threat: war. It's the birth of the arms race.

      • Ancient Impossible (1)

        Moving Mountains. We reveal the ancient technology that allowed the Egyptians to move a 1,000 ton obelisk, and show how the Romans moved even heavier objects at the temples at Baalbek.