The Hopi community of Awat'ovi existed peacefully on Arizona's Antelope Mesa for generations. Then one bleak morning in the fall of 1700 raiders from nearby Hopi villages descended on Awat'ovi, slaughtering their neighboring men, women, and children. Why did kinsmen target it for destruction? Drawing on oral traditions, archival accounts, and extensive archaeological research, Brooks unravels the story and its significance, and argues that a perfect...

When a sandstorm wipes away the archeological dig and camp, Alif and the others from the camp find themselves lost in the desert, until a mysterious oasis appears.

"In 1923, pioneer filmmaker, Cecil. B. DeMille built the largest set in movie history for his silent (and early Technicolor) epic, The Ten Commandments. It was called 'The City of the Pharaoh.' When filming was completed, DeMille ordered that the entire edifice be dismantled? and secretly buried. And there it lay, forgotten, for the next 60 years? the 'Lost city of Cecil B. DeMille.' In 1983, a group of determined film buffs? inspired by a cryptic...

"During the reign of the New Kingdom of Egypt, the boy pharaoh Tutankhamun ruled and died tragically young. In order to send him on his way into the afterlife, his tomb was filled with every treasure he would need after death. And then, it was lost to time, buried in the sands of the Valley of the Kings. His tomb was also said to be cursed. Centuries later, as Egypt-mania gripped Europe, two Brits -- a rich earl with a habit for gambling and a disreputable,...

Who built the pyramids? What were the secrets of mummification? Which treasures were selected for the afterlife and why? For centuries, Egypt's pharaohs have kept these secrets to themselves, until now.

Chronicles the efforts of anthropologists, archeologists, and other scientists to uncover the many mysteries of human origins.

Looks at the excavation of a mass grave site in Repton, England, believed to be the remains of a Viking army that invaded England in the ninth century.