Thursday, April 23rd TV listings for Smithsonian Channel Canada
Inside Pyramids Menkaure: The Last Pyramid of Giza
Takes a look inside the Pyramid of Menkaure and its unfinished bicolor monument, including a chamber made entirely of graphite and a sarcophagus buried at sea.
Inside Pyramids Pepi II: The Unbreakable Tomb
Exceptional texts are inscribed on the walls of an obscure pyramid; experts scan the the funerary chamber of Egypt's longest-reigning pharaoh to try to uncover its mysteries.
Inside Pyramids Black Pyramid: A Buried Megastructure
The Black Pyramid is a decaying brick-and-clay structure that contains an elaborate network of tunnels filled with ancient artifacts; Egyptologists use a mini-laser to uncover the mysteries contained within.
Inside Pyramids Saqqara: The Secrets of the Buried Pyramid
Investigate one of Egypt's oldest monuments to eternity: the Buried Pyramid of Sekhemkhet; explore a well-preserved underground tomb and view a mysterious sarcophagus during the first-ever on-camera exploration of this 4,500-year-old sacred place.
Inside Pyramids Dahshur: The Cursed Pyramid's Enigma
Visiting the heart of history in the Dashur necropolis, where the first of the great pyramids was built; examining what a mini-scanner called a LiDAR reveals about this landmark's enduring mysteries.
Inside Pyramids Khufu: The Secret Chamber's Revelations
Takes an unprecedented look inside the secret chambers of the Great Pyramid of Giza, the only one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still standing, and see what they reveal about the pyramid's origins.
Inside Pyramids Menkaure: The Last Pyramid of Giza
Takes a look inside the Pyramid of Menkaure and its unfinished bicolor monument, including a chamber made entirely of graphite and a sarcophagus buried at sea.
Inside Pyramids Pepi II: The Unbreakable Tomb
Exceptional texts are inscribed on the walls of an obscure pyramid; experts scan the the funerary chamber of Egypt's longest-reigning pharaoh to try to uncover its mysteries.
Inside Pyramids Black Pyramid: A Buried Megastructure
The Black Pyramid is a decaying brick-and-clay structure that contains an elaborate network of tunnels filled with ancient artifacts; Egyptologists use a mini-laser to uncover the mysteries contained within.
The Pharaohs: Greater than the Pyramids Alexander the Great: Builder of an Empire
Follow the meteoric rise of the Macedonian conqueror who seized Egypt and built an empire that stretched from Europe to Asia; find out how founding the city of Alexandria and becoming a pharaoh transformed Alexander's life before his death at age 32.
The Pyramids: Solving The Mystery Medium and the Mystery of The False Pyramid
Meidum is the least-known of the pyramids of Egypt as it stretches skywards to resemble a castle keep.
Scanning History Newgrange: Neolithic Bloodlines New
Buried Evidence Ancient Architecture New
Puzzle over history-making structures and artifacts. Search for clues about civilization's origins in Turkey's Göbekli Tepe, visit a German statue that reveals symbolic thought, and witness the brutality of colonization in a Mexican skull tower.
History Unsolved: The Investigation Files The Ones that Got Away New
Join the manhunt for three inmates who escaped Alcatraz in 1962. Follow the trail of pirate Henry Avery after he pulled off a massive heist in 1695, then stalk Axeman of New Orleans, a serial killer who taunted police but spared jazz lovers.
Scanning History Newgrange: Neolithic Bloodlines
Buried Evidence Ancient Architecture
Puzzle over history-making structures and artifacts. Search for clues about civilization's origins in Turkey's Göbekli Tepe, visit a German statue that reveals symbolic thought, and witness the brutality of colonization in a Mexican skull tower.
History Unsolved: The Investigation Files The Ones that Got Away
Join the manhunt for three inmates who escaped Alcatraz in 1962. Follow the trail of pirate Henry Avery after he pulled off a massive heist in 1695, then stalk Axeman of New Orleans, a serial killer who taunted police but spared jazz lovers.
Scanning History Newgrange: Neolithic Bloodlines
Buried Evidence Ancient Architecture
Puzzle over history-making structures and artifacts. Search for clues about civilization's origins in Turkey's Göbekli Tepe, visit a German statue that reveals symbolic thought, and witness the brutality of colonization in a Mexican skull tower.
History Unsolved: The Investigation Files The Ones that Got Away
Join the manhunt for three inmates who escaped Alcatraz in 1962. Follow the trail of pirate Henry Avery after he pulled off a massive heist in 1695, then stalk Axeman of New Orleans, a serial killer who taunted police but spared jazz lovers.
Scanning History Newgrange: Neolithic Bloodlines
Battle of the Atlantic Grey Wolves
German U-boats roam the seas in packs, threatening to starve Britain into submission during World War II.
Battle of the Atlantic Keeping Secrets
Great Britain faces losing its battle for survival against German U-boats until a new source of intelligence turns the tide in 1941.
Battle of the Atlantic The Hunted
The German U-boat hunters become the hunted as advances in technology turn the tide in the Allies' favor.