In 1898, a Minnesota farmer clearing trees from his field uprooted a large stone covered with mysterious runes that t...

The shadow of war between Christian and Muslim hangs over us today, but it is a war that began nearly a thousand year...

In 1099 the Crusaders took Jerusalem in the bloodiest of battles, wrenching it back from the Muslims for the first ti...

In May 2010, the Shroud of Turin will be put on public display for the first time in ten years. The Real Face of Jesu...

All warfare is based on deception. Therefore, when capable of attacking, feign incapacity; when active in moving troo...

Go back to a time before the invention of artificial light and experience a world petrified in the pitch of darkness....

A strip of land fought over for centuries by England and Spain creates a nightmare of historic proportion for airline...

A unique perspective on the rise of Nazi Germany and how millions of people were so vulnerable to fascism, told throu...

How did the Germans experience the Allied victory in WWII? Rarely-and never-before-seen amateur films recount the cat...

We Americans like to think we know our President. We followed him during the campaign, invited him into our living ro...

Throughout history, mankind's ingenuity has pursued better ways to kill enemies and win wars. But hidden by our more ...

According to the Bible, Jesus Christ spent 40 days on Earth after his resurrection that first Easter Sunday. Yet the ...

Get inside the world of cons as Paul Wilson, aka the "World's Greatest Con Man," exposes the complicated schemes and ...

From the early cave dwellers who first stumbled upon psychedelic mushrooms to the over 6000-year-old tradition of opi...

Most people believe zombies are a recent phenomenon that grew out of comic books, movies and TV. The truth is very di...

A two-hour portrait of the evolution of the Holocaust--from the early days of persecution in Nazi Germany to the fina...

Haven, graveyard, legend and lore. History was made and lies buried on Pirate Island - the coral ringed Isle Saint Ma...

Discover the untold story of the events that occurred immediately after President Roosevelt received the call that Pe...

Who was the first U.S. President from New York? What pre-Revolutionary event involved an unauthorized boarding of the...

On the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the once "unsinkable" ship, HISTORY illustrates in CGI what happened struc...

The world changed irrevocably on 9/11. HISTORY shows us how. Following in the storytelling tradition of the Emmy Awar...

This spectacular two-hour special delivers the tipping points of World War II as you've never seen them before. The k...

Across borders, cultures and time, food is one thing that all people share. And from the time of the caveman to today...

Our lives are so full of stuff these days that the average object is instantly forgettable. But, when fate and histor...

As we look at the world around us, we think we're seeing things as they really are. But in fact, our human senses can...

This 2-hour special, narrated by Deon Cole, gives a fresh perspective of the black movement in America, from Emancipa...

This countdown special reveals the weapons, inventions and vehicles that shaped and decided World War II. Counting do...

From the catapult to the stealth fighter, the most basic and the most complex weapons alike have changed the course o...

Valued for its permanence, beauty and scarcity, people will lie, cheat, steal and kill in the name of gold. To financ...

How do you honor the memory and legacy of over 3,000 lives lost to the terror attacks of 9/11? That is the challenge ...

On Target Earth, a 2-hour special on H2, scientists, government officials and other experts examine earth's infrastru...

What is life really like in the American mafia? How do you get in, get made and make money? What happens when you get...