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Season 27

(1999)

Cast

Episodes

Fall of the Leaning Tower poster

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October 5, 1999

Even before it was finished 800 years ago, the Leaning Tower of Pisa - a masterpiece of medieval architecture - began t…

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October 12, 1999

In the program, leading physicists delve into the mystery of whether time travel is possible, and if so, how one might …

The Killer's Trail poster

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October 19, 1999

The death of Marilyn Sheppard in 1954 is one of the most famous unsolved murders in America. The indictment of her husb…

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November 2, 1999

In the far north of Japan, thrust out into the north Pacific, is the remote island of Hokkaido. It's a land of towering…

Decoding Nazi Secrets poster

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November 9, 1999

Most historians agree that by enabling Allied commanders to eavesdrop on German plans, Station X shortened the war by 2…

Voyage of Doom poster

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November 23, 1999

Buried in mud beneath the shallow waters of Matagorda Bay in Texas, lay a glorious remnant of one of the most ill-fated…

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December 21, 1999

The program tells the story of a handful of brilliant, obsessed surgeons and researchers who have pursued the target of…

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January 4, 2000

NOVA chronicles a year in the life of a bee colony with stunning images that take viewers inside the innermost secrets …

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January 18, 2000

The program chronicles a successful 1999 NOVA expedition to investigate the mysterious disappearance of George Mallory …

Secrets of Lost Empires: Medieval Siege (1) poster

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February 1, 2000

In the film, which is a part of the NOVA series Secrets of Lost Empires, a team of timber framers and other specialists…

Diamond Deception poster

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February 1, 2000

The film documents the efforts of researchers around the world to create synthetic diamonds, some of which have become …

Secrets of Lost Empires: Pharaoh's Obelisk (2) poster

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February 8, 2000

In the film, which is a part of the NOVA series Secrets of Lost Empires, NOVA brings together a team of Egyptologists, …

Trillion Dollar Bet poster

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February 8, 2000

The film tells the fascinating story of the invention of the Black-Scholes Formula, a mathematical Holy Grail that fore…

Secrets of Lost Empires: Easter Island (3) poster

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February 15, 2000

The film, which is a part of the NOVA series Secrets of Lost Empires, showcases the efforts of a team of archeologists,…

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February 15, 2000

In 1996, near Kennewick, Washington, a suspected murder victim is identified by forensic anthropologists as Caucasian -…

Secrets of Lost Empires: Roman Bath (4) poster

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February 22, 2000

In the film, which is a part of the NOVA series Secrets of Lost Empires, an international crew of archeologists, engine…

Lost Tribes of Israel poster

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February 22, 2000

At the heart of Jewish tradition lies the haunting mystery of the Lost Tribes of Israel. Ever since their defeat and ba…

Secrets of Lost Empires: China Bridge (5) poster

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February 29, 2000

The film, which is a part of the NOVA series Secrets of Lost Empires, documents a 1999 effort by a NOVA-assembled crew …

What's Up with the Weather? poster

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April 18, 2000

In "What's Up with the Weather?" NOVA and FRONTLINE join forces to investigate the science and politics of one of the m…

Stationed in the Stars poster

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April 25, 2000

The broadcast explores America's manned space program and the crisis caused by Russia's delay in delivering the critica…

The Vikings poster

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May 9, 2000

In this two-hour special, NOVA presents a dramatic investigation of a people who were much more than axe-wielding pirat…