Return of the Bible Plagues - Locusts: “... locusts … invaded all Egypt …. They covered all the ground until it was black,” reports the Bible. “They devoured … everything growing in the fields … – nothing green remained on trees or palms in all the lands of Egypt.” (Exodus 10:14–15). Swarms of locusts are still a very real plague today.
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In many cultures there are myths about “wolf children” who were taken from their families and then grew up in the wild, either alone or with wolves, bears or other animals. But how close are such stories to reality? This program offers a combination of two stories: the true story of the monkey boy John Ssebunya in Uganda, and that of Rudyard Kipling's Mowgli, the most famous, albeit fictitious, wolf child of all. Unlike the children in the myths and stories, children who grow up without human beings have massive problems integrating themselves into society. The program specifically follows the fate of the young Ugandan boy John Ssebunya. If there is no human being as communication partner in the first years of a child's life, the wolf child will yelp, growl, scream or grunt. He is not yet ready to make contact with other children.
Return of the Bible Plagues - Sandstorm: “… darkness that can be felt … covered all Egypt for three days,” reports the Bible. “No one could see anyone else … for three days.” (Exodus 10:22–23). Dust storms frequently paralyze public life during the storm season in many of the most arid regions of the Earth, burying roads and human settlements, threatening the lives of humans and animals alike.
Return of the Bible Plagues - Locusts: “... locusts … invaded all Egypt …. They covered all the ground until it was black,” reports the Bible. “They devoured … everything growing in the fields … – nothing green remained on trees or palms in all the lands of Egypt.” (Exodus 10:14–15). Swarms of locusts are still a very real plague today.
Return of the Bible Plagues - Hailstorm: “… and the Lord sent thunder and hail, … and fire mingled with the hail,” reports the Old Testament. “And the hail smote … all that was in the field, both man and beast.” (Exodus 9:23–25).
Return of the Bible Plagues - Mosquitos: “… so there were lice upon man, and upon beast,” reports the Bible, “all the dust of the land became lice throughout all the land of Egypt.” (Exodus 8:18, 17). Even today, two million people die every year from malaria transmitted by mosquitoes, mainly in Africa.
Return of the Bible Plagues - Deadly Waters: “... all the waters that were in the river [Nile] were turned to blood. And all the fish that was in the river died,” reports the Bible, “and the river stank, and the Egyptians could not drink of the water of the river.” (Exodus 7:20–21).
Monsters have always been part of our nightmares and fairy tales. But where do they actually come from? How much of them is truth, how much is myth? Going to great lengths in this documentary, the filmmakers join scientists to explore a number of the best known sagas and legends in the world.
March 6, 1945. Cologne is the first major German city to fall to the Allies. Stalin plans to conquer Berlin before the other Allies arrive.
January 28, 1945. World War II comes to Germany. Total war, in all its drama, strikes back at the Germans and reaches its climax on German soil.
Pop culture is unthinkable without them, and so is the Cold War: UFO's, those flying saucers allegedly bringing aliens to dominate the world.
The Limes, Season 1 - Danger on the Roman Frontier: Was the Limes Rome's "iron curtain", its bulwark against the barbarians? Along the Limes military camps evolved into flourishing villages, protected by an impressive boundary and the Roman legions. But how endangered were these cities? How did the Limes hold against the attacks from tribes from the north?
The Limes, Season 1 - Fortification against the Barbarians: Warships secured the river borders formed by the Rhine and the Danube. The palisades, walls, trenches and forts of the Limes on land stretched across Germania, the wild "Barbaricum." The Limes was a bulwark that ran from northern Britain all the way to the Black Sea.
After the war, winners and survivors want to hold the Germans responsible. The reckoning with National Socialism is ambivalent.
After the defeat of Stalingrad, the Nazis plan a kind of extended suicide on a global scale. Denunciations from the population ensure that the Gestapo can suppress almost any resistance.
March 6, 1945. Cologne is the first major German city to fall to the Allies. Stalin plans to conquer Berlin before the other Allies arrive.
January 28, 1945. World War II comes to Germany. Total war, in all its drama, strikes back at the Germans and reaches its climax on German soil.
Pop culture is unthinkable without them, and so is the Cold War: UFO's, those flying saucers allegedly bringing aliens to dominate the world.
The Limes, Season 1 - Danger on the Roman Frontier: Was the Limes Rome's "iron curtain", its bulwark against the barbarians? Along the Limes military camps evolved into flourishing villages, protected by an impressive boundary and the Roman legions. But how endangered were these cities? How did the Limes hold against the attacks from tribes from the north?
The Limes, Season 1 - Fortification against the Barbarians: Warships secured the river borders formed by the Rhine and the Danube. The palisades, walls, trenches and forts of the Limes on land stretched across Germania, the wild "Barbaricum." The Limes was a bulwark that ran from northern Britain all the way to the Black Sea.
After the war, winners and survivors want to hold the Germans responsible. The reckoning with National Socialism is ambivalent.
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