Lost Worlds - Season 2

Lost Worlds - Season 2

Season 2

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Episodes19
DatesAug 1, 2007 - Dec 5, 2007
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Episodes

Seven Wonders of the World *SPECIAL*
Season 2Episode 160 min

Seven Wonders of the World *SPECIAL*

The Seven Wonders were a celebration of religion, mythology, art, power, and science. Built in a time before Christ and their scale and majesty continues to mesmerize.
Aug 1, 2007
Kama Sutra
Season 2Episode 260 min

Kama Sutra

1,000 years ago in the central India, the Hindu Kings built their capital city, Khajuraho, 85 temples were built, 20 of which remain. Famed above all for the delicate sensuality and eroticism of their sculptures, these frank representations of sexuality are considered an expression of India's world renowned Kama Sutra.
Aug 8, 2007
Secret A-Bomb Factories
Season 2Episode 360 min

Secret A-Bomb Factories

The end of World War II heralded the Cold War, war of paranoia and potential nuclear catastrophe. In the wreckages of missile sites, secret cities and crumbling nuclear facilities, search for clues to understand how this war was played out and the secret structures that were constructed to arm the nation against attack.
Aug 15, 2007
Henry VIII's Mega Structures
Season 2Episode 460 min

Henry VIII's Mega Structures

Considered one of England's greatest Kings and builders, Henry VIII remains famous for his six wives. Henry ruled by fear, executing his opponents and several of his wives. He ordered the destruction of beautiful buildings, libraries and works of art. However, Henry also built many magnificent palaces like Hampton Court and transformed Westminster Abbey from a modest church into the epicenter of the Protestant religion. Henry VIII remains one of the most important monarchs to have ruled England.
Aug 22, 2007
Secret U.S. Bunkers
Season 2Episode 560 min

Secret U.S. Bunkers

As the Cold War reached its boiling point elaborate defense preparations were made in the event of nuclear war. Scret bunkers were constructed and a covert shadow government program was born.
Aug 29, 2007
Herod the Great
Season 2Episode 660 min

Herod the Great

Herod, king of Judea, was famous for creating a series of great buildings, and laying the foundations for Jerusalem. Watch as Herod's impressive projects are charted, including his masterpiece, Herod's Temple.
Sep 5, 2007
Building the Titanic
Season 2Episode 760 min

Building the Titanic

The construction of the Titanic needed an army of workers & the resources of a purpose-built town complete with an array of specially built docks & facilities to construct it.
Sep 12, 2007
Sin City of the West
Season 2Episode 860 min

Sin City of the West

The wild west was an era fueled by lawless gambling towns, frenzied gold rushes, & legendary racketeers. Gunfighters & misfits thrived in a society where people were simply looking for a good time and a way to get filthy rich.
Sep 19, 2007
The Vikings
Season 2Episode 960 min

The Vikings

The Vikings were fearsome warriors from Denmark and Norway who burst upon Western Europe, raiding and plundering at the end of the 8th century. They first targeted coastal monasteries, but later they constructed magnificent ships that could sail up rivers and sack inland towns.
Sep 26, 2007
Al Capone's Secret City
Season 2Episode 1060 min

Al Capone's Secret City

Al Capone's, rise to power coincided with the notorious Roaring Twenties in Chicago. Capone & his fellow mobsters flooded the city with bootleg liquor, while buying off government officials.
Oct 3, 2007
Lost Superpower of the Bible
Season 2Episode 1160 min

Lost Superpower of the Bible

The Hittites are the forgotten superpower of the Bible. Hattusha, the capital was the heart of their empire. They were a highly advanced military powerhouse who struck fear into the hearts of all their enemies, yet the Hittites disappeared as quickly as they emerged--the greatest vanishing act in history.
Oct 10, 2007
Stalin's Supercity
Season 2Episode 1260 min

Stalin's Supercity

See what the Soviet Union looked like during Stalin's rule.
Oct 17, 2007
City of Armageddon
Season 2Episode 1360 min

City of Armageddon

Located on a rocky plateau overlooking the Dead Sea, the now-ruined fortress of Masada once had walls 1400m long and 4m thick, storehouses, barracks, an armory, a palace and massive cisterns filled with rainwater. Designed to withstand any invader, it became the scene of one of history's most bloody sieges... a siege that ended in mass suicide.
Oct 24, 2007
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
Season 2Episode 1460 min

Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde

One of the most frightening horror stories ever written was Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Was this story, however, Robert Louis Stevenson's disturbing fantasy or was it based on a series of blood-curdling episodes that took place in the town of Edinburgh?
Oct 31, 2007
Age of Airships
Season 2Episode 1560 min

Age of Airships

Airships flew years before the Wright Brothers flew the first airplane, yet it has been almost forgotten. The largest aircraft ever built was an airship. The first aerial bombardment of one nation by another was conducted using airships and they still are the only airborne aircraft carriers ever built. Follow the rise and fall of the airship and discover the shining future of air travel that never was.
Nov 7, 2007
Ivan the Terrible
Season 2Episode 1660 min

Ivan the Terrible

Ivan the Terrible, Russia's first Tsar, led a brutal and unpredictable life. A renowned sadist, Ivan was the originator of Russia's secret police. He fortified walls to counter the advancing age of artillery, expanded the borders of his nation and built a new generation of Kremlins. Follow a team of historical detectives who use evidence from recent excavations, scientific studies and historical documents to piece together clues to what Ivan's Russia looked like.
Nov 14, 2007
Pirates of the Caribbean
Season 2Episode 1760 min

Pirates of the Caribbean

During the heyday of piracy, fearsome buccaneers sailed the Caribbean in search of booty. Fortresses are raided, swords are drawn and galleons clash in an incredible story of glittering treasure and swashbuckling adventures. From the icy docks of Bristol to the tropical paradise of the Caribbean, discover the incredible world of the buccaneers.
Nov 21, 2007
Taj Mahal
Season 2Episode 1860 min

Taj Mahal

Four hundred years ago Emperor Shah Jahan was the most powerful man in the world. The Taj Mahal, in Agra, India was built to honor his third wife, Mumtaz Mahal, who died in childbirth. The Taj Mahal is one of the new Seven Wonders of the World and considered to be the finest example of Mughal architecture. 20,000 workers toiled to create an astounding feat of engineering, but what we see today is only a fraction of what was originally erected.
Nov 28, 2007
Lost City of Aphrodite
Season 2Episode 1960 min

Lost City of Aphrodite

Aphrodisias is a magnificent city of marble dedicated to the Greek goddess Aphrodite. It is widely recognized as one of the best-preserved sites in the Classical World. Although forgotten until the mid-20th century, the city's remarkable state of preservation led to comparisons with Pompeii.
Dec 5, 2007

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