Category: Arts & Tradition

The Chachapoyas: Living With the Dead | Arkeo Ep26 | Documentary

The Chachapoyas were long considered the fiercest warriors of the Andes. Recent archaeological discoveries paint a completely different picture. Far from being bloodthirsty and morbid, this people maintained an intimate and happy relationship with the deceased. …


Incident on the Chugach | Alaska: History & Beauty Ep5 | Documentary

Go inside the Exxon Valdez during the devastating oil spill in Prince William Sound. Hear radio traffic from the ship on March 24, 1989, during the accident. …


Lincoln Memorial: Reflecting on Greatness

The Lincoln Memorial honors a great man and provides a place where visitors can reflect on a watershed time in American history. The site for the Lincoln Memorial was decided as an extension of the National Mall, a long linear parkland that is a central area of Washington D.C. The Capitol building stands at one end…


London: The Builders of Stonehenge | Arkeo Ep25 | Documentary

Stonehenge is one of the world’s most famous and most enigmatic prehistoric monuments. Dozens of huge standing stones were erected here during the Neolithic period, around 2900 B.C. Who were the men and women who erected such a monument? …


The Age of Alaska | Alaska: History & Beauty Ep4 | Documentary

From the subsistence and peaceful evolution of the native people to the boom of the oil pipeline, get a better understanding of Alaska’s land and people. …


Bridging the Golden Gate Strait: Joseph Strauss and the Building of the Golden Gate Bridge

Today, the Golden Gate Bridge has come to symbolize San Francisco, and it is the universally recognizable icon of that great port city. Although conceived as a way to move people from place to place, it has become a destination in its own right. Spanning the Golden Gate Strait, a place of stunning natural beauty,…


Teotihuacan: The Birth of a Metropolis | Arkeo Ep24 | Documentary

Mexico City, with a population of 22 million, is North America’s second-largest urban agglomeration after New York City. In fact, according to a team of archaeologists, this urban lifestyle takes its roots in Mexico. …


Voices from the Ice | Alaska: History & Beauty Ep3 | Documentary

Journey into the rugged, ice-carved Chugach National Forest in south-central Alaska to explore the plant and animal communities created by glaciers. …


One Man’s Alaska | Alaska: History & Beauty Ep2 | Documentary

An absorbing look at Richard Proenneke, whose filming of his solitary life in Alaska became public television’s “Alone in the Wilderness.” …


Greenland: A Viking Epic | Arkeo Ep23 | Documentary

The Vikings were capable sailors who colonized a number of islands such as England, Ireland, and further north, the Faroe Islands, and Iceland. Was Greenland the only territory to have resisted the Vikings? …