
Historical and factual series celebrating pivotal moments in history.

Explores the roots of chemistry in the ancient profession of alchemists, who routinely swindled people in their attempts to turn ordinary metals into gold.

A retrospective on the ancient art of tattooing, including a detailed history and its significance within each culture.

Venetians build a city in a lagoon to escape barbarians.

An exploration of the 8,000 rooms, white-marble terraces and formal garden comprising the Forbidden City.

Under Rome lies a labyrinth of tunnels and ritual chambers carved into bedrock: the catacombs.

Baldassare Conticello explores the ruins of Pompeii, a city preserved in ash after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D.

Ponce de Leon's foolhardy quest for the mythic Fountain of Youth.

The 45.5-carat blue Hope Diamond is rumored to bring a curse to anyone who owns it.