History & Archeology

Nikita Khrushchev's Great American Tour

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:29:20 -0700

As part of a diplomatic mission, Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev traveled across the United States, meeting Americans from New York to Iowa to California.

Counting Down for the Liftoff to the Moon

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:33:12 -0700

Photographer David Burnett focused his camera on the many tourists who flocked to Florida in 1969 to watch the launch of Apollo 11Credit: Produced by Molly Roberts; Photographs by David Burnett/Contact Press Images

Restaging the Greensboro Counter Sit-in

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 08:42:26 -0700

Learn how to stage a sit-in right next to the Greensboro lunch counter.Credit: Katy June-Friesen

Uncovering the Terra Cotta Soldiers

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:40:16 -0700

A curator from the Houston Museum of Natural Science explains how the terra cotta warriors were discovered and what they reveal about China’s Qin dynastyCredit: www.hmns.org

Birth Of The Greek Gods

Thu, 07 May 2009 10:58:51 -0700

How the Ancient Minoans Shaped the Greek Afterlife.

Europe's First Major Civilzation

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 08:39:24 -0700

Take a tour of the many spectacular surviving remnants of this great civilization and its gods.

Diving into the Afterlife

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 08:38:47 -0700

A look inside a greek tomb gives us clues to their ideas about life after death.

The True Story of the Mary Celeste

Thu, 07 May 2009 11:01:48 -0700

What happened to this ship still sailing without captain or crew?

What was left on the ship?

Thu, 07 May 2009 11:02:24 -0700

The salvage crew that boards the Mary Celeste and what they found on board.

Why they might abandon ship

Thu, 07 May 2009 10:58:18 -0700

Experts explain how and why the lost crew might abandon a seemingly seaworthy vessel.