Secrets of the Dead (2010)
Notable historical events and locations are scientifically examined.
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Episode 1 - JFK: One PM Central Standard Time
Release Date: 11 Nov. 2013How the JFK assassination was reported by journalists on the scene in Dallas and Walter Cronkite, who anchored CBS News coverage from New York. Included. The recollections of Dan Rather , Bob Schaeffer, Marvin Lamb. Narrated by George Clooney.
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Episode 2 - The Lost Diary of Dr. Livingstone
Release Date: 26 Mar. 2014From PBS - "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?" To celebrate the 200th anniversary of David Livingstone's birth in March 1813, The Lost Diary of Dr. Livingstone, follows a pioneering American team's ground-breaking attempts to decipher the legendary explorer's last field diary. By digging out these forgotten diary pages, they began an incredible journey inside the mind of this extraordinary 19th-century adventurer. Was Livingstone the hero he's made out to be? The original pages of his last field diary contain a secret, hidden until now. Scrawled over an old copy of The ...
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Episode 3 - Carthage's Lost Warriors
Release Date: 2 Apr. 2014From PBS - At the headwaters of the Amazon, a German professor believes he is able to solve the mystery of the Chachapoya, a tribe which was lost centuries ago. This warrior people of the Andes is surrounded by secrets, and its origin remains the largest secret of all.
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Episode 4 - The Lost Gardens of Babylon
Release Date: 6 May 2014From PBS - A world wonder so elusive; it must be mythical... Centuries of digging have turned up nothing. Is it possible everyone has been looking in the wrong place? The Lost Gardens of Babylon follows Dr. Stephanie Dalley as she hunts to find the location of one of the ancient wonders of the world. Until now; no one has been able to find a trace of the spectacular gardens. Dalley will use ancient cuneiform texts and declassified spy satellite images to uncover evidence that supports her theory that the gardens were built 100 years before is commonly believed. Her ...
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Episode 5 - The Mona Lisa Mystery
Release Date: 9 Jul. 2014From PBS - It is the most famous painting in the world, created by the hand of a genius, marvelled at by millions every year in the Louvre in Paris--but could there be a second Mona Lisa? In 1913, an interesting portrait surfaced, the so-called "Isleworth Mona Lisa." Using sophisticated scientific analysis, scientists will test both paintings to determine whether Leonardo da Vinci painted an earlier version of the iconic portrait.
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Episode 7 - Resurrecting Richard III
Release Date: 24 Sep. 2014With the 2013 discovery of Richard III's body, a team of experts investigate: Could the slight, English King who had severe scoliosis, been the feared warrior depicted in contemporary accounts ? For an answer, scientists employ a war re-enactor, who happens to have a similar build and medical condition. Dominic Smee is outfitted with 15th Century armor and sword, then trained on medieval horseback combat. Richard was the last British monarch killed on a battlefield. His 1485 defeat at Bosworth Field, marked the end of the Plantagenet Dynasty and the Middle Ages in ...