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Doping
for Gold
Wednesday,
May 7 at 8 p.m.
Repeats
Friday, May 9 at 2 a.m.
Secrets
of the Dead investigates one of the most controversial
and alarming cover-ups in the history of the Olympic Games — East
Germany’s organized use of steroids and testosterone
to bolster its athletes’ performance from the 1960s
through
the 1980s.
Narrated
by actor Liev Schreiber, the documentary reveals the remarkable
lives of the women of the East German
Olympic
team during the country’s systematic doping decades
and the terrible suffering they’ve endured since.
Girls
as young as 12 were recruited from across the country
and, without their knowledge, were regularly administered
untested steroids and male hormones as part of their
training.
Doping for Gold digs deep into the secretive Cold War
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Sinking
Atlantis
Wednesday,
May 14 at 8 p.m.
Repeats
Friday, May 16 at 2 a.m.
Five
thousand years ago, the Minoans, Europe’s first great
civilization, flourished on the island of Crete. They were
the first Europeans to use writing, and their technologically
advanced and rich artistic culture became the setting for
famous Greek myths. Yet in their heyday, the Minoans were
wiped from the pages of history.
The
cause of their downfall has remained one of the foremost
mysteries of the ancient
world, until now. Sinking Atlantis explores — and discounts — all the usual theories
about the disappearance of the Minoans — from a massive
volcano that buried them in ash to Greek invaders who conquered
and killed them.
The
film digs deeper into the soil and the history, following
archaeologist Sandy MacGillivray
as he finds startling
evidence of a massive tsunami that struck the island
and destroyed
all the major Minoan cities. |
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The Hunt for Nazi Scientists
Friday,
May 23 at 2 a.m.
This
episode explores the silent race between the Allies
to capture Germany’s
top scientists during the waning days of World War II. It is is filled with
real-life accounts of the secret raids, rare archival
footage, vivid eyewitness testimonies
and visits to the hidden technological hideaways. |
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Herculaneum Uncovered
Friday,
May 30 at 2 a.m.
Just
a few miles from fabled Pompeii is Herculaneum, another
city buried and frozen in time by the eruption
of Mt. Vesuvius in A.D. 79. Today, geo-archaeologists
are chipping away at the soft rock, revealing that this city was not suffocated
by falling ash, but was engulfed by blistering pyroclastic flows. |
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