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From wildcatters to visionaries, geopoliticians to geologists and capitalists to union organizers, few real-life dramas feature such colorful characters, fluctuating fortunes, and worldwide high stakes as the story of oil. Petroleum was used by the ancients to waterproof Noah's Ark and fuel the lamps of the Temple of Jupiter. But it was in Pennsylvania in 1853 that the first oil well was dug, and an industry born. With the mass production of the car...
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A dethroned king, a flamboyant queen, the storming of a fortress prison, and an infamous bloodbath known as the Reign of Terror. The story of the French Revolution is an epic tale of political rebellion and economic upheaval. Delves into the dark undercurrent of instability ushered in by the revolution and some of its most influential figures, including Louis XVI, Marie-Antoinette, Maximilien Robespierre, Jean-Paul Marat, Georges Danton, and Charlotte...
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Long before the Romans built their first mud huts, ancient Egypt's mighty pharaohs began commissioning and building monumental masterpieces whose scale, beauty, and sophistication still boggle the mind. Through cutting-edge digital graphics and interviews with noted Egyptologists, Egypt explores the civilization's awe-inspiring engineering accomplishments, chronicling the pharaohs and feats that helped build the world's first superpower.
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Myths are often the first stories we learn as children, iconic tales where good and evil clash and humanity and fantasy collide. Thousands of years ago, myths were created to help frame the world of the ancients and dictate the guidelines of their societies. But could these mythological warriors, and the tales they inspired, have been real? The legend of Beowulf, the Viking world s most famous warrior, is the ultimate tale of courage.