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The Trojan War
The Trojan War was a time of heroes, gods, and myths - but were the legends true?
Tutankhamun
In 1922, in Egypt's Valley of the Kings, a young boy makes a remarkable discovery.
Marie Curie
Marie Curie was an extraordinary woman who turned the scientific world on its head
Pompeii and the Vesuvius Eruption
In 79 AD, one of history鈥檚 most infamous natural disasters unfolds in Pompeii.
Walter Raleigh
Walter Raleigh: Elizabethan explorer and writer. But was he a patriot or a traitor?
The California Gold Rush
In 1848, the discovery of gold in the American River triggers an explosion of findings.
The Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a brutal, un-winnable conflict which reshaped global geopolitics
Blackbeard the Pirate
In the 18th century, one man makes his name as the most notorious pirate of all time...
Sitting Bull
Sitting Bull was the greatest chief the Lakota people had ever known
The Cuban Missile Crisis, Part 2 of 2
With Soviet missiles on Cuban soil, The United States is now in Moscow's crosshairs.
