TV Guide: Cities of the Underworld

Listing: Gladiators: Blood Sport

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:00:00 -0500

Fri Dec 4 11:00 AM HIST Ancient Rome is explored, focusing on places associated with gladiators, including the Colosseum, brothels and crypts. Also: a school where gladiators learned how to fight and survive.

Listing: Viking Underground

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 10:00:00 -0500

Fri Dec 4 10:00 AM HIST Underground Dublin, Ireland, is explored. Included: pagan burial tombs; defense tunnels. Also: an underground river.

Video: Underground Apocalypse

Hulu — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Season 2, Episode 1: For billions of people across the globe, Jerusalem is considered ground zero for Armageddon. And while most of the world's population considers it a holy land, it's also one of the bloodiest cities the world has ever known.

Video: A-Bomb Underground

Hulu — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Season 2, Episode 3: Tokyo, Japan is a city straight out of the future, above ground... and below. We'll go beneath the busy streets to see the latest technology that will save the city from the many natural disasters ready to strike.

Video: Hitler's Last Secret

Hulu — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Season 2, Episode 5: Prague is a city cloaked in mystery, with an underground to match. From quarries where Hitler may have stored his most powerful secret weapon to mines that doubled as Communist slave camps, Prague has surprising stories to tell.

Video: The City of Roses

Hulu — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Season 1: Portland is commonly called the "City of Roses," but how did this city earn its nickname?

Video: Katrina

Hulu — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Season 2, Episode 12: Inflicting over $80 billion in damage, and causing the deaths of over 1,800 people, Hurricane Katrina was among the greatest engineering disasters in US history.

Video: New York: Secret Societies

Hulu — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Season 2, Episode 9: Today, New York is the biggest city in the country, but it's got some dark secrets in its past. It was founded by covert groups, overrun with gangs and mob bosses, and ruled by secret societies.

Video: Washington, DC: Seat of Power

Hulu — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Season 2, Episode 10: Washington D.C. is headquarters for one of the most powerful governments in the world, as well as some of the nation's deepest secrets. The decisions made here echo around the world.

Video: Stalin's Secret Lair

Hulu — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Season 2, Episode 11: Moscow is a city known for its ruthless leaders and abundant secrets. Today it's a modern metropolis, but far below its crowded streets lie the reminders of its war-torn past, and pieces of Stalin's terrifying legacy.

Video: Prophecies From Below

Hulu — Thu, 07 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Season 2, Episode 8: From Abraham to Nostradamus, the ancient world was shaped by people who believed they foresaw the will of God. Some say their fiery prophecies will come true in our lifetime - and Jerusalem is at the heart of it all.

Video: Viking Underground

Hulu — Thu, 07 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Season 2, Episode 4: Dublin, Ireland is much more than pubs and pints. Pagan burial tombs, subterranean defense tunnels, and mysterious burial crypts line the underground below the rolling hills.

Video: Maya Underground

Hulu — Thu, 07 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Season 2, Episode 6: Before the mysterious disappearance of the ancient Maya, Belize was the nerve center of this advanced civilization. Hundreds of ruins dot the landscape and reveal clues to bloody Mayan rituals and advanced architecture.

Video: Mob Underground

Hulu — Thu, 07 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Season 2, Episode 7: Chicago was once a playground for mobsters and corrupt politicians, and it wouldn't be the third largest city in the US today if it weren't for the shady dealings that went on just beneath its streets.

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