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Kon-Tiki Official Trailer

The story of legendary explorer Thor Heyerdal's epic crossing of the Pacific Ocean on a balsa wood raft in 1947 (2:10)

The Cyrus Cylinder: An Artifact Ahead of Its Time

This relic from ancient Persia had a profound influence on the Founding Fathers (3:03)

How to Become the Pope

With the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, the long process to elect a new pope begins (5:09)

The Secret Plot to Kill Lincoln

During his inauguration tour in 1861, the president's life was threatened in the city of Baltimore (4:26)

Behind the Scenes of a Historic Photo Shoot

What did it take to pull together a draft of the Emancipation Proclamation, Lincoln's inkwell and his pen? (3:05)

Anne Kelly Knowles Uses GIS Tools to Re-Write History

The American Ingenuity Award winner is using geographic information systems to map history's most iconic landscapes (1:51)

Anne Kelly Knowles: 2012 Smithsonian American Ingenuity Awards

By using cutting-edge technology in the field of geography, this Middlebury College professor can see into the past (1:32)

How One Soccer Team Defeated the Nazis

FC Start, a group of soccer players living in Nazi-occupied Kiev, used the game to find hope and inspire their fellow countrymen. (20:04)

Karen King on the Meaning of Her Discovery

The divinity professor explains the nuance behind the suggestion in the fragment that Jesus was married (2:29)

Remembering the Dark Days of the Cuban Missile Crisis

Former CIA analyst Dino Brugioni was one of the first to spot missiles in Cuba in October 1962 (3:09)

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