Find out about the race to build Paris' most famous landmark when two men vied to be the first to build a monument 1,000 feet tall. See how one man's vision transformed the Paris skyline, making the Eiffel Tower a global icon.
Archaeologists study a skeleton found with an iron nail through its heel bone, suggesting the person was the victim of crucifixion in Roman-era Britain. Only one other skeleton with evidence of crucifixion has ever been found in the world.
Find out if one of history's greatest cold cases-the imprisonment of two princes in the Tower of London-can finally be solved. Their disappearance led to centuries of mystery and speculation.
Priceless artifacts from the Assyrian Empire were destroyed during the Isis occupation of Mosul. A team of archaeologists is dedicated to finding pieces that survived. One possible discovery: the location of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon.
Maria Anna Mozart was a musical prodigy just like her younger brother Wolfgang. Although the children toured Europe together, once Maria Anna came of age, she was left behind while her brother became a star.
Making headlines around the world, Brent Seales and his team of computer scientists set out on a mission to read the 2,000-year-old carbonized scrolls found in the remains of a villa in Herculaneum.
