At the dawn of history, the ancient Egyptians showed the world how to build the impossible... In an age before machines, when copper was the strongest metal yet discovered, great pharaohs like Khufu and Ramses II demonstrated how boundless ambition and vast quantities of human labour could transform rock and stone into some of the most incredible monuments ever created from carving out spectacular tombs in the Valley Of The Kings to the building of the iconic Great Pyramid. In this fascinating documentary special we uncover the secrets of Ancient Egypt Pharaoh, engineers and architects and bring to life great buildings and the ancient Egyptians saw them - towering over their great civilisation in the history of Africa, and perhaps the World....
James Earl Jones narrates this examination of the historical relationship between American Indians a...

30+ interviews in 10 U.S. states with authors, collectors, journalists, professors, bloggers, studen...
While London was a swamp, and Paris, a fishing village, Istanbul, then known as Constantinople, reig...
Documentary that takes a scientific and historical look at the story of Moses. Uses archaeological e...
In June 1942, Japanese bombers tried to level the American presence on Midway Island in a bid to ste...

History Channel documentary which chronicles the history of Hawai'i and the rarely told story of the...
Documentary of an underwater archaeological expedition led by French explorer Franck Goddio that exp...
The true life story and adventures of László Almásy, the 'English patient', who crossed Africa in 19...

During the Exodus, one of the most famous miracles of the Old Testament took place. More than 3000 y...

Four female friends from Egypt with opposing religious, social, and political views listen to one an...
A look at the gritty world of New York through the eyes of Sheldon Nadelman, bartender at the old Te...

Six young women programmed the world's first all-electronic programmable computer, ENIAC, as part of...

How do you put a life into 500 words? Ask the staff obituary writers at the New York Times. OBIT is ...

In 1570 B.C., Rome was a marsh, the Acropolis an empty rock, but Egypt was 1,000 years old. The pyra...

Walter Bonatti is THE mountaineering legend, capable of meeting the great challenges of mountaineeri...

Produced by the International Ladies Garment Workers Union, the film used actors to recreate the Tri...