Archaeology
Time Team America
The trowel is the archaeologist's signature tool -- good for everything from sculpting the walls and floors of a unit to inspiring raging debates. Continue
Time Team America
Julie, Joe and Chelsea describe some of the differences between academic archaeology and cultural resource management. Continue
Time Team America
Find out why it takes a lot more than a passion for studying the past to become an archaeologist. Continue
PBS NewsHour
In Guatemala, investigators using forensic science have compelling evidence that thousands of innocent indigenous Ixil Mayans were the target of extermination in the 1980s. Science correspondent Miles O'Brien reports on how murder, politics and science intersect in the genocide trial of former leader Efrain Rios Montt. Continue
Secrets of the Dead
A tomb of 49,000 year-old Neanderthal bones discovered in El Sidron, a remote, mountainous region of Northern Spain, leads to a compelling investigation to solve a double mystery: How did this group of Neanderthals die? Continue
NOVA
Until recently, scientists have encountered scant evidence of Neanderthal ritual or religious practice. A new discovery, though, suggests that Neanderthals—much like today’s bear hunters—ceremoniously cut off panther paws and kept them as trophies. Continue
FRONTLINE
Document the rise of Christianity from a small Jewish sect to an official religion of the Roman Empire. 12/25/2012 Continue
PBS Presents
Travel with Bettany Hughes across the eastern Mediterranean to find out the truth about Helen of Troy. 8/12/2012 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
Time Team America
Julie and Joe discuss the difference between historical and pre-historical (or pre-contact) archaeology as well as the methods used to study these sites. Continue
Time Team America
Colin talks about his unique role as artist on Time Team America. Continue
Secrets of the Dead
A tomb of 49,000 year-old Neanderthal bones discovered in El Sidron, a remote, mountainous region of Northern Spain, leads to a compelling investigation to solve a double mystery: How did this group of Neanderthals die? Continue
Secrets of the Dead
Journey to Spain to investigate a double Neanderthal mystery. 5/15/2013 Continue
10 Buildings that Changed America
A state capitol that Thomas Jefferson designed to resemble a Roman temple, the home of Henry Ford’s first assembly line, the first indoor regional shopping mall, an airport with a swooping concrete roof that seems to float on air — these are among the buildings surveyed in this cross-country journey to 10 influential works of American architecture. Continue
NOVA
The world’s first industrial process likely began with the Neanderthals. In this video, watch as NOVA reenacts the Neanderthal technique of pitch extraction through a complex called dry distillation. Continue
PBS
Join Chris Morgan on the search for the elusive Siberian tiger on NATURE, uncover the mysterious history of the Viking sword on NOVA and discover what makes us human with David Pogue on NOVA scienceNOW. This night of back-to-back exploration begins Wednesday at 8/7c Continue
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
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