Young men of Navajo descent create a military code.
At each step in the march westward on the American frontier, pioneers fight a cunning, ubiquitous enemy -- death from disease and epidemics, as well as death from knife and gun wounds.
Examining one of America's darkest times. Includes startling facts about who the real accusers were and what the community did to make restitution to the loved ones of the dead.
Scientists investigate asteroids.
Examining the history of the first colony in the "New World."
The Freemasons are one of the world's most secret societies.
The story of a young peasant girl who commanded an army.
After a stroke leaves President Woodrow Wilson in a weakened position, First Lady Edith Wilson takes a leading role in the White House to complete the final months of her husband's term.
Historians examine ancient rituals that involve altered consciousness.
Stretching roughly 80 miles across northern England, Hadrian's Wall split the country in two, serving as a barrier against Pict marauders.
The unmitigated success of the Allies' Operation Overlord depended on an elaborate plan to fool the Germans as to when and where the assault would hit.
The brooding figure of the Great Sphinx stands guard over the pyramids of Giza; with the head of a man and body of a lion, this 240-foot ruin may depict Pharaoh Khafre, son of Khufu, the builder of the Great Pyramid.
Members of the Chicago White Sox are accused of intentionally losing the 1919 World Series.
Romans engineer a stone-paved highway system.
During World War II, the U.S. military builds a relationship with the mafia.
Exploring the monuments of Rome.
An armed conflict arises when President James Buchanan picks a non-Mormon to govern the Territory of Utah in 1857.
As Jesus was dying on the cross, a Roman soldier pierced his side with a spear--thus giving birth to legend; a journey in search of the Holy Lance and its legendary power.
A legal battle between church and state unfolds when John Scopes stirs up controversy for teaching Darwin's theory of evolution to his class.
In 1348, a mysterious and deadly disease ravaged Europe, killing millions of people while spreading irrational fear in its wake.
In 1997, Britain ceded control of Hong Kong to China, completing the Boxer Rebellion's goal to oust outsiders; this movement led to the massacre of thousands of foreigners and international intervention in 1900.
The Teotihuacanos leave no evidence of their culture after building one of the largest settlements in the ancient world.
In ancient times, the tattooed Celts, who often fought naked while covered in blue paint, were Europe's most feared warriors.
After WWII, a handful of Nazis were tried for war crimes at Nuremberg, but many seemingly disappeared; studying the Odessa organization, rumored to have links to the SS and to have ferried high-ranking Nazis out of Germany.
Their legions were legend as the Roman army marched across the known world, trampling its enemies and securing one of history's largest empires.
A witch once held the exalted position of a healing woman who harnessed nature's secrets for humanity's good; investigating what happened in the Middle Ages to transform the witch into a Christian symbol of evil.
Investigating if Dr. Frankenstein was born from novelist Mary Shelley's mind or based in reality as some investigators argue.
In 776 B.C., in Olympia, Greek city-states compete in peaceful games to honor Zeus.
The Roman city of Ostia, founded in the 4th century B.C. at the mouth of the Tiber, was once a vital harbor town and important port; examining the reasons for the towns demise.
Venice relied on her 200-square- mile lagoon for protection until surrendering to Napoleon in 1797, yet her origins have sunk into the miasma of myth.
A look at the story of the Nabataeans, a desert people who carved the city of Petra out of the Jordanian mountains some 2,000 years ago.
Visiting the fabled temples of India that celebrate the Kama Sutra, comprising ancient Hindu texts that deal with all facets of sexual experience including exotic lovemaking and formulas for aphrodisiacs.
Greek deities involve themselves in wars, jealousies and mortal intrigue; monuments and temples reflect the advancement of the Greeks.
Volcanic eruptions are attributed to Pele, queen of the fiery domain, and rituals are used to calm her anger.
Chronicling the Borgias, a Spanish crime family that migrated to Italy and became embroiled in political plots and murder during the Renaissance.