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The city of Thebes was the religious centre of Egypt's New Kingdom. How did workers construct the largest religious site in the ancient world.

A pioneering experiment shows how ancient Egyptians built the giant obelisks of Thebes. New findings suggest how they prompted the downfall of the pharaohs.

Explore the violent formation of our solar system, and look forward to its eventual death. And, what do other planetary systems around far-flung stars look like.

Apollo 12 astronauts bring back something alive from the moon and NASA track an asteroid heading towards Earth only to make a shocking discovery.

Josh Gates travels to Greece to find out exactly how the mighty Minoan civilization disappeared from the ancient world.

Josh Gates joins leading archaeologists as they investigate America's first missing-persons case, The Lost Colony of Roanoke.

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Tells the story of the crucial 72 hours following the D-Day invasion, told by combat veterans who fought in the villages, beaches, hedgerows and bridgeheads of Normandy.

Danny heads to India to see one of the country's most ambitious undertakings ever, the $2 billion expansion of Mumbai Airport.

Bruce Crompton marks the 75th Anniversary of VE Day, sending rare German halftrack vehicles to partake in a battle re-enactment. In France, he seeks VE Day relics.

New discoveries at a strange prehistoric site reveal the dark secrets and rituals of the mysterious people who built the world's largest stone circle.

Hidden deep in the Guatemalan jungle is the lost city of Tikal, once home to over 100,000 people. How did this small village rise to become a Maya superpower.

To help clone the extinct woolly mammoth back to life, Josh visits a biotech lab driving the project and excavates ancient bones in a Canadian mine.

Josh treks deep into Siberia for a site where priceless mammoth bones are mined out of the permafrost. Then, he takes the DNA samples back to the lab.

An Apollo 17 photo seems to show a US military outpost on the Moon and is life in the oceans of Jupiter's moons? Plus Neil Armstrong faces real danger.

From giant burning gas spheres to icy orphaned worlds wandering in interstellar space, explore the strange planets that inhabit the vast spread of the universe.

Jeremy looks at a puzzling military defeat - the Battle of Actium. Next, he examines what could be the first recorded case of a whale rescuing a human.

Don Wildman uncovers a plot to assassinate George Washington and investigates the bizarre trial of a rooster that hatched an egg.

Miracle On The Hudson And More. Don Wildman investigates the events that led to the Miracle on the Hudson River, the origins of a legendary statue and a machine that changed music.

Some of the brightest minds and theorists on the planet explore the limits of human knowledge and explain the science behind the rules of the universe.

Tells the story of the crucial 72 hours following the D-Day invasion, told by combat veterans who fought in the villages, beaches, hedgerows and bridgeheads of Normandy.

3D modelling reveals the gruesome details of a Maya mass murder. Plus, advanced laser scanning uncovers the identity of a mysterious ancient carving.

How do they make the magic suits that stop jet pilots blacking out when they are flying, and how can a robo-cop stop a stolen car without a high-speed chase.

How do they program robots to build cars, how are wine bottles sealed, and how can sea water be transformed into fresh drinking water.

New discoveries at a strange prehistoric site reveal the dark secrets and rituals of the mysterious people who built the world's largest stone circle.