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Startling evidence suggesting that the Ancient Maya conspired with aliens, as experts hypothesise that they acquired extraterrestrial knowledge of astrology

Experts scrutinise the Maya calendar, which predicted the world would end in 2012, and try to determine whether it could have anticipated the arrival of an extraterrestrial god

The Douglas A-1 Skyraider, a single-piston engined fighter bomber which helped dominate the air-to-ground attack role in Vietnam, earning itself quite a reputation

The Bell UH-1 Huey helicopter, which became synonymous with the Vietnam War, being used to transport troops and equipment as well as for air-assault missions

An attack on the Soviet oil fields could have won the Second World War for the Germans - but huge resistance thwarted Adolf Hitler's dream

Alice Roberts visits archaeological digs in the east of the country, where finds include Britain's biggest Roman letter hoard, sunken treasure and Caesar's Fort

Alice Roberts investigates best archaeological discoveries of 2018 from the East of the UK, including an ancient lost monument as old as Stonehenge uncovered in Suffolk

Professor Alice Roberts follows archaeologists as they unearth Britain's most spectacular iron-age grave, a chariot burial in East Yorkshire

Startling evidence suggesting that the Ancient Maya conspired with aliens, as experts hypothesise that they acquired extraterrestrial knowledge of astrology

Experts scrutinise the Maya calendar, which predicted the world would end in 2012, and try to determine whether it could have anticipated the arrival of an extraterrestrial god

The unfortunate fate of the world's first tank, which failed to make it onto the battlefield, and the case of the Japanese soldier who continued fighting - until 1974

The true story of Franz Stigler, a German Luftwaffe pilot in the Second World War who risked his own life to save the crew of an American B-17 bomber

In Northern Ireland, the graveyard of a Victorian workhouse sheds light on one of the most traumatic periods of modern Irish history, the Great Famine of 1845

How a lobster led archaeologists to the discovery of an 8,000-year-old neolithic settlement and witnessing the excavation of an Iron Age crouched burial in Dorset

New evidence may lead to the discovery of an unknown ancient civilisation in the Amazon rainforest. Plus, a strange submarine seen in a North Korean shipyard

How, despite being betrayed and imprisoned, Toronto's most powerful mob bosses reemerged quietly, yet quickly reestablished their power and influence

A look at the Aryan Brotherhood, a neo-Nazi prison gang considered one of the deadliest in the United States. It was founded in 1964 and remains active

An inside look at Whitey Bulger's notoriously violent and untouchable Winter Hill Gang . They were the kings of Boston's underworld - until a secret alliance came to light

Startling evidence suggesting that the Ancient Maya conspired with aliens, as experts hypothesise that they acquired extraterrestrial knowledge of astrology

Experts scrutinise the Maya calendar, which predicted the world would end in 2012, and try to determine whether it could have anticipated the arrival of an extraterrestrial god

Stories of encounters with paranormal entities, including an Arizona logger's coworkers who found themselves accused of murder after he was 'abducted by aliens'

Why footprints discovered after a storm are altering English migration history by revealing evidence of early human activity that was previously hidden by the landscape

The unfortunate fate of the world's first tank, which failed to make it onto the battlefield, and the case of the Japanese soldier who continued fighting - until 1974

The true story of Franz Stigler, a German Luftwaffe pilot in the Second World War who risked his own life to save the crew of an American B-17 bomber

Car builder Ian Roussel challenges his unique fabrication with projects to create custom one-of-a-kind vehicles for his clients