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It began with a ghastly tragedy. In 1985 the massive Colombian volcano Nevado del Ruiz erupted, melting a glacier and sending a vast landslide of mud down on the people asleep in the town of Armero below. Twenty [...]

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Simon Armitage presents the extraordinary story of the most disturbing witch trial in British history and the key role played in it by one nine-year-old girl. Jennet Device, a beggar-girl from Pendle in [...]

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Relentless demons, writhing serpents, the lake of fire and final judgment from the god Osiris. Ancient Egyptians believed that these and other terrifying obstacles challenged their pharaohs in the afterlife. The [...]

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Documentary on the history of real life ninjas, and their origins in ancient Japan. Ninja or Shinobi was a covert agent or mercenary in feudal Japan who specialized in unorthodox warfare. The [...]

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Thousands of years ago, the Aztecs stood as a brave and creative people in the land that would become Mexico. Their architecture and social beliefs inspired the construction of mighty steppe pyramids, subtly [...]

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After the Dark Ages Italy lit up the world. It emerged from the devastating cloud of the Black Death and brought innovation, spectacle and the glorification of man. It was an explosion of new ideas from some of [...]

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Brilliance and brutality, intellect and intrigue, Christianity and carnage, the Byzantine Empire was a beacon of light with a dark side. Led by rulers who exercised absolute power and architects who pushed [...]

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Ancient Persia, fearless, formidable, unrelenting, for ages shrouded in mystery, an empire unparalleled in conquest and riches. From North Africa to Asia it was a civilization driven by a dynasty of [...]

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A computer in antiquity would seem to be an anachronism, like Athena ordering takeout on her cellphone. But a century ago, pieces of a strange mechanism with bronze gears and dials were recovered from an [...]

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Episode 2: Invasion, Invasion, Invasion Simon discovers the impact on the Holy City of a new faith, Islam. He explores Muhammad's relationship with Jerusalem, the construction of one of Islam's [...]

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Aye, landlubbers! Feast your eyes on the magnificent treasures found in this installment of "The Great Ships" series from the History Channel. Staples of swashbuckling cinematic entertainment from "The Sea [...]

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Alastair Sooke charts the decline and fall of the Roman Empire through some of its hidden and most magical artistic treasures. He travels to Leptis Magna in Libya shortly after the overthrow of Gaddafi and [...]

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In 1996 in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Italian mineralogist Vincenzo de Michele spotted an unusual yellow-green gem in the middle of one of Tutankhamun's necklaces. The jewel was tested and found to be [...]

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Documentary on world history dynasties - The Mongol Empire, and Kublai Khan and the Great Khans, rulers of the Mongols and a dynasty in ancient [...]

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Documentary on the ancient wonder of the world - the city ruins of Machu Piccu in Peru in South America. The [...]

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Documentary on the Birth of the Israel. The country of Jerusalem in the Middle East. Rich in history and religious sites of all religions - Jewish, Christian, and Muslim, Israel is constantly in a state of war, [...]

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