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Odysseus’ Journey is a Reflection of our Own Love of Adventure (02:12)
Could an Ancient Greek Bow Outperform a Modern One? (03:41)
The Ancient Greek City of Mystra Has Become a Ghost Town (03:41)
The Lighthouse of Chania was a Beacon for Greek Ships (02:06)
Why the Nazis Interviewed British POWs in Slick Film Segments (02:39)
This Imposing Concrete Hideout is Where Nazi U-Boats Were Once Built (04:05)
Harrowing World War II Footage of the Allies Bringing Supplies to Malta (03:50)
Destroying the Dnieper Dam Sent a Strong Message to the Nazis (03:24)
How Stalin, Churchill & Roosevelt Carved up a Defeated Germany (03:31)
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Is One of America's Greatest National Monuments (03:04)
Unfathomable Cruelty at the Heart of Hitler’s Russian Invasion (02:21)
African-Americans Came out of the Civil War and Ran into Jim Crow (01:48)
Frederick Douglass Disagreed with the Quakers Trying to Free Him (02:30)
How the U.S. Used Small Patrol Boats to Foil Iranian Mines (03:27)
The Dam Buster Bombers Set Their Sights on Hitler’s Last Battleship (03:38)
Doris Miller went from Mess Attendant to a Hero of Pearl Harbor (03:57)
Why the Audain Art Museum is Built on 16-foot Legs (03:27)
Two Huge World War II Battleships Were Recommissioned for the Gulf War (03:36)
For "Chihuly Over Venice," the Artist Chose the Very Best Collaborators (02:28)
The All-Female Shang-Era Troops Led by Queen Fu Hao (03:24)
An Auction Buy Turns Out to Be a Unique U.S. Warship (03:43)
This 3000 Year-old "Oracle Bone" Helps Pick a Shang Dynasty Queen (03:23)
A Dazzling Ceremony for Alewammon With Lupita Nyong’o (02:47)
Piloting a "Torpedoboot" in World War II Was Practically a Suicide Mission (02:28)
The Forgotten Documentary about the Charles and Diana Wedding (03:52)
A Million People Saw Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee Celebrations in 2012 (02:11)
A Love of Horses Has Sustained the Queen Throughout Her Reign (02:29)
A Suspicious Number of People Died After Visiting This Tomb (02:41)
The Huns Used a Grotesque Practice to Unify Their People (03:34)
Ancient Rome's Polluted Air Was Attributed to Burning Firewood (02:01)
Malcolm X’s Fiery Speech Addressing Police Brutality (02:43)
The Queen’s One Condition for Celebrating her Silver Jubilee (03:49)
