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Explores the idea, promoted by some religions, that the soul survives after death and is reborn in another physical body.

Killing one third of Europe's population in just three years and ravaging the flourishing cities of Italy, France, Germany, England, and Spain, the Black Death swept across the continent at an inconceivable rate. Through chilling reenactments, interviews with experts and historians, and excerpts from original accounts, discover the origins, progress, and cultural repercussions of the Plague's reign of terror. Many thought it was punishment by God,...

"The pyramids of Giza. The hanging gardens of Babylon. The colossus of Rhodes. Magnificent and mysterious, the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World have captivated explorers for centuries."--Container.

Investigates the odyssey of the Viking which took place five hundred years before Columbus by following the route their long boats took from Norway to present-day Newfoundland.

Few modern authors have not been influenced by the medieval Middle Eastern literary classic "The book of a thousand and one nights." Over one thousand years ago, a legend was told about a beautiful young woman who attempted to prolong her impending execution by telling adventure tales to a murderous sultan for a thousand and one nights. The tales she wove are set in India, Persia, Egypt, Turkey, and China, and the collection came to be known by many...

Explores the remarkable city of Pompeii. Recreates the events leading up to the explosion and learn how the ash kept the city and its inhabitants -- the only significant discovery of Roman bodies ever -- in a unique state of preservation. -- Container.

For hundreds of years the Forbidden City was a place of mystery, its doors closed to the outside world. Video describes the history of the Forbidden City as well as the 24 emperors and 2 dynasties who lived there.

Known varyingly as a sorceress, an enchantress, and a devil's consort, the witch has haunted the human consciouness and captured the imagination for thousands of years.

A look at prophecy through the ages, covering Biblical prophecy, precognition, Nostradamus, premonitions, and palmistry. Experts from various backgrounds discuss whether it is possible for people to know the future.