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Picturing Shakespeare

Picturing Shakespeare

Season 23 Episode 2
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Queens of Combat

Queens of Combat

Season 23 Episode 3
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The Quest for Camelot

The Quest for Camelot

Season 23 Episode 4
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New Evidence That Roman Life Continued After the Empire's Fall

New Evidence That Roman Life Continued After the Empire's Fall

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How the Sword in the Stone May Have Begun

How the Sword in the Stone May Have Begun

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Discovered Ruins May Have Inspired the Round Table

Discovered Ruins May Have Inspired the Round Table

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A Roman Dragon's Possible Link to King Arthur

A Roman Dragon's Possible Link to King Arthur

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Was This City the Real Camelot?

Was This City the Real Camelot?

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The Only Relief of Named Female Gladiators Ever Found

The Only Relief of Named Female Gladiators Ever Found

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An Everyday Roman Object Suggests Female Gladiators

An Everyday Roman Object Suggests Female Gladiators

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A Roman Poet’s Clue to Women Gladiators in the Arena

A Roman Poet’s Clue to Women Gladiators in the Arena

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A Roman Satirist Mocked Female Fighters. Was He Describing Real Gladiators?

A Roman Satirist Mocked Female Fighters. Was He Describing Real Gladiators?

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Secrets of the Dead

Preview | The Alcatraz Escape

Using innovative, 3D-modelling technology, scientists set out to prove whether it’s possible three inmates were able to survive one of the most daring prison escapes on record.
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King Arthur's Lost Kingdom
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Season 17 Episode 3
King Arthur's Lost Kingdom
New evidence suggests the legend of King Arthur began in a Dark Ages trading village.
Hannibal in the Alps
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Season 17 Episode 2
Hannibal in the Alps
Where did Hannibal and his army cross the Alps to launch a surprise attack on Rome?
The Woman in the Iron Coffin
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Season 16 Episode 5
The Woman in the Iron Coffin
Uncover the story of early America’s free Black communities via 150-year-old remains.
Leonardo, The Man Who Saved Science
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Season 16 Episode 4
Leonardo, The Man Who Saved Science
Was Leonardo a copycat?
Nero’s Sunken City
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Season 16 Episode 3
Nero’s Sunken City
Follow archaeologists who map underwater ruins of ancient Rome’s version of Las Vegas
Van Gogh’s Ear
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Season 16 Episode 2
Van Gogh’s Ear
What did Vincent Van Gogh really do on the night of December 23, 1888?
Graveyard of the Giant Beasts
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Season 15 Episode 5
Graveyard of the Giant Beasts
Follow scientists trying to determine which giant animal was the apex predator
Jamestown’s Dark Winter
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Season 14 Episode 4
Jamestown’s Dark Winter
Discover the truth about the first permanent English colony in the New World.
Ben Franklin's Bones
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Season 14 Episode 1
Ben Franklin's Bones
Learn why Franklin held human skeletal remains in the basement of his British residence.
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