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  • Behind the Scenes: Recreating the Temple

    Behind the Scenes: Recreating the Temple

    Ancient, Excavations, History, Judaism, Religion

    In this controversial documentary, Gary Glassman and Tristan Barako travel to Syria to give you a behind the scenes tour of the temple that Judaic King Solomon built. Solomon´s temple is the archetype of sacred space for both Judaism and Christianity. Ironically, most of Solomon’s temple survived and has contributed valuable data to historians and bible scholars. There are two reliable sources of information regarding what the temple looked like and details of its architecture. One source is the Bible. [...]

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  • World’s Oldest Child

    World’s Oldest Child

    Ancient, History, Stone Age, The Human

    The discovery of a child’s bones in Morocco may change our views of the origins of humanity. In this documentary, we bring the dead back to life with the help of a classically trained sculptor and a room full of scientists. We will be lead in on a secret of an ancient skull. Could this be the first human child?

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  • The Known Universe: The Most Explosive

    The Known Universe: The Most Explosive

    Ancient, Anthropology, Astronomy, Natural Phenomenon

    The Most Explosive things in the Universe.  This documentary reads like a love letter to the Big Bang theory. All the pyrotechnics out there should count their lucky blessings that the Universe began with such a bang.

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  • Secrets of the Lost Empire: Easter Island

    Secrets of the Lost Empire: Easter Island

    Ancient, History, Travel

    This is third in a special five-part series presented by NOVA. It originally aired back in February of 2000. Throughout the series a crew from NOVA strive to discover the forgotten secrets of the long-forgotten engineers and architects. 55 minutes long.

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  • Ancient Refuge in the Holy Land

    Ancient Refuge in the Holy Land

    Ancient, Biography, Christianity, Civilizations, Culture, Excavations, History, Islam, Judaism, Paleontology, Religion, Religious Figures, Science, Travel

    This documentary has one modest goal: to seriously disrupt the beliefs of Jews, Christians, and Muslims. They go about digging in Jerusalem and excavating new proof from the time of Jesus that could challenge the very concepts of the bible – and the very bible, itself. 

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  • Planet of the Apemen: Battle for Earth

    Planet of the Apemen: Battle for Earth

    Ancient, Evolution, History, Nature, Science, The Human

    In the not-too-distant past, humans shared this planet with other species of hominid. This series tells how, against all the odds, Homo sapiens survived.

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  • Lost Tribe of Palau

    Lost Tribe of Palau

    Ancient, Excavations, History

    Berger, a paleoanthropologist responsible for many ground-breaking discoveries about early man, sets off to investigate a possible discovery of fossilised human remains in Palau.

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  • The Ape That Took Over The World

    The Ape That Took Over The World

    Ancient, Evolution, History, Mystery

    The great mystery of our evolution is how an ape could have evolved into the extraordinary creature that is a human being. There has never been another animal like us on the planet, yet ten million years ago there was no sign that humans would take over the world.

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  • Stories of the Stone Age

    Stories of the Stone Age

    Ancient, Environment, History

    Based on extensive research, Stories from the Stone Age takes us on a journey where we get to live alongside our ancestors as they cross between the Old and the New Worlds and into Civilisation. The series utilises detailed re-enactments and short interviews with key archaeological experts.

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  • The Real Neanderthal Man

    The Real Neanderthal Man

    Ancient, History, Technology

    Explore the Neanderthal world through re-enactment, new discoveries and modern science.

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