Aired: Nov 1, 2003 As early as 1939, the Japanese had drawn up plans to build the railway, which...
Secrets of the Dead
Season 4 Episode 6: Amazon Warrior Women
(Archaeology) The myth of the Amazons, a tribe of bloodthirsty blond women thundering across arid battlefields to the horror of their male foes, has lingered for centuries. Their exploits seized the imagination of the Greek scribes Homer, Hippocrates, and Herodotus. But proof of their existence had always been lacking. Now, a 2,500-year-old mystery may have been solved, cracked by an American scientist whose ten-year odyssey led her tens of thousands of miles in pursuit of the truth. Af...
