
Ancient Discoveries
Asian battle elephants and Europe's medieval knights in armor.

Asian battle elephants and Europe's medieval knights in armor.

Investigating history's most impregnable fortresses; the castle that helped create Great Britain.

Unique technologies of ancient miners.

The 1,522-mile-long Alaskan Highway takes 11,000 soldiers to build.

Trans-Siberian railroad provokes war, crosses treacherous terrain.

Aphrodisiacs; cybersex; contraception devices; erotic devices.

Los Alamos scientists and engineers build the ultimate weapon of war in the interest of peace.

During the 1960s and 1970s, auto-manufacturers compete to create high-performance cars.

A visit to Russia's formerly secret training center for cosmonauts; preparing for a space flight.

Andrew Jackson Higgins designs a landing craft.

Lt. Col. James H. Doolittle and his squadron fly B-25 bombers in their dramatic raid on Japan.

The damage Hurricane Katrina caused.

John F. Kennedy uses the RF-8 Crusader's photoreconnaissance powers.

German Manfred von Richthofen is a highly successful pilot in World War I.

Cmdr. James Lovell and Apollo 13.

The Sikorsky R-5 helicopter is used to rescue two men stranded on an oil barge.

Andrew Jackson Higgins designs a landing craft.

Lt. Col. James H. Doolittle and his squadron fly B-25 bombers in their dramatic raid on Japan.

The damage Hurricane Katrina caused.

John F. Kennedy uses the RF-8 Crusader's photoreconnaissance powers.