The Secrets Of Sci

The sergeant of the Brocade Guards, the government's secret police, fights back against a traitorous eunuch who wishes to take the throne.

In The Secrets of the Twelve Disciples, broadcast in Easter 2008, Beckford explored Paul the Apostle's role in founding the Church and his relationship with Jesus' family; the Roman Catholic Church's claim to Saint Peter; Thomas the Apostle's travels to India; James, son of Zebedee as a patron saint of Spain; the demonisation of Judas Iscariot; and female Apostles.

For the first time, cameras go behind the scenes at the Australian Museum. Join Gold Logie winner Tom Gleeson as he discovers the labs, the treasures and the action leading up to their biggest exhibition to date.

With exclusive access to research conducted by University College London and the Terracotta Army Museum, this documentary uncovers new secrets of China's fabled warriors. The discovery of China's famous Terracotta Army in 1974 captured the imagination of the world. But that first dig only revealed a fraction of this enormous and extraordinary treasure. Since then, scientists have resumed work on the site, and their research has turned up a series of new discoveries about the warriors and the people who made them over two millennia ago.

A murder mystery about the smuggling of illegal Chinese aliens into America through Chinatown.

"There Is A Secret in My Soup" is based on infamous HK crime case called 'Hello Kitty Murder'.In 1999 three triad gangsters kidnapped,brutally tortured and beat a 23-year old woman named Fan Man-yee for one month until she died.Then they dismembered and cooked the body,threw most of it out with the trash,fed legs and arms to stray dogs and hid the skull inside the head of a giant-sized Hello Kitty doll.

Leva was known as a gambler, he passionately loved to place bets in casinos, but fortune turned less and less often towards him and more and more often the other way around. And so, having once drunk on free cognac after yet another loss in a casino, Löw saw Pharaoh Ramses IV, smiled and gave him a sign from above. Immediately sobering up, Lyova, looking at the players eager to win, immediately realized that you can make good money on human weaknesses and that such a chance should not be missed. A brilliant plan matured in Leva’s head.

A team of scientists and explorers probe high altitude caves in the Tibetan Himalayas.

In America, behind the public facade of nine of our most famed institutions and landmark structures, there is another world that is hidden from view. The special pierces the veil of secrecy which conceals forbidden histories and fascinating insider information from the public.

In 2008, a team of international scientists explore a Mexican cave filled with giant crystals. In one of the deadliest environments on earth, without specialized suits and equipment, the scientists would die in minutes. Can they unlock the secrets of the huge crystals, despite the challenges?

The DVD is largely a compilation of several Gary Ouellet-produced magic specials, one of which only tangentially features Lance Burton, it nevertheless contains some of the best magic ever shown on TV. The "Hidden Secrets of Magic" special is a look into some of the greatest feats in the history of thearical magic. No, you won't learn the secrets, but you will see them performed by today's masters. Charlotte Pendragon escapes, chained inside a locked crate dumped into a bay. "The Light and Heavy Chest," which the great Robert-Houdin used to stop a war, is featured, and yes, it's the very same chest! But the great jewel is the only video of the famous "Blue Room," in which people visbly vanish and transform as if in a film special effect - only it was what audiences saw live - in the 1860's! This one segment alone, recreated for the L.A. Conference on Magic History in 1996, is worth the price of the DVD.

In the flooded forests of the Peruvian Amazon lives one of the world's rarest and most mysterious primates, the red-faced uakari monkey. Local people call them English monkeys because of their resemblance to sunburnt visitors. Now there is a new Englishman on the scene, Mark Bowler, a young biologist who battles through the forest in his quest to understand the monkeys' secret lives. The film shows the first footage of these extraordinary animals in the wild and reveals why ice cream could be the greatest threat to their survival.

A camel films his spring break trip to Latuna Beach.

Documentary, Science and Nature Documentaries - Enter the world of the great white shark, and discover why humans have developed such a strong fascination with this predator. This documentary examines the shark's unique characteristics and the features that make it so fierce and formidable. Expert interviews and incredible live footage provide viewers with new perspectives on the oft-misunderstood creature, which has a well-known reputation as a serious killing machine.

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Documentary, Science and Nature Documentaries - Head far beneath the ocean's surface to explore a mysterious world where time has stood still for ages. In this dark and rarely seen region, witness an amazing variety of actual sea monsters, strange and wondrous creatures with incredible features. Captured by accomplished nature filmmakers using advanced technology, this undersea documentary provides a wonderful opportunity to visit a primordial kingdom normally inaccessible to humans.

Historians have long believed that the Aztecs worshipped the Spanish conquistadors and barely resisted their crusade. But as this surprising documentary reveals, we may need to rethink our assumptions about the ancient civilization. Recent finds near Mexico City -- where more than 550 bodies, a portion of which seem European, have been unearthed -- are sparking theories that the Aztecs fought back and may have sacrificed the invaders to the gods.

In the Galapagos Islands, a group of scientists works to understand the movements of the world's largest fish - the whale shark. Without understanding their breeding and migrations, we cannot hope to protect them. The scientists of the Galapagos Whale Shark Project head north to Darwin Island to uncover the secrets of these ocean giants.

Short documentary about the making of Rubberneck, the debut album of Fort Worth rock band Toadies.

The Royal Family likes to keep its eating habits a mystery. But in Secrets of the Royal Kitchens former Royal Chef Graham Newbould spills the beans and shows us how to cook for a Queen. With code names like F Branch and BP, cooking for the Queen operates with military precision. But there are some surprising secrets that make Her Majesty seem more modest than you might think.