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Ben Franklin's Bones

Ben Franklin's Bones

Season 14 Episode 1
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JFK & LBJ: A Time for Greatness

JFK & LBJ: A Time for Greatness

Season 14 Episode 2
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The Real Trojan Horse

The Real Trojan Horse

Season 14 Episode 3
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Jamestown’s Dark Winter

Jamestown’s Dark Winter

Season 14 Episode 4
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Graveyard of the Giant Beasts

Graveyard of the Giant Beasts

Season 15 Episode 5
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Van Gogh’s Ear

Van Gogh’s Ear

Season 16 Episode 2
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Nero’s Sunken City

Nero’s Sunken City

Season 16 Episode 3
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Leonardo, The Man Who Saved Science

Leonardo, The Man Who Saved Science

Season 16 Episode 4
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The Woman in the Iron Coffin

The Woman in the Iron Coffin

Season 16 Episode 5
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Hannibal in the Alps

Hannibal in the Alps

Season 17 Episode 2
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King Arthur's Lost Kingdom

King Arthur's Lost Kingdom

Season 17 Episode 3
55:41
Abandoning the Titanic

Abandoning the Titanic

Season 17 Episode 6
55:15
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Witches Curse

Season 2 Episode 1

The trouble in Salem began during the cold, dark Massachusetts winter, in January of 1692. Eight young girls began to take ill, beginning with 9-year-old Elizabeth Parris and 11-year-old Abigail Williams. But theirs was a strange sickness.

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Learn the untold story of Maria Anna Mozart, Wolfgang’s older sister and collaborator.
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Archaeologists search for Assyrian artifacts that survived the Isis occupation of Mosul.
The Princes in the Tower
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Find out if the 15th-century murder of two princes in the Tower of London can be solved.
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Uncover the only evidence of crucifixion in Roman-occupied Britain.
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