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(Premieres Wednesday, May 17) Beginning in the 1950s, American and Soviet scientists embarked on a perilous race to see who could build and detonate the world’s largest bomb. The results exceeded all expectations about how big a bomb could be built. Initially, the Americans led the way, but then left the field clear for the Soviet Union to break all records.

A tsunami may have been responsible for the downfall of the Minoans. In 2004, a tsunami that originated near Sumatra claimed nearly a quarter-million lives in 12 countries. Could this happen again?

Investigate the three major classifications of sedimentary rock in comparison with the bizarre deposit Sandy McGillivray discovered in the cliffs at Palaikastro.

Some archaeologists have begun to believe the legend of Atlantis may have origins in the Minoans, Europe’s first great civilization which once flourished on the island of Crete.

Sinking Atlantis digs deep into the Minoan soil and history, following archaeologists who are finding evidence of a massive tsunami that devastated the Minoans – and may have spawned the myth of Atlantis.

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