Episode 1
Aired Jan 4, 2000
Tales From the Hive
A year inside a beehive shows an organized social life, rival queens, colony scouts and the defeat of enemies.
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Episode 2
Aired Jan 18, 2000
Lost on Everest
The discovery of George Leigh Mallory, a mountain climber whose body was found in 1999, 75 years after his attempt to climb Mount Everest.
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Episode 3
Aired Feb 1, 2000
The Diamond Deception
Breakthroughs in the production of synthetic diamonds may transform the marketing of the expensive gem.
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Episode 4
Aired Feb 1, 2000
Secrets of Lost Empires II: Medieval Siege
Engineers design missile-launchers like those of the medieval era.
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Episode 5
Aired Feb 8, 2000
Trillion Dollar Bet
The billion-dollar investment strategies of two Nobel Prize winners that brought short-term profit but long-term debt.
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Episode 6
Aired Feb 8, 2000
Secrets of Lost Empires II: Pharaoh's Obelisk
Engineers try to re-create the raising of a massive granite obelisk, a feat that ancient Egyptians accomplished.
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Episode 7
Aired Feb 15, 2000
Mystery of the First Americans
How the discovery of a 10,000-year-old Caucasoid skull in Washington has stirred debate on the settlement of the New World.
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Episode 8
Aired Feb 15, 2000
Secrets of Lost Empires II: Easter Island
Archaeologists, with the help of 70 Easter Island residents, try to transport a 15-ton statue replica across one mile of undeveloped terrain.
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Episode 9
Aired Feb 22, 2000
Lost Tribes of Israel
Advances in genetics lead to the investigation of an African as a possible member of the Lost Tribes of Israel.
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Episode 10
Aired Feb 22, 2000
Secrets of Lost Empires II: Roman Bath
Engineers and architects build a Roman bath, complete with hot tubs, cold plunges and underfloor heating.
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Episode 11
Aired Feb 29, 2000
Secrets of Lost Empires II: China Bridge
Two teams of engineers work from opposite sides of a river to link a re-created Chinese suspension bridge, using only historical information and a painting as a guide.
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Episode 12
Aired Apr 25, 2000
Stationed in the Stars
Russian and American efforts to build the International Space Station, a unit designed to house six astronauts 220 miles above the Earth.
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Episode 13
Aired May 9, 2000
The Vikings
Retracing Viking voyages shows how bold and energetic the warriors were.
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Episode 14
Aired May 9, 2000
The Vikings
Viking ships take modern-day explorers to the far reaches of Scandinavia to reveal how bold and determined those legendary warriors were.
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Episode 15
Aired Oct 24, 2000
Lincoln's Secret Weapon
A Navy salvage attempt to unlock the secrets of the USS Monitor, which sank in 1862, seven months after making naval history in an ironclad battle against the Merrimac.
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Episode 16
Aired Oct 31, 2000
Holocaust on Trial
Historians examine the evidence used in the trial between two authors -- one a traditional Holocaust expert and the other a revisionist who questions Hitler's final solution.
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Episode 17
Aired Nov 14, 2000
Hitler's Lost Sub
Professional diver John Chatterton discovers a sunken World War II German U-boat located near the New Jersey shore.
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Episode 18
Aired Nov 21, 2000
Runaway Universe
Two competing teams of astronomers look for cosmic answers by mapping the size and shape of the universe to determine how it will come to an end.
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Episode 19
Aired Nov 28, 2000
Garden of Eden
The Seychelles Islands are home to rare and unique species of geckos, snails, snakes, parrots, sharks.
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Episode 20
Aired Dec 12, 2000
Dying to Be Thin
Specialists experiment with new approaches to eating disorders.
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Episode 21
Aired Dec 19, 2000
Japan's Secret Garden
The Japanese word "satoyma" reflects the balance between humans and nature.
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