Episode 1 - Ark of the Covenant The hunt for the truth about the most famous lost treasure of them all. Did the Ark of the Covenant really exist? What it did look like? What was the power that it was said to hold? And what happened to it? Where is it now? Episode 2 - Bust of Nefertiti The extraordinary story behind one of the most famous images from the ancient world. Who was Queen Nefertiti? Who made the blue-crowned bust which turned her into a modern icon? Could the Nefertiti bust be a fake? Episode 3 - Great Pyramid Armed with a four and a half thousand year old diary, and a radical new approach. Engineer Peter James and leading archaeologist Mark Lehner set out to solve Ancient Egypt’s greatest mystery. How was the Great Pyramid built? Episode 4 - Easter Island Heads Unlocking the mysteries of the most recognizable statues on earth. How were the thousand giant stone heads of Easter Island made, and why? Why did the Islanders topple all of them, except one? Episode 5 - Blackbeard's Ship Off the coast of North Carolina, nautical archaeologists, historians and scientists study the artifacts of a 300 year old shipwreck. Positively identified as Blackbeard’s flagship, our investigators set about to uncover what the ship’s remains can tell us about history’s most notorious pirate. Episode 6 - Spear of Destiny In a search that spans four countries and 20 centuries, we investigate the legend of the Spear of Destiny. First mentioned in the New Testament, the spear is said to have pierced the side of Jesus. Believed to have special powers, kings and conquerors from Charlemagne to Hitler tried to possess it.
The story of one of the most celebrated and sought-after movie composers, as told by the man himself and his closest collaborators.
为纪念退伍军人节，历史频道首映一部新的长达六个小时的关于越南战争的系列记录片,详细记录了越南战争的始末,很多资料都是首次披露,其中还包含了大量越战记者拍摄的战地录象....
《越战50年》分为七个部分，回顾美国参加越战50周年的个人故事、战斗情况、惨烈后果，反思其对美国的政治和经济方面所带来的巨大打击和影响。' 內容︰ 1. 印度支那到美国参战 (Indochina to U.S. Involvement) 2. 出征 (Boots on the Ground) 3. 战争如炼狱 (War is Hell) 4. 新年攻势 (The Tet Offensive) 5. 战争俘虏 (Prisoners of War) 6. 战争越南化 (Vietnamization) 7. 回顾战争 (The War Remembered)
