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Ancient Egyptians bring home booty and fight the Sea People.

Archaeologists discover the fourth and greatest of the ancient Egyptian pyramids constructed on the Giza plateau; 5,000 years ago Pharaoh Radjedef tries to surpass the achievements of his hated father, Khufu.

The mysterious death of King Tut.

Looks at the burial places of the mummies, the construction of the pyramids during the annual flooding of the Nile, and how the mysterious Sphinx helped bridge the gap between the living and the dead.

A closer examination of some of the puzzles of life in ancient Egypt, including Howard Carter's uncovering of King Tut's tomb in 1922.

Ancient Egyptians bring home booty and fight the Sea People.

Archaeologists discover the fourth and greatest of the ancient Egyptian pyramids constructed on the Giza plateau; 5,000 years ago Pharaoh Radjedef tries to surpass the achievements of his hated father, Khufu.

The mysterious death of King Tut.

Looks at the burial places of the mummies, the construction of the pyramids during the annual flooding of the Nile, and how the mysterious Sphinx helped bridge the gap between the living and the dead.

A closer examination of some of the puzzles of life in ancient Egypt, including Howard Carter's uncovering of King Tut's tomb in 1922.

Ancient Egyptians bring home booty and fight the Sea People.

Archaeologists discover the fourth and greatest of the ancient Egyptian pyramids constructed on the Giza plateau; 5,000 years ago Pharaoh Radjedef tries to surpass the achievements of his hated father, Khufu.

Indian agents, whether missionaries or political appointees, affect reservation life.

Gen. George Crook fights Indians then, in peacetime, promotes their cause.

In the 1860s, Kit Carson and the U.S. government forced 8,000 Navajo Indians to march to a New Mexico reservation.

The Southern Cheyenne migrate to Colorado; Chivington and the Sand Creek Massacre.

Forced by settlers to migrate, the Northern Cheyenne allied with the Sioux, but gold soon made peace difficult to maintain.

The almost surreal deterioration of Gold Rush boomtowns into abandoned shells of timber and sagebrush.

Points west of the Mississippi saw bloody battles during the Civil War.

Steamboats open transportation for Western settlers.

Indian agents, whether missionaries or political appointees, affect reservation life.

Gen. George Crook fights Indians then, in peacetime, promotes their cause.

In the 1860s, Kit Carson and the U.S. government forced 8,000 Navajo Indians to march to a New Mexico reservation.

The Southern Cheyenne migrate to Colorado; Chivington and the Sand Creek Massacre.

Forced by settlers to migrate, the Northern Cheyenne allied with the Sioux, but gold soon made peace difficult to maintain.

The almost surreal deterioration of Gold Rush boomtowns into abandoned shells of timber and sagebrush.

Points west of the Mississippi saw bloody battles during the Civil War.

Steamboats open transportation for Western settlers.

Indian agents, whether missionaries or political appointees, affect reservation life.