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A new historical record is emerging of the sights and sounds of the attack on the World Trade Center.

Tattoos are more desirable than ever but do you know who created the first tattoo or why monks in Thailand "sling ink" so their clients can have great sex?

Andrew Jackson was the first "common-man" President. Orphaned at 14, he became a lawyer with no formal education, an Army General with no military experience and President without being rich.

Beltway Unbuckled explores the fascinating ways sexual politics have impacted and created American history.

Is it the greatest story ever told--or the greatest story ever sold? A best-selling novel sparks a debate that could change Christianity forever.

In 1898, a Minnesota farmer clearing trees from his field uprooted a large stone covered with mysterious runes that tell a story of land acquisition and murder.

After Custer, Thermopylae is the most famous last stand in history. In a narrow pass in Northern Greece, seven thousand Greek soldiers await an onslaught of epic proportions.

It's illegal, used throughout the country, and a major source of income for many people.

They led the Revolution, framed the Declaration of Independence, and in the early years of the Republic, grew to unmatched heights of influence and power.

The existence and location of the Ark of the Covenant has remained one of the most enduring mysteries in archaeology.

The ultimate warrior of the Samurai era, Miyamoto Musashi's violent and revered style of combat ultimately gave way to a life of art, poetry and philosophy.

Known affectionately as "Uncle Billy" by Union soldiers, but reviled in the South as a brutal war criminal, General William Tecumseh Sherman is one of the truly enigmatic and complex figures in the American pantheon.

The deadliest weapon on the battlefield is neither bullet nor gun; it's the lone sniper.

Fifty years after the launch of Sputnik HISTORY revisits the shock that catapulted America from complacency into action.

HISTORY brings to life the true story of three brothers who managed the unimaginable.

The Brain is a voyage of discovery into the evolutionary history of our last biological frontier.

It began like the common cold. Then fever, baseball-sized black swellings on the neck, coughing of blood. Few lived more than two days.

Take an inside-access tour of the White House as President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush provide HISTORY with one of the most intimate looks at the private residence in 50 years.

Ten years after his famous 1492 voyage, Christopher Columbus awaited the gallows on criminal charges in a Caribbean prison. He plotted an escape--a last voyage that would restore his reputation.

Comets--these celestial travelers have forever filled us with fear and wonder. Lurking in the furthest reaches of our solar system, they come close to Earth as they orbit our Sun.

25,000 B.C. In Europe, arctic glaciers reach as far south as London. Massive predators are on the prowl. Across the continent, two species of primitive man struggle to survive.

In central Kansas, a treasure hunt is underway that could call into question much of what we know about the notorious outlaw Jesse James.

Faces...and facts...fleshed out from the grave. Unprecedented technology brings to life extraordinary mirror images and powerful last impressions of history's most powerful men.

It is mystery 4.5 billion years in the making: how has our planet transformed, and why? New clues are being discovered not in volcanoes or canyons, but inside each of us.

It is inevitable that disaster will someday strike America on an unprecedented level. What have past acts of destruction taught us about what will happen to mankind after the apocalypse?