Lionsgate

The "red-rose" city of Petra stands as one of the most glorious and mysterious archaeological sites on earth. Created over 2,500 years ago, the ornate Petra cityscape was literally carved into the rose-colored walls of Jordan's Shara Mountains. The builders of Petra, the Nabataeans, were thought to be some of the wealthiest people ever to inhabit the Middle East, but they, along with their riches, simply vanished. What was Petra and could the Arabian site be still hiding precious treasure?...

Any detective will tell you that the beginning is the most important time in a criminal investigation. If there are no significant developments within the first 48 hours, the chances of solving the case are cut in half. THE FIRST 48 chronicles this critical period, following real-life detectives as they race the clock to identify suspects and unravel clues while the crime is still fresh.In Miami's Coconut Grove, Sgt. Joe Schillaci and his team try to solve a near-impossible case of four men...

He is remembered for seven words: "Give me liberty of give me death." More than any other founding father he represented the power of the ordinary citizens of the new nation. Patrick Henry rose from simple roots to mingle with the colonial aristocracy, helping blaze the trail to freedom alongside Thomas Jefferson and George Washington. While others led men through the influence of position, wealth, and education, Henry staked his claim on the power of his voice. He was, without a doubt, the...

The contestants look like refugees from science fiction movies, strange metal contraptions with any number of wheels, treads, arms, scoops and unidentifiable parts. Their masters are high-school-aged kids, and they are hoping that their creations will prove to be the best at a wild, basketball-like game that is the centerpiece of the First Robotics Competition. Host Terry Bradshaw gets down-and-dirty with the contestants (both human and mechanical) at this futuristic event, finding out how...

Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, contains some of the earliest surviving dwellings in North America. Over 1,000 years ago Native Americans built sophisticated systems of housing in the canyon. The most elaborate of the nineteen towns was Pueblo Bonito. Founded with a cluster of twenty rooms around the year 1000 AD, Pueblo Bonito grew over 150 years into a massive four-story complex with 800 rooms. Take an up-close look at Pueblo Bonito and the other Chaco Canyon towns. Explore the mystery of the...

Most people think that with the death of Star Wars, the U.S. military has little presence in space beyond spy satellites. The truth could not be more different. From a top-secret hideaway deep inside a granite mountain, a five-star general supervises the U.S. Space Command, responsible for all U.S. military space systems. There are more of them than you might think. This groundbreaking program exposes the scope of our holdings in space from navigation satellites to top-secret weapons...

From the first tiny locomotive in 1825 to the nationwide rail network that moves countless tons of freight and millions of passengers daily, this is an enthralling ride through the history of the American railroads. The railroads took a young nation and helped it grow into an international power. They helped win the West, they tamed the vast distances of the continental country, and they became an essential part of America's commerce, economy and folklore. STOKIN' THE FIRE is the definitive...

Detective Nondice Mason checks out a report that a 25-year-old man attempted to take a 15-year-old girl out of school by pretending to be her father, and the SWAT team tries to stop a man who threatens his wife after she files for divorce.

Archaeologist John Rick and "electronic whiz" Roger Vickers use the tools of modern technology to search for 750,000 pounds of gold believed to be hidden in the mountains of Ecuador.

When our investigators find two ghostly locomotives, upright and intact, just a few miles off the New Jersey coast, they must figure out how these massive land vehicles ended up 90 feet below the Atlantic. With no shipwreck nearby, our detectives launch an investigation into how these locomotives wound up in deep water seven miles from land. Were they jettisoned to save a ship? Did they slide off during a storm? And as our investigators discover, the trains are incredibly old--and incredibly...

They came ashore on tiny coral atolls spread across the South Seas. They had to fight for every yard they earned, and at each stop they left behind comrades-in-arms. But they persevered in some of the bloodiest battles ever fought, and helped bring WorldWar II to an end. From Wake Island to Okinawa, Guadalcanal to Iwo Jima, THE FIGHTING LEATHERNECKS OF WWII is a stirring chronicle of bravery and conquest, a step-by-step look at the costly battles that pushed the Japanese back toward their...

Based on the best-selling book, this deliciously demented tour of offbeat American history scours the country in search of the bizarre, unexplained, and really weird stories that never made it into schoolbooks. In this episode, hosts Mark Sceurman and Mark Moran examine if history books are correct when they claim that President Warren Harding died of a heart attack. Was it really foul play? Did the CIA actually spend millions of taxpayer dollars in the 1970s and '80s on psychic research? Did...