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- At the intersection of modern scholarship and Native knowledge is a new vision of the Americas and the people who built it.
- The story of the Trojan war is one of history's most enduring legends. A beautiful queen elopes with a foreign prince, which results in a decade-long battle that ends in the complete annihilation of an entire city. However, what grain of truth is there to this mythologicale tale of love and destruction?
- At the dawn of Egyptian civilization, Imhotep built the first pyramid, became legendary as a physician and governed the greatest state on earth. The ancients made him god. Then Hollywood made him "The Mummy".
- Nefertari, Hatchepsut, Nefertiti and Cleopatra - they governed Ancient Egypt and on the power could be compared to the rulers-men. The striking finds of egyptologists help to expose the secrets of unbelievable influentialness of women-pharaohs.
- Built in 537 AD at the beginning of the Middle Ages, Hagia Sophia was famous in particular for its massive dome.
- Journey deep into the dangerous Cambodian jungle and into outer space to explore the mysterious temples of Ankgor. How did the ancient Khmer feed one million people? Can the Space Shuttle crack the case of the mysterious temples.
- Nova follows the Cassini probe on it's voyage to Saturn's moon Titan. Along the way it examines a variety of other wonders of the solar system before attempting to land and photograph the surface of Titan.
- Volcanologists climb into the caldera of Mount Nyiragongo, an active and unstable volcano, to collect samples the will help determine when, where and how it is likely to erupt next. Two million souls in the nearby city of Goma depend on the results.
- A highly sophisticated restoration team is painstakingly reassembling the Parthenon of Athens-a classic Greek building that has suffered from wars, earthquakes, and disastrous previous restoration attempts.
- A powerful partnership between science and scholarship breaks exciting new ground in investigating the origins of the ancient Israelites, their faith in a single, omnipotent God and the creation of the Bible.
- Nova investigates the Great Sphinx of Egypt in an attempt to understand its origin, creation, and purpose.
- Gothic cathedrals are marvels of human achievement and artistry. On this journey inside the jewels of Gothic architecture, discover how medieval builders, drawing from hidden formulas in the Bible itself, reached such spectacular heights.
- An examination of modern forensic science. Of the more than 200 inmates exonerated by DNA testing since 2000, more than half were initially found guilty in part due to invalid and/or improperly utilized forensic science.
- Archaeologists and engineers employ ancient Roman techniques to build an elevator and trap-door system similar to those used in the Colosseum, where wild animals emerged, as if by magic, from beneath the floor.
- A look at the ancient city of Petra in Jordan, which was carved from stone and possessed an ingenious water-conduit system. Archaeologist and sculptors join forces to carve a temple-tomb to learn how the people of Petra built the city.
- Architects and engineers investigate the secrets behind Istanbul's Hagia Sophia, which has survived on one of the world's most active seismic faults since it was built in 537 A.D.
- Ancient wisdom and modern science are combined to shed light on who were America's first people.
- Nature to Nations reveals how shared beliefs give rise to governments from dictatorships to America's first democracy.
- Cities of the Sky investigates how Native Americas build cities aligned to the movement of the sun, moon, and stars.
- New World Rising-Native Americans tap ten thousand years of beliefs and traditions to fight the forces of Conquest.