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Roman Engineering

Aired on May 22, 201543m

Do Rome’s ancient monuments have secret connections to the Sun? The answers are hidden in ancient ruins…and among the stars.

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Predicting the Future

Aired on May 16, 201543m

Many believe that the movement of the Sun, planets and moon gives us the blueprint for life. But is there proof that this system of tracking astronomical phenomena can actually predict our future?

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Alien Worlds

Aired on May 09, 201543m

The ancients believed that the universe consisted of countless worlds we could not see, and argued endlessly over the nature of these distant, invisible planets and whether they might be inhabited.

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Apocalyptic Visions

Aired on May 02, 201543m

Hell fires, endless winters, or a planet wracked by earthquakes are a few versions of Armageddon visualized by the Vikings, Aztecs, and the rest of our ancient ancestors.

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The Eye of God

Aired on Apr 25, 201543m

Could the strange shapes of the universe solve the mysteries that have haunted mankind since ancient times? What is the strange hexagon at the pole of Saturn, or the face on the Moon?

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Omens of Doom

Aired on Apr 18, 201543m

To our ancestors, the appearance of certain astronomical events meant something big and something bad was coming. But what were they really seeing?