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At 165 pounds, and allegedly made from the skins of 160 donkeys, the Codex Gigas is the world's largest and most mysterious medieval manuscript....

Are we three years from the end of the world? Based on an actual ancient Maya calendar that will end on December 21, 2012, NGC asks, "What truths lie...

NGC sheds light on the missing years of Jesus' life. Learn what his hard reality may have been, living as a Jew under Roman rule in first century...

Meet three men who believe the Second Coming has already occurred and that they walk the Earth as the Messiah. Pastor Apollo Quiboloy, the founder of...

Inside the Milky Way takes viewers on an astounding journey across 100,000 light-years to witness key moments in the history of the Milky Way. Using...

How could a civilization that mastered the planet suddenly Collapse? Inspired by the New York Times best-selling book "Collapse: How Societies Choose...

Trace the evolution of warfare from ancient Egypt to modern-day Afghanistan, as this series studies our development over 3,500 years of conflict.

Rome, the Eternal City. Tourists flock to her spectacular monuments, but what they see is only the tip of the iceberg... Beneath this bustling...

Imagine cameras had been around since the creation of Earth to record every major event and you have this astonishing documentary. The Earth might...

This well-crafted, two-part documentary takes a more sober look at its bloody past. Those naughty Romans are at it again. If it’s not orgies, it's...

It's one of the most coveted artifacts of the Bible a gold-encrusted chest containing the Ten Commandments. Can modern scholarship explain the awful...

Experts unravel the mystery of the Dead Sea Scrolls and explore theories about their creation, including the Church's 50-year embargo on their...

Remaking the Shroud reveals how the famous image on the cloth may have been created, and offers up a compelling theory about its origins. In the end,...

Documentary on Egypt's Valley of the Kings, where most of the New Kingdom Pharaohs were interned.

In 1985, National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Dr. Robert Ballard solved one of the greatest nautical mysteries of the 20th century when, while...

The Egyptian pyramids have fascinated us for thousands of years. Who built them, how were they built and why? Experts across Egypt are discovering...

The Da Vinci Code has so much to answer for, having opened the floodgates to supposed Bible-mystery documentaries like this one, which offers...

Christian Crusaders condemned by lies and disloyalty, the Templars are inseparable from the legendary Holy Grail.

The kangaroo has become a victim of its own success, and scientists are looking into "roo" birth control to solve the overpopulation problem. As...

In 2009, archaeologists discovered an underwater graveyard of five Roman shipwrecks off the coast of Ventotene, a small Italian island with a...

On the surface, the red planet’s freeze-dried world of rocks, ice, and dust looks like an unlikely place to plant a garden. But rocks and minerals...

See firsthand the numerous changes that have led to dramatic decline of the lion population, and what needs to be done in order to ensure their...

Most of its 127 million human inhabitants live squeezed into dense urban hotspots. This is the Japan we know; skyscrapers rise above the bright...

When Christ was crucified 2,000 years ago a Roman guard thrust a spear in his side to see if he was still alive. In that moment a central tenet of...

NGC goes inside the science of how a superflu virus develops and mutates, and the quick but complex decisions that must be made when trying to...

Throughout the oceans, orcas are supreme hunters, disposing of their prey with strength and cunning. However, even among these predators, one pod...

Narrated by Emmy award-winning Alfre Woodard, Nefertiti and the Lost Dynasty documents a high-tech forensic investigation by international experts...

The film presents a behind-the-scenes look at the development of Nissan's new model of the Skyline GT-R, the Japanese manufacturer's famed...

With many scientists increasingly convinced that we are not alone in the universe, take a look at how alien contact might occur. Renowned NASA...