Smithsonian Channel 2026-08-16 Blinded in one eye in the battle for Normandy, a defiant French-Canadian sniper sets out to liberate a Dutch city in the final days of the war. 2026-08-16 2026-08-16 2026-08-16 Blinded in one eye in the battle for Normandy, a defiant French-Canadian sniper sets out to liberate a Dutch city in the final days of the war. 2026-08-16 2026-08-16 2026-08-16 Blinded in one eye in the battle for Normandy, a defiant French-Canadian sniper sets out to liberate a Dutch city in the final days of the war. 2026-08-16 Part 5/6. Chart the turbulent reign of a brilliant strategist who allied herself with powerful Roman leaders in the hopes of saving her kingdom; examine the battle against Octavian that ended three millennia of Egyptian history and sealed Cleopatra's fate. 2026-08-16 Part 6/6. Unearth the dramatic final days of the Twentieth Dynasty's great warrior king, Ramses III; view a rare judicial papyrus that recounts the story of an assassination plot hatched in the royal harem; see what the monarch's mummy reveals today. 2026-08-16 A journey down one of the wild rivers in the world, the Yukon; the unusual trip starts in an aircraft piloted by a painter and the odyssey ends with a visit to a graveyard of disintegrating rear-wheel steamers. 2026-08-16 Psychedelic swirls in the Utah wastelands; a bizarre configuration of circles in the Sahara; hidden lines with the help of a drone; a remote polka-dot lake in Canada. 2026-08-16 A mysterious object is raised from the depths of the ocean; a stranded speedboat; an elite crew works to salvage America's biggest shipwreck before hurricane season. 2026-08-16 A journey down one of the wild rivers in the world, the Yukon; the unusual trip starts in an aircraft piloted by a painter and the odyssey ends with a visit to a graveyard of disintegrating rear-wheel steamers. 2026-08-16 Psychedelic swirls in the Utah wastelands; a bizarre configuration of circles in the Sahara; hidden lines with the help of a drone; a remote polka-dot lake in Canada. 2026-08-16 Lunar and solar eclipses. 2026-08-16 Paid programming. 2026-08-16 The Pyramid of Khufu is the only one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World which can still be seen in its original state. 2026-08-16 At the heart of Saqqara, the largest necropolis in Egypt, is the Step Pyramid of Djoser, built around 2600 BC. 2026-08-16 2026-08-16 Blinded in one eye in the battle for Normandy, a defiant French-Canadian sniper sets out to liberate a Dutch city in the final days of the war. 2026-08-16 2026-08-16 2026-08-16 Blinded in one eye in the battle for Normandy, a defiant French-Canadian sniper sets out to liberate a Dutch city in the final days of the war. 2026-08-16 2026-08-16 In Oklahoma, a sacred spiral mound rises on a former oilfield, honouring 39 tribes. London's crumbling Battersea Power Station is reborn with two million new bricks. And in Spain, Frank Gehry crowns a historic winery. 2026-08-17 Mike works with the Army Corps of Engineers on a massive project to restore essential flow of fresh water to the Florida Everglades; he also joins scientists, python hunters and the Miccosukee Tribe to eliminate invasive species in these wetlands. 2026-08-17 2026-08-17 In Oklahoma, a sacred spiral mound rises on a former oilfield, honouring 39 tribes. London's crumbling Battersea Power Station is reborn with two million new bricks. And in Spain, Frank Gehry crowns a historic winery. 2026-08-17 Mike works with the Army Corps of Engineers on a massive project to restore essential flow of fresh water to the Florida Everglades; he also joins scientists, python hunters and the Miccosukee Tribe to eliminate invasive species in these wetlands. 2026-08-17 2026-08-17 In Oklahoma, a sacred spiral mound rises on a former oilfield, honouring 39 tribes. London's crumbling Battersea Power Station is reborn with two million new bricks. And in Spain, Frank Gehry crowns a historic winery. 2026-08-17 Mike works with the Army Corps of Engineers on a massive project to restore essential flow of fresh water to the Florida Everglades; he also joins scientists, python hunters and the Miccosukee Tribe to eliminate invasive species in these wetlands. 2026-08-17 The Pyramid of Khufu is the only one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World which can still be seen in its original state. 2026-08-17 At the heart of Saqqara, the largest necropolis in Egypt, is the Step Pyramid of Djoser, built around 2600 BC. 2026-08-17 Meandering through the black waters of a primordial river immortalized in a folk song. 2026-08-17 Learning why an important urban center is sinking toward oblivion; soaring over sprawling ruins buried under Saharan sands; learning the modern secret of an ancient fortress; eyeing a ghost town on the edge of the Gobi. 2026-08-17 A salvage maestro returns to raise more valuable tropical hardwood trying not to wreck his own boat in the process; the multimillion dollar operation to salvage America's biggest shipwreck. 2026-08-17 Meandering through the black waters of a primordial river immortalized in a folk song. 2026-08-17 Learning why an important urban center is sinking toward oblivion; soaring over sprawling ruins buried under Saharan sands; learning the modern secret of an ancient fortress; eyeing a ghost town on the edge of the Gobi. 2026-08-17 A salvage maestro returns to raise more valuable tropical hardwood trying not to wreck his own boat in the process; the multimillion dollar operation to salvage America's biggest shipwreck. 2026-08-17 When a body is discovered in a bombed-out London church, investigators race to determine if it was caused by the Nazi Blitz or a local killer. 2026-08-17 The story of "America's first serial killer," who stalked Chicago in the 1890s, and how the police departments of two major cities finally brought him to justice. 2026-08-17 In Oklahoma, a sacred spiral mound rises on a former oilfield, honouring 39 tribes. London's crumbling Battersea Power Station is reborn with two million new bricks. And in Spain, Frank Gehry crowns a historic winery. 2026-08-17 Mike works with the Army Corps of Engineers on a massive project to restore essential flow of fresh water to the Florida Everglades; he also joins scientists, python hunters and the Miccosukee Tribe to eliminate invasive species in these wetlands. 2026-08-17 2026-08-17 In Oklahoma, a sacred spiral mound rises on a former oilfield, honouring 39 tribes. London's crumbling Battersea Power Station is reborn with two million new bricks. And in Spain, Frank Gehry crowns a historic winery. 2026-08-17 Mike works with the Army Corps of Engineers on a massive project to restore essential flow of fresh water to the Florida Everglades; he also joins scientists, python hunters and the Miccosukee Tribe to eliminate invasive species in these wetlands. 2026-08-17 2026-08-17 Explore 125 years of aviation by uncovering how iconic aircraft have radically reshaped our world and revealing the ingenious engineering behind its success. 2026-08-18