Secrets of the Dead
NR
7.9
2000
Documentary
, Mystery
Part detective story, part true-life drama, long-running series explores some of the most iconic moments in history to debunk myths and shed new light on past events. Using the latest investigative techniques, forensic science and historical examination, it shatters accepted wisdom, challenges prevailing ideas, overturns existing hypotheses, spotlights forgotten mysteries, and ultimately rewrites history.
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Episode 6 : Bones of the Buddha
July. 23,2013
Bones of the Buddha is a 2013 television documentary produced by Icon Films and commissioned by WNET/THIRTEEN and ARTE France for the National Geographic Channels. It concerns a controversial Buddhist reliquary from the Piprahwa Stupa in Uttar Pradesh, India. It was released in May, 2013, and was broadcast in July 2013 in the US on PBS as part of the Secrets of the Dead series.
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Episode 5 : Ultimate Tut
July. 10,2013
New scientific research provides insights into how King Tutankhamen was buried, why his tomb remained intact and how he died.
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Episode 4 : Cavemen Cold Case
May. 15,2013
Scientists say some of the 49,000 year-old Neanderthal bones discovered in El Sidrón, Spain, bear signs of cannibalism.
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Episode 3 : Death on the Railroad
May. 08,2013
Forensic and scientific analysis help determine how 57 Irish immigrants died less than two months after arriving in Pennsylvania to work on the railroad.
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Episode 2 : Bugging Hitler's Soldiers
May. 01,2013
German POWs reveal inner thoughts about the Third Reich, including military secrets that helped the Allies win World War II.
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Episode 1 : The Man Who Saved the World
October. 23,2012
An officer aboard a Soviet submarine refuses to fire a nuclear torpedo during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962.
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Seasons
Season 2
These six episodes of this PBS documentary series are adapted from the UK series of the same name, but are re-edited, re-branded, and re-narrated by Liev Schreiber.
Season 1
The first season of the PBS "Secrets of the Dead" are versions of the UK (Channel 4) documentary series of the same name. The episodes in this season were reworked (re-edited, re-branded, and re-narrated by Roy Scheider) from the UK episodes. The episodes were originally available on VHS as a season set and individually.
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