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Lidar Mapping

Cahokia researchers uses new LiDAR technology to map the layout of this ancient city.
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Clip Season 1 Episode 3 Length 02:23 Premiere: 11/06/18

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Season 1 Episodes

New World Rising
S1 E4 Length 53:30 Premiere Date 11/13/18

Cities of the Sky
S1 E3 Length 53:30 Premiere Date 11/13/18

Nature to Nations
S1 E2 Length 53:30 Premiere Date 10/30/18

From Caves to Cosmos
S1 E1 Length 53:30 Premiere Date 10/23/18

Episode 3 Preview | Cities of the Sky
Preview Length 00:30 Premiere Date 11/13/18

Extended Interview: Religion at Teotihuacan
Clip Length 02:38 Premiere Date 11/06/18

Extended Interview: Ian Thompson on Ancient Earthen Mounds
Clip Length 03:35 Premiere Date 11/06/18

Extended Interview: Ian Thompson on the Trail of Tears
Clip Length 04:28 Premiere Date 11/06/18

Cahokia’s Celestial Calendar (Woodhenge)
Clip Length 02:13 Premiere Date 11/06/18

Inca Huacas
Clip Length 02:32 Premiere Date 11/06/18

Lidar Mapping
Clip Length 02:23 Premiere Date 11/06/18

The Governor’s Palace
Clip Length 03:07 Premiere Date 11/06/18

Mound 72
Clip Length 02:29 Premiere Date 11/06/18

Season 1 Official Trailer
Preview Length 00:30 Premiere Date 10/23/18

Season 1 Inside Look | Making Native America
Clip Length 02:00 Premiere Date 10/23/18

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From Caves to Cosmos - S1 E1

Premiered On: 10/23/2018

Who were America's First Peoples? The answer hides in Amazonian cave paintings, Mexican burial chambers, New Mexico's Chaco Canyon, and waves off California's coast.

  • Sunday October 4, 2026 8:00 pm ET on KET2
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  • Tuesday October 6, 2026 2:00 am ET on KET2
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Nature to Nations - S1 E2

Premiered On: 10/30/2018

Explore the rise of great American nations. Investigate lost cities in Mexico, a temple in Peru, a potlatch ceremony in the Pacific Northwest, and a tapestry of shell beads in upstate New York whose story inspired our own democracy.

  • Sunday October 4, 2026 9:00 pm ET on KET2
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