What was it like during the Golden age of Piracy? In this DRAIN THE OCEANS MEGA episode, join National Geographic to examine and uncover shipwrecks and lost treasures. The Drain the Oceans team analyzes the richest wrecks ever find, the long-lost shipwrecks of the legendary pirate captains of the Caribbean, and the battle for the Black Swan, worth over half-a billion dollars.
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Treasure hunting has captured our imaginations for centuries. Draining the oceans reveals the richest wrecks ever found.
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Uncovering the long-lost shipwrecks of legendary captains reveals why the Caribbean — more than all other seas — became famous for pirates.
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Archaeologists and treasure hunters battle it out over half a billion dollars worth of gold and silver. Who will win the Battle for the Black Swan?
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How did Genghis Khan build the world's largest contiguous land empire? In this full episode of Genghis Khan: Secret History of the Mongols from National Geographic, the 13th century arrives and Chinggis Khan builds power by building an extensive army to eliminate rivals.
He begins conquests against the Tanguts, a Sino-Tibetan people who founded and inhabited the Western Xia dynasty, and the Jin Dynasty of Northern China, expanding his empire to become the largest contiguous land empire in human history.
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1:43 - 1206: The Kurultai
10:39 - Chinggis Khan's Family Unrest
16:46 - Challenging the Xi Xia
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Archaeologists in Saqqara face their most dangerous challenge yet as they excavate the first ancient Egyptian mummy workshop ever discovered in this full episode of Kingdom of the Mummies ("The Lone Coffin").
Watch as the team attempts the high-stakes engineering feat of removing a massive 5-ton lid from a mysterious, sealed lone sarcophagus. Uncovering secrets buried for millennia beneath the desert sand, world-leading experts explore the complex mechanics of ancient embalming practices, sacred burial rituals, and the forgotten lives of ancient Egypt's elite. Journey deep inside the subterranean tomb shaft to see what extraordinary artifacts, mummified remains, and historical mysteries lie hidden inside this undisturbed chamber.
Kingdom of the Mummies | S1 E2 "The Lone Coffin"
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9:24 - Opening the 5-Ton Sarcophagus Lid
14:02 - Ancient Egyptian Afterlife Beliefs & Status
22:24 - Revealing the Coffin & Digital Preservation
28:35 - Digging Further Into Ancient Egyptian Practices
32:30 - Mummy Examination
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It sounds like a movie plot, but NASA really did test our planetary defenses in case an asteroid ever threatens Earth—and it worked.
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Presented by @ROLEX. Pangolins face intense pressure from illegal wildlife trafficking across Africa. The Tikki Hywood Foundation cares for those rescued from the trade, including babies, before releasing them into the wild.
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What happened to Amelia Earhart? National Geographic Explorer-at-Large Dr. Robert Ballard, best known for his 1985 discovery of the Titanic shipwreck, is planning an expedition to solve the mystery of the disappearance of Amelia Earhart. Expedition Amelia follows the clues that have led Ballard to a remote island in the Pacific and delves into Earhart herself, especially how she became one of the most intriguing and inspirational figures in history. Featuring narration from Allison Janney.
Expedition Amelia | SPECIAL
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7:31 - Investigation Begins
25:15 - Amelia Earhart's Early Life
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52:58 - High-Tech Deep-Sea Search
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01:14:30 - Disappearance of Amelia Earhart
1:27:18 - Clue Discoveries & Lasting Legacy
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Step into Egypt’s ancient Valley of the Nobles in this compilation episode of Lost Treasures of Egypt from National Geographic. Join world-leading archaeologists as they unearth the lives of a royal nurse, two ancient children, and a woman who served the rich and famous.
This episode offers a rare look into what everyday life, social hierarchy, and luxury were really like for ancient Egyptians. Discover how these figures navigated high-society and secured their own path to the afterlife.
Lost Treasures of Egypt Compilations | S1 E1 "Riches & Rulers"
Chapters:
00:00 - Mission at Qubbet el-Hawa
04:08 - Unearthing Sealed Tomb
08:32 - 16-Year Excavation Project
14:28 - Coffin Discoveries
31:48 - Golden Death Mask
35:06 - Lab Analysis
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In this To Catch A Smuggler season 9 Mega Episode, join Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and U.S. Customs and border Protection (CPB) officers as they work non-stop to interceptio illegal narcotics, high-value contraband, and other smuggling operations. From bustling international airports like JFK and Miami, to Texas border entry points in El Paso, follow federal agents through tense interrogations and high-stakes inspections.
Featuring three, full episodes:
Meth Hot Chili Peppers - 00:00
CBP finds meth worth millions inside a shipment of chili peppers in Texas. HSI Miami conducts back-to-back operations involving firearms and ketamine.
Snitching on Mom - 44:06
CBP El Paso uncovers a massive meth load in a railcar, and HSI Miami investigates a counterfeit passport ring, with a son implicating his own mother.
Bud Bound for Britain - 1:28:12
CBP Newark finds suitcases of weed bound for the UK. Agents stop sisters involved in human smuggling in El Paso and intercept ancient statues at JFK.
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As Tornado Alley expands further to the north, hurricane season is underway in the south… pulling Reed Timmer and Mike Theiss in opposite directions. But a series of missteps may allow tornadoes to escape the radar of the two storm chasing experts. As the season comes to an end, they reunite in North Dakota to chase one of the biggest storm threats of the year.
Storm Rising | S1 E2 "High Plains Insanity"
Chapters:
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1:28 - Storms Developing
8:09 - Tracking Tornados and Hurricanes
21:14 - Black Hills National Forest
24:00 - Biggest Tornado Threat
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Uncover ancient mysteries throughout history in this National Geographic Livestream featuring fourteen full episodes of Lost Cities with Albert Lin, Lost Treasures of the Bible, Lost Treasures of the Maya, and other documentary specials diving into ancient civilizations. National Geographic explorers travel around the globe to seek answers on some of history's greatest mysteries, like the legends of El Dorado, the Tower of Babel, the lost tomb of Alexander the Great, and many more.
Lost Cities with Albert Lin- Fortress of the Knights Templar
National Geographic Explorer and scientist Albert Lin travels to Acre, Israel, in search of the lost fortunes of the mysterious Knights Templar.
Lost Cities with Albert Lin- Ghost City of the Pacific
National Geographic Explorer and scientist Albert Lin travels to Colombia to learn the truth behind the legends of El Dorado.
Lost Treasures of the Bible- Secrets of the Tower of Babel
Archaeologists discover new evidence in Iraq that sheds light on the historical influences of the Bible’s epic Tower of Babel story.
Lost Treasures of the Bible- Mystery of King Solomon
King Solomon is famed for his wisdom and riches. Teams excavating ancient biblical kingdoms make new discoveries about the mysterious age of Solomon.
Lost Treasures of the Bible- The Real King Herod
King Herod is one of the Bible’s most evil characters. Now, new archaeological discoveries and 3D CGI reveal why he was known as “Herod the Great.”
Lost Treasures of the Maya- Secrets of the Underworld
The new treasure map reveals an undiscovered pyramid complex. Uncharted cenotes in Mexico and remote jungle caves unlock secrets of ancient Mayan rituals.
Lost Treasures of the Maya- Secrets of the Sun God
The new treasure map leads Albert to discover lost pyramids, and treasures found across the Mayan world reveal the epic scale of the civilization.
Lost Treasures of the Maya- Secrets of the Lost City
Divers search for an entrance to lost caves while archaeologists discover a ceremonial royal drinking cup that reveals the tomb of a lost king.
The Lost Tomb of Alexander the Great
Archaeologist Pepi Papakosta is on a mission to find Alexander the Great’s lost tomb. Excavating in a public garden in the center of Alexandria, Egypt, the city he founded 2,300 years ago, she has discovered a rare marble statue of Alexander, Greek treasures and secret tunnels. But Pepi’s biggest find is an extraordinary discovery even she was not expecting.
Lost Tombs of the Pyramids
In the shadow of the pyramids, an elite team of archaeologists embark on an extraordinary excavation. Could this secret site reveal startling new evidence about the great pharaohs who built these majestic monuments? And could a stone bearing the name of the pharaoh Khafre finally solve one of archaeologies greatest mysteries - what happened to the bodies of the pyramid pharaohs?
Cleopatra's Final Secret
Lawyer-turned-archaeologist Kathleen Martinez has spent 20 years searching for Cleopatra’s lost tomb. Her excavations now lead in an unexpected new direction, a submerged site miles offshore in the Mediterranean. She has enlisted Titanic discoverer Bob Ballard, the Egyptian Navy, and a team of archaeologists and divers to help her explore this mysterious location.
Lost Cities Revealed with Albert Lin - The Warrior Kings
In the deserts of Sudan Albert Lin searches for the lost capital of a kingdom of warriors who once conquered and ruled the mighty Egyptian empire.
Lost Cities Revealed with Albert Lin - The Cloud Warriors
Explorer Albert Lin searches mountains of Peru to reveal the lost city of the Cloud Warriors, whose legacy was nearly wiped from history by the Incas.
Flooded Tombs of the Nile
It’s a land of pyramids, gold, and ancient treasure. But it’s not Egypt. It’s present-day Sudan, once known as the kingdom of Kush. Archaeologists have been in search of clues about this long-neglected culture for centuries, but recent breakthroughs are allowing two National Geographic grantees to get closer than ever before to understanding the Nubians who filled Egypt with golden treasures and accomplished the unthinkable.
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What is being done to stop smuggling and other illegal operations across the United States? This TO CATCH A SMUGGLER livestream has 14 full episodes that follow CBP, HSI, and other federal agents as they hunt down criminals. From major airports, like JFK, Atlanta, and Miami, to the US border in El Paso, watch as agents make large-scale seizures of illegal drugs, counterfeit goods, and even shark fins.
Cocaine Shoes
HSI pursues multiple cases of cocaine smuggled aboard boats. CBP makes large-scale seizures of unknown and potentially dangerous medicines.
Stash House Takedown
HSI confiscate 21 kilos of meth and disrupt a transnational drug ring. CBP seize one of the largest shipments of illegal shark fins in Miami history.
Coke, Cakes and Cash
HSI pursues a case of cocaine-filled cakes across state lines, and CBP seizes more than $100,000 of undeclared currency.
Party Drugs
CBP looks out for party drugs, prostitutes and counterfeit goods entering Miami during Super Bowl. HSI tracks the case of a drug-filled car battery.
Six Million Dollar Seizure
HSI uncovers a multi-million-dollar cocaine smuggling ring of airline employees. CBP sniffs out drugs using the nation’s largest team of K-9s.
Fentanyl Within
CBP Nogales busts a man internally smuggling fentanyl from Mexico. HSI delves into the dark web to stop a deadly party drug linked to overdoses.
Guac and Coke
CBP finds 142 kilos of coke in a shipment of avocados in Florida, while CBP, HSI and Border Patrol pursue human smuggling leads in Texas.
Junk in the Trunk
An HSI stakeout leads to nearly $500K of meth and fentanyl in San Diego. CBP finds concealed cash and a carload of cocaine at the El Paso border.
Coke on the Water
HSI stakes out a cartel handoff of cocaine in Texas, while CBP finds coke hidden on ships in Miami and screens for duty violations at JFK.
Fentanyl Express
After fentanyl bust at JFK, CBP blitzes food courier bags. SD HSI arrests dealer trying to ship kilo of fentanyl to NY. CBP RGV finds meth and weed.
Suspicious Suitcase
MIA CBP searches a traveler with a suspicious story and suitcase. JFK HSI works to open pistons filled with drugs, which leads to a controlled delivery.
Boatloads of Coke
CBP finds an SUV loaded with meth at the border and counterfeit cash in Atlanta. Operation Blood Moon yields 2000 kilos of cocaine in Puerto Rico.
NYC: Coke and the City
JFK in New York is a busy airport and CBP officers catch a passenger with drugs inserted inside her body. HSI takes down a drug trafficking ring.
The Coke Inside
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Los 10.000 pasos se han convertido en el sinónimo de un día saludable, y en un objetivo abrumador cuando el tiempo, la movilidad o las circunstancias de la vida se interponen. Pero un nuevo estudio sugiere otra forma de aprovechar los beneficios de caminar: dar menos pasos, pero acelerar el ritmo.
La investigación, publicada en la revista British Journal of Sports Medicine, reveló que diferentes combinaciones de número de pasos e intensidad al caminar se asociaban con un menor riesgo de muerte por enfermedades cardiovasculares o por cualquier causa. «Lo que me gusta de este estudio es que nos aleja de la idea de que existe un número mágico de pasos que todo el mundo tiene que alcanzar», afirma Denice Ichinoe, médica de atención primaria especializada en medicina deportiva de la Universidad de Nevada, Las Vegas.
«Los resultados sugieren que tanto la cantidad como el ritmo al que se camina son importantes, y que puede haber más de una forma de obtener un beneficio significativo para la salud». La conclusión, afirma, es que un paseo más largo y pausado no es la única opción. Uno más corto y enérgico también puede ser eficaz.
¿Cantidad o velocidad?
En el estudio, los investigadores analizaron los datos de los monitores de actividad de más de 64.000 participantes del UK Biobank, con una edad media de 62 años, y los siguieron durante unos ocho años. Descubrieron que las personas que caminaban menos de 5.000 pasos al día, pero se movían con mayor brío durante sus períodos de mayor actividad, presentaban un menor riesgo de mortalidad que aquellas que acumulaban un número similar de pasos a un ritmo más lento.
Su riesgo era comparable al de las personas que caminaban entre 5.000 y 7.500 pasos al día a un ritmo más lento. Sin embargo, en general, las personas que caminaban entre 7.500 y 10.000 pasos al día presentaban el menor riesgo de mortalidad.
Dado que el estudio fue observacional, no puede demostrar que caminar más rápido o dar más pasos prevenga las muertes. No obstante, los resultados se suman a investigaciones anteriores que muestran que no hacen falta 10.000 pasos al día para mejorar la salud. Esa cifra tiene su origen en una campaña de marketing japonesa de podómetros de la década de 1960, y no en datos científicos. El último estudio sugiere que el recuento de pasos es importante, pero que la intensidad al caminar también puede desempeñar un papel importante en la salud y la longevidad.
Hábitos básicos para evitar riesgos
Aumentar la intensidad del ejercicio, incluido el ritmo al caminar, puede aportar numerosos beneficios para la salud. Por un lado, aumenta la frecuencia cardíaca y la respiración, lo que, con el tiempo, mejora la capacidad cardiorrespiratoria y potencia la salud cardiovascular y la longevidad, afirma Ichinoe.
A medida que el corazón se fortalece, puede bombear sangre y oxígeno de forma más eficiente por todo el cuerpo, afirma Matthew Bowman, profesor clínico asociado de fisioterapia en la Universidad de Binghamton, perteneciente a la Universidad Estatal de Nueva York. Favorecer la circulación sanguínea también puede reducir la presión arterial, ya que ayuda a dilatar los vasos sanguíneos y a mantenerlos flexibles.
«Me gusta verlo así: el recuento de pasos nos indica cuánto te has movido, mientras que la intensidad nos indica con qué intensidad ha trabajado tu sistema cardiovascular», afirma Rosy Thachil, cardióloga de NYC Health+Hospitals/Elmhurst. Afirma que los resultados del nuevo estudio son «alentadores», ya que demuestran que «incluso las personas que no pueden alcanzar un recuento diario elevado de pasos pueden beneficiarse de hacer que parte de su caminata sea más intencionada e intensa».
Siguiendo «la prueba de habla»
Los expertos recomiendan una combinación de caminar más y hacerlo a un ritmo más rápido, pero hacen hincapié en que cualquier ejercicio es beneficioso para la salud. «Yo daría prioridad a cualquier actividad que haga que una persona se mueva de forma constante», afirma Ichinoe.
Caminar más rápido puede resultar especialmente útilpara las personas que disponen de poco tiempo para recorrer largas distancias, pero que pueden aumentar su ritmo, señala Ichinoe. Aumentar la intensidad al caminar puede suponer una mayor exigencia para el sistema cardiovascular y, con el tiempo, puede ayudar a reducir el riesgo de enfermedades cardiovasculares, añade Bowman.
Pero «no es necesario fijarse en una cifra concreta del reloj», afirma Ichinoe, ya sea contar pasos o medir el ritmo. La combinación ideal de cada persona depende de la edad, la forma física, el nivel de movilidad y el grado de disfrute. Bowman recomienda consultar con el médico antes de aumentar la intensidad de la caminata, sobre todo si se padece alguna afección de salud.
Empieza por recorrer tu ruta habitual un poco más rápido, aconseja Thachil. Alterna entre tu ritmo habitual y breves ráfagas de marcha rápida, o añade cuestas o escaleras para aumentar la intensidad. A continuación, incrementa gradualmente tus pasos, tu ritmo o ambos.
Comprueba tu ritmo con la «prueba del habla», aconseja Thachil. «A una intensidad moderada, normalmente puedes hablar, pero quizá no seas capaz de cantar con comodidad». Ichinoe añade que deberías notar cómo aumentan tu respiración y tu frecuencia cardíaca, pero que aún así seas capaz de «hablar en frases completas».
Bowman afirma que escuchar música con un ritmo más rápido también puede ayudar a aumentar la velocidad al caminar. Lo mismo ocurre con mover los brazos rápidamente mientras caminas, lo cual sugiere hacer a intervalos si te resulta difícil. En general, analiza tu nivel habitual de actividad y busca formas realistas de ponerte a prueba, dice Ichinoe, «ya sea acumulando gradualmente más caminatas a lo largo del día, añadiendo periodos de marcha enérgica o haciendo ambas cosas».
Award-winning journalist Mariana van Zeller is getting a new nose. And new hair. And a full makeover. Not for a magazine spread, but because she's about to go undercover for the strangest assignment of her career. She's trying to intentionally get romance scammed.
In 2025 alone, romance scammers stole more than a billion dollars from American victims, and Mariana wants to know exactly how they do it.
Armed with a new identity and a freshly-built dating profile, she becomes the bait, setting off on a journey at times absurd and yet deeply human, in which she starts dating a four-star general deployed to Syria, gets wooed by "George Clooney," and teams up with a hacker who helps her locate several scammers, including her own.
Along the way, she exposes the tactics, the technology, and the psychology that have made these scams not just common, but nearly inescapable.
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The health of the land begins with the soil. Matthieu Paley, National Geographic photographer, visits Waitrose Farm to better understand how soil is a living organism, and why giving it time to recover is critical. Through good stewardship of their land, farmers are working to protect the future of food.
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At the world's busiest land border crossing, San Ysidro, U.S. Customs and Border Protection discover fentanyl, heroin and cocaine hidden inside a vehicle. Homeland Security Investigations in Miami conduct an operation leading to the seizure of illegal weapons bound for the Caribbean. At Dulles International Airport, CBP performs inspections on couriers following a series of recent drug busts.
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Thirty-two years ago, a young female is found dead in the desert outside Phoenix, Arizona – her body too badly decomposed to identify. Now, crime scene technician Stephanie Bourgois is joining forces with the DNA Doe Project to find the girl’s name and bring her home. The search takes a surprising twist when a long lost family member is revealed.
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