In Search of History(1996)
Documentary
First Air Date: 1996-01-04
Average Runtime: 42m
Rating: 7.0
Votes: 2
Seasons: 5
Episodes: 110
In Search of History was a series that aired on the History channel in the late 1990's. These television programs featured topics on history, historical settings, historical dramas, historical subjects and historical individuals.
Top Cast
Available on
Streaming
A&E Crime Central Apple TV Channel
HISTORY Vault Apple TV Channel
HISTORY Vault Amazon ChannelSeasons & Episodes
Season 1996
Episodes: 21E01
The Trojan City
Air Date: 1996-01-04
In the more than 3,000 years since Troy's fabled fall, its mysteries have yet to be unraveled. The legends of the Tro...
E02
A Deadly Deception
Air Date: 1996-01-11
It's a spin volume mysteriously titled the Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion, and it is arguably one of the mos...
E03
Civil War Draft Riots
Air Date: 1996-01-18
The year 1863, the President was Abraham Lincoln, a new law calling for more troops on the front lines came to pass a...
E04
The Knights of Camelot
Air Date: 1996-01-25
In Search of History looks the historical influences that shaped the story of King Arthur and the Knights of Camelot.
E05
England's Lost Castles
Air Date: 1996-02-01
No episode overview available.
E06
Lost City of the Incas
Air Date: 1996-02-08
The spectacular Incan city of Machu Picchu, high in the Andes Mountains, was long thought to be legendary. Then in 19...
E07
Forgotten City of the Jungle
Air Date: 1996-02-15
No episode overview available.
E08
Pyramids of Giza
Air Date: 1996-02-22
No episode overview available.
E09
The Missing Princes of England
Air Date: 1996-02-29
London, 1483. The War of the Roses rages, threatening the throne. Newly orphaned Edward V and his younger brother, pl...
E10
The Roman Emperors
Air Date: 1996-03-07
No episode overview available.
E11
Frontier Doctors
Air Date: 1996-03-14
For the vulnerable European settlers making their way west on the uncertain plains of the American frontier, the thre...
E12
Man in the Iron Mask
Air Date: 1996-03-21
No episode overview available.
E13
Ancient Inventions
Air Date: 1996-03-28
The Nazca lines in Peru stretch for miles, forming perfect images of animals visible only from the air. Immense and p...
E14
Devil's Island: Hell on Earth
Air Date: 1996-04-04
Described as the "world"s most notorious penal colony" the tropical outpost established by the French government in 1...
E15
Infamous Dreyfus Affair
Air Date: 1996-04-11
On a cold Paris morning in January 1895, as 20,000 people shouted, "Death to the traitor, death to the Jew," French A...
E16
The Holy Lance
Air Date: 1996-04-18
A search for the lance that pierced the side of Christ.
E17
Voodoo Secrets
Air Date: 1996-04-25
No episode overview available.
E18
Secrets of the Rosetta Stone
Air Date: 1996-05-02
For hundreds of years, the glorious history of Ancient Egypt remained a mystery to the world, its secrets locked away...
E19
The Aztec Empire
Air Date: 1996-05-09
Present day Mexico City sits atop of what was once a great civilization, the Aztec Empire. Drawing on newly discovere...
E20
China's Forbidden City
Air Date: 1996-05-16
No episode overview available.
E21
Sultana: The Mississippi's Titanic
Air Date: 1996-05-23
The Sultana explosion on April 27, 1865, is the deadliest maritime disaster in U.S. history, often called "The Missis...
Recommendations
History 101
2020
Biography
1987
American Experience
1988
The Real History of Science Fiction
2014
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
2011
Top Gear
1978
History's Greatest Mysteries
2020
Drug Lords
2018
American Masters
1986
Eli Roth's History of Horror
2018
Medal of Honor
2018
Antiques Roadshow
1997
1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything
2021
30 for 30
2009
The New York Times Presents
2020
Baseball
1994
Doctor Who Confidential
2005
In Search of...
1977
The Lost Pirate Kingdom
2021