The June 1962 Alcatraz Escape

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  Ascending the Summit of Mt. Phu Kao

  An archaeological team recreates the ascent that Khmer kings would have made up the holy mountain.

  2:08
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  Signs of Human Habitation in Kurukshetra

  Archaeologists dig through layers of earth in search of evidence of pre-Angkorian habitation.

  2:11
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  Cymbal Found at Ancient Khmer Temple Site

  Archaeologists find a small cymbal dating back to the 7th century.

  1:30
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  A Gruesome Discovery in Rural Poland

  In 2022, a team of archaeologists unearthed a strange burial in the Polish village of Pień.

  2:50
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  Reconstructing the Face of a 17-Century Woman

  A forensic artist reconstructs the face of a woman buried as a vampire in 17-century Poland.

  1:44
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  Radar Technologies Aid in Search for Civil War Burial Site

  A team searches for the remains of the soldiers slain in the Simpsonville Massacre.

  2:48
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  Remembering the Fallen Soldiers of the Simpsonville Massacre

  The search for the remains of 5th U.S. Colored Cavalry in Kentucky begins.

  2:17
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  How Technology Revived Seneca the Elder

  Researcher Valeria Piano discovers long-lost history of Rome written by Seneca the Elder.

  2:53
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  Decoding the Herculaneum Scrolls: AI Meets Ancient Texts

  Artificial intelligence is used to find out what some carbonized Herculaneum scrolls say.

  3:34
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  Another Composer in the Mozart Family?

  Letters between siblings Wolfgang and Maria Anna Mozart suggest she, too, composed music.

  2:25