Nova's examination or how thousands to terra cotta soldiers in Qin dynasty's terra cotta army were created digresses into reviews of Qin history and technology.
We all think we know about vitamins – and we’re told they’re essential – but why do really need them and why can’t we produce them on our own? These are a few questions on the mind of intrepid filmmaker and health-freak Bryce Sage who travels from Washington DC to San Francisco to get to the bottom of the vitamin mystery.
Episode 1 - Ark of the Covenant The hunt for the truth about the most famous lost treasure of them all. Did the Ark of the Covenant really exist? What it did look like? What was the power that it was said to hold? And what happened to it? Where is it now? Episode 2 - Bust of Nefertiti The extraordinary story behind one of the most famous images from the ancient world. Who was Queen Nefertiti? Who made the blue-crowned bust which turned her into a modern icon? Could the Nefertiti bust be a fake? Episode 3 - Great Pyramid Armed with a four and a half thousand year old diary, and a radical new approach. Engineer Peter James and leading archaeologist Mark Lehner set out to solve Ancient Egypt’s greatest mystery. How was the Great Pyramid built? Episode 4 - Easter Island Heads Unlocking the mysteries of the most recognizable statues on earth. How were the thousand giant stone heads of Easter Island made, and why? Why did the Islanders topple all of them, except one? Episode 5 - Blackbeard's Ship Off the coast of North Carolina, nautical archaeologists, historians and scientists study the artifacts of a 300 year old shipwreck. Positively identified as Blackbeard’s flagship, our investigators set about to uncover what the ship’s remains can tell us about history’s most notorious pirate. Episode 6 - Spear of Destiny In a search that spans four countries and 20 centuries, we investigate the legend of the Spear of Destiny. First mentioned in the New Testament, the spear is said to have pierced the side of Jesus. Believed to have special powers, kings and conquerors from Charlemagne to Hitler tried to possess it.
这是一部迟到了很久的纪录片，记载的是1974年穆罕默德·阿里和乔治·福尔曼在前扎伊尔首都金沙萨进行的着名的“丛林之战”，居然还跟现场直播一样扣人心弦。胶片的仰视视角将阿里放大成了一个文化标记，但由诺曼·梅勒和乔治·普林顿撰写的犀利解说词则令他重返凡间。
人们总说宇宙很大，但是它到底有多大？科学家制定了一项雄心勃勃的计划，要画出一幅完整的宇宙地图。然而在可观测宇宙中，有1700亿个类似银河系的星系，不单这些星系在移动，整个宇宙也并非静止不动，甚至有科学家认为，在我们的宇宙以外，还存在着无数个宇宙。究竟宇宙有多大？怎样才能画出它的全貌？研究人员借助最先进的天文观测设备，调动整个小镇的普通居民展开人工作业，以事实验证前人的理论，并得出了震惊世界的结论。
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胖女孩林晓曦（关晓彤 饰）性格开朗大方，她和音乐制作人韩冰（黄景瑜 饰）是多年好友，两人友达以上，恋爱未满。在一次奇幻的经历后，林晓曦出人意料地变身成为美丽的爱丽丝，并得以接近自己的偶像黄可（官鸿 饰）。虽然赢得了偶像的关注，但夹在青梅竹马与偶像之间时，林晓曦渐渐明白了什么……
