For eight centuries, between the 9th and 1st century BC, the Etruscans, inhabitants of the Italian peninsula, were one of the most powerful peoples of the Mediterranean basin, and when they disappeared they left behind impressive necropolises, vestiges of sanctuaries and even entire cities. How did they attain such power? How far did they extend their dominion and influence? What were the causes of their decline?
How did humanity's earliest ancestors evolve into one of the most successful species on Earth? An ex...
The story of Buffalo Bill, born William Frederick Cody (1846-1917), a self-made man who went from wo...
A century after Shackleton's Endurance sank beneath the ice, explorers uncover the legendary shipwre...
In 1968, art students Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey “Po” Powell made a trippy photo collage for their ...
After decades of inaccessibility due to unrest and wars, teams of archaeologists from around the glo...
March 25th 1971, a horrific 'Genocide' was unleashed on the unarmed civilians of East Pakistan. This...
In New France before the British Conquest, Marie, an indigenous slave, serves the local surgeon. Her...
This explores the mysterious and catastrophic collapse of ancient civilizations during the late Bron...
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The film centers mostly around the personal and professional life of Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, a b...
Using archival footage, cabinet conversation recordings, and an interview of the 85-year-old Robert ...
Moscow, January 1948. In the bitter cold, a large crowd attends the State Funeral of the Yiddish act...
It is possible that only one per cent of the wonders of ancient Egypt have been discovered, but now,...
On June 6, 1944, the Allied Forces executed Operation Overlord, the largest seaborne invasion in his...
27 Olympic and Paralympic champions, aged 20 to 100, share their stories in this Mickaël Gamrasni do...
Director Guy Hamilton and several of the stars of Agatha Christie's "Evil Under The Sun" walk you th...
With an area three times larger than Pompeii, Baia, about 15 km from Naples and within the volcanic ...
Kingdom of Hungary, 17th century. As she gets older, powerful Countess Erzsébet Báthory (1560-1614),...