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Turkey is home to Aphrodisias, a well-preserved ancient city dedicated to Aphrodite, the goddess of love, beauty and sex.

Lost Worlds

Lost City of Aphrodite

India's Taj Mahal is one of the new Seven Wonders of the World, built of white marble by an emperor as a testament to love; the myth of a second Taj Mahal built of black marble.

Taj Mahal

Ranging from the icy docks of Bristol, England, to the tropical shores of the Caribbean, researchers explore the golden age of piracy and swashbuckling adventures.

Pirates of the Caribbean

Ivan the Terrible, Russia's first czar, originates the secret police, is a ruthless military leader, destroys great cities and builds new fortresses as he expands the borders of his realm.

Ivan the Terrible's Fortresses

Gigantic buildings house airships, the largest vehicles ever flown.

The Age of Airships

The underworld of Edinburgh, Scotland, is the scene of bloodcurdling incidents inspiring Robert Louis Stevenson's "Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde."

Jekyll and Hyde

Overlooking the Holy Land's Dead Sea is the ancient fortress of Masada, where Jewish rebels besieged by Roman soldiers staged a last stand until committing mass suicide.

City of Armageddon

Soviet dictator Josef Stalin causes the suffering and deaths of millions of citizens while envisaging a grandiose architectural plan.

Stalin's Supercity

Operating from their capital of Hattusha in what is now Turkey, the Hittites were a highly advanced military powerhouse that disappeared almost as quickly as they appeared in the ancient world.

Lost Superpower of the Bible

Mobster Al Capone's meteoric rise coincides with the beginning of Prohibition and the no-holds-barred Roaring Twenties era in Chicago.

Al Capone's Secret City

The Viking warriors from Denmark and Norway.

The Vikings

The gambling towns, gold rushes and gunfights of the Wild West.

Sin City of the West

Legends of Atlantis, Amazons, Stonehenge, Easter Island.

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