John B. Bredar

A documentary about the influences on Tolkien, covering in brief his childhood and how he detested the onslaught of industry through the idyllic co...

23 de dez. de 2001

Featuring behind-the-scenes footage and unprecedented access to its hallowed halls, this program from National Geographic takes viewers on an in-de...

01 de jan. de 1996

Em 1858, a vida de Darwin parecia esta se desmoronando. Sua revolucionaria teoria da evolução é contestada, enquanto seus filhos estão doentes. Com...

06 de out. de 2009

Documentary exploring the parallels between 'The Return of the King' and real events and people in history.

12 de dez. de 2003

The events of the hajj have long remained veiled from non-Muslims, who are forbidden even to enter the holy city of Mecca. A team of Muslim filmmak...

01 de mar. de 2003

As part of a high-tech forensic probe into the demise of Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun, scientists use X-rays and CT scans as they attempt to reach ...

17 de dez. de 2005

In a race against developers in the Rocky Mountains, paleontologists uncover a unique fossil site packed with astonishingly well-preserved bones of...

01 de fev. de 2012

It’s a revelation conjuring heated debate: According to a recently translated ancient text called the Gospel of Judas, the disciple infamous for be...

05 de abr. de 2006

No alto dos Andes encontra-se Machu Picchu, uma cidade perdida com portas e passagens que aludem aos fantasmas do seu passado. Quem foram as pessoa...

01 de jan. de 2019

Provides a behind-the-scenes look, with unprecedented access, into life inside the Vatican. With rare footage of secret archives, private chapels a...

21 de nov. de 2001

It contains 99.9 percent of all the matter in our solar system and sheds hot plasma at nearly a million miles an hour. The temperature at its core ...

24 de abr. de 2012

Deep in the Andean mountains lays a mysterious ruin named Machu Picchu. For 400 years it sat abandoned on its misty cliff, the quintessential lost ...

05 de jul. de 2010

In a remote corner of the Himalaya, in the forbidden Kingdom of Mustang, mysterious caves, perched high on cliff faces and carved by humans thousan...

24 de mai. de 2009

Os vikings foram uns dos guerreiros mais ferozes de todos os tempos. No entanto, apenas alguns utilizavam a derradeira arma da sua época: a temida ...

10 de out. de 2012

Join two scientists and an explorer as they travel to Lebanon to find out more about the ancient Phoenicians. The scientists are using genetics to ...

20 de out. de 2004

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

21 de set. de 2011