TV Guide: Explorer

Tunnel to a Lost World

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:00:00 -0500

Fri Nov 27 01:00 PM NGC Spotlighting a heated battle between modernizers and historians as the discovery of a preserved ancient harbor from the Byzantine era halts an ambitious engineering project in Istanbul.

Science of Babies

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:00:00 -0500

Thu Nov 26 05:00 AM NGC A look at sophisticated scientific methods being used to better understand an infant's intellectual development during the first year.

Collapse

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:00:00 -0500

Wed Nov 25 09:00 AM NGC The latest in construction technology, and what happens when it fails. Included: the structural failure of two overhead walkways at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Kansas City in 1981.

Mystery of the Mummy Murders

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:00:00 -0500

Wed Nov 25 04:00 AM NGC Documenting the discovery of well-preserved bodies from the Iron Age in peat bogs in northern Europe.

Doomsday Volcano

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500

Wed Nov 25 03:00 AM NGC National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Robert Ballard investigates a catastrophic volcanic eruption on the Greek island of Santorini in the Aegean Sea, some 3600 years ago. It's considered one of the largest eruptions in human history and may have led to the end of the Cretan Minoan civilization.

24 Hours After Asteroid Impact

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:00:00 -0500

Tue Nov 24 10:00 PM NGC Experts analyze the chain of events that possibly led to the extinction of the dinosaurs and hypothesize on how the modern world would be affected if another catastrophic meteor crashed into Earth.

T. rex Walks Again

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:00:00 -0500

Tue Nov 24 12:00 PM NGC Scientists attempt to create an accurate replica of an adolescent Tyrannosaurus rex.

China's Secret Mummies

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:00:00 -0500

Mon Nov 23 11:00 AM NGC Light is shed on ancient human migrations as 3000-year-old mummies with European features are unearthed in a remote Chinese desert.

Chimps on the Edge

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:00:00 -0500

Sun Nov 22 02:00 AM NGC A February 2009 chimpanzee attack in Stamford, Conn., is discussed in this look at the complex relationship between humans and pet primates.

Tiny Humans: The Hobbits of Flores

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500

Fri Nov 20 03:00 AM NGC Examining the discovery of a diminutive population of humans on a remote Indonesian island who coexisted with prehistoric humans for some 80,000 years.

Mammoth Mystery

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:00:00 -0500

Tue Nov 17 03:00 PM NGC The sudden mass extinction of mammoths some 13,000 years ago is investigated by scientists.

Secret History of Diamonds

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:00:00 -0500

Sat Nov 14 07:00 PM NGC A look inside the dark world of conflict diamonds, including smuggling operations and an alleged 9/11 connection between Al Qaeda and the Belgium diamond sector.

Lost Cities of the Amazon

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:00:00 -0500

Sat Nov 14 06:00 PM NGC A look at new evidence that suggests an indigenous civilization thrived in the Amazon rain forest approximately 500 years ago.

Peru's Mass Grave Mystery

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:00:00 -0500

Sat Nov 14 05:00 PM NGC Experts investigate the sudden collapse of Peru's Chachapoya civilization, which flourished in the upper Amazon from the 800s to the mid-1500s. A mass grave with more than 80 corpses was uncovered in that region, providing archaeologists and anthropologists with clues to the deaths.