Discovering Hamlet

Archaeologists have uncovered a mystery in the heart of London. Unearthed during the excavations of Europe’s biggest building project, the new Crossrail train network, are dozens of skulls from the days of Roman London, found in clusters under the city’s surface. Show More

In the heart of the French region of Burgundy lies a hidden city that’s been dormant for 2,000 years. It’s called Bibracte. Thanks to topographic maps using LIDAR technology as well as spectacular computer-generated imagery, you’re about to discover the evidence of galloping Romanization, notably through a sophisticated hydraulic system, a forum, and a basilica. […]

The Founding Fathers yearned for a nation of individual liberty. However, the origins of America were overflowing with a deep-seated paradox. It’s ironic how America’s Founding Fathers established a nation of individual liberty while many owned slaves. Show More

The 31st president, Herbert Hoover, was an Iowa native who had the misfortune to be in the White House when the stock market crashed in 1929. He presided over the Great Depression’s early years before losing his reelection bid to FDR in 1932. An engineer by profession, Hoover directed WWI-era humanitarian aid to Europe and […]

The bonds between the crew members of Arizona have lasted far beyond the ship’s loss on 7 December. Since 1982, the U.S. Navy has allowed survivors of USS Arizona to be interred in the ship’s wreckage upon their deaths. In this moving tribute using archival footage, aerial drones and contemporary interviews, we follow the family […]

Writer and historian Dr. Helen Castor explores the life and death of Joan of Arc. Joan was an extraordinary figure, a female warrior born in an age that believed women couldn’t fight, let alone lead an army. But Joan was driven by faith, and today more than ever, we are acutely aware of the power […]

The life of John F. Kennedy is so often defined by his death. His assassination in November 1963 came to be seen as a turning point for America, a shift from an age of innocence and hope to one of violence and change. JFK himself was transformed from man into legend. But that reading of […]

At the height of Maoism, China was as closed off as present-day North Korea. But even at that time, some Western foreigners lived in the country and, in the summer of 1966, they witnessed firsthand the upheaval of the Cultural Revolution. In this time, young leftist activists In Western Europe idolized Mao as a harbinger […]

Tanks were first used during the Battle of the Somme in 1916 to break the deadlock of trench warfare on the Western Front. While Britain and France built thousands of tanks, Germany only developed and brought 20 vehicles of a single design into service. During the Cold War, they would continue to be produced in […]

Narrated by Jane Lynch, this documentary focuses on the role of women in history’s most violent conflict, from the perspective of those who served, witnessed, or were caught up in the war. These incredible stories prove women were the equal of men when it came to patriotism, service, or, in some cases, self-preservation during watershed […]