Archaeology
Michael Wood's Story of England
Learn about Kibworth during the Hundred Years’ War, the Protestant Reformation and the English Civil War. 7/10/2012 Continue
Michael Wood's Story of England
Join historian Michael Wood to recover the lost history of Kibworth’s first thousand years. 7/3/2012 Continue
The Human Spark
A look at the difference between human language and other species' communication systems. Continue
Bones of Turkana
Follow famed paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey, his family and colleagues as they work in the arid northern regions of Kenya's Turkana Basin to unravel the mysteries of human evolution. While one of the Leakey team's goals is to demonstrate the complexity and truth of human evolution, they also seek to show how the qualities that we proudly call human were all born in Africa. Continue
Civilization: The West and the Rest with Niall Ferguson
What led the West to be so influential? And how long will the West sustain its supremacy? Premieres on Tuesdays, May 22 and 29, 2012 on PBS (check local listings). Continue
Time Team America
Time Team America archaeologist Julie Schablitsky explains how archaeologists read the evidence in the layers of soil. Relative dating can establish an older than/younger than chronology. Continue
NOVA
Mass graves and forensic evidence reveal a complex truth about how the Inca Empire fell. Continue
Cave People of the Himalaya
Everest climber and thrill seeker Pete Athans returns to the Himalayas with Dr. Mark Aldenderfer in search of the caves and mummies of a lost civilization. There they risk their own safety to reveal astonishing evidence of a previously unknown 1,500-year-old death ritual high in the Himalayan caves. Continue
NOVA
Experts uncover a site in Colorado packed with fossil mammoths and other extinct beasts. Continue
NOVA
A new forensic investigation of a 5,000-year-old mummy reconstructs his death and reveals an ancient way of life. Premiering October 26, 2011 on PBS Continue
Michael Wood's Story of England
Follow the story of Kibworth as it reaches the catastrophic 14th century. 7/3/2012 Continue
The Human Spark
An overview of how insight and imagination distinguish humans from others. Continue
NOVA
Where did we come from? What makes us human? An explosion of recent discoveries sheds light on these questions, and NOVA's comprehensive, three-part special, "Becoming Human," examines what the latest scientific research reveals about our hominid relatives. Continue
Quest for the Lost Maya
Quest for the Lost Maya explores archaeological evidence of a previously unknown Mayan society based in the Yucatan Peninsula of southern Mexico. The film surveys their dramatic rise to prominence in the "pre-classic era" (800-700 BCE) of the Maya, as well as new evidence of the collapse of their civilization in the 800-900s CE. Continue
Quest for the Lost Maya
Follow archaeologists as they unearth evidence of a previously unknown Mayan society based in the Yucatán Peninsula of southern Mexico. The film surveys the Maya's dramatic rise to prominence in the "pre-classic era" (800-700 B.C.) , as well as new evidence of the collapse of their civilization around A.D. 900. Continue
Antiques Roadshow
Tribal arts expert John Buxton's appraisal of a bowl from the Mimbres people of southwestern New Mexico, whose culture collapsed in the early 12th century, occasions an overview on the ethics and legal considerations surrounding American antiquities. Continue
Cave People of the Himalaya
A mission, set within the world’s highest mountains, to find ancient mummies and uncover secrets of a lost civilization that have been hidden in cliff-top graves for thousands of years. Continue
NOVA
A new forensic investigation of a 5,000-year-old mummy reconstructs his death and reveals an ancient way of life. Continue
Secrets of the Dead
Secrets of the Dead reveals that the Chinese may have had Henry Ford beat by more than 2,000 years with their own assembly line used to produce 8,000 lavishly painted terracotta warriors. Continue
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1. NOVA: The Bible's Buried Secrets: Archaeology's New Theories DVD
Go on a scientific journey to the beginnings of modern religion, and dig into both the Bible and the history of the Israelites through the artifacts they left behind.
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- 3. The Jews: A People's History - 2PK DVD
- 4. Secrets of the Dead: Murder at Stonehenge DVD
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