National Geographic Life

As new parents can attest, children develop so much in the first year of their life it's hard to keep up. From the moment they draw their initial breath - itself an incredibly complicated biological feat - to their first steps, it's a year of remarkable development.

Lost Faces of the Bible- in this limited four-part documentary series, an international team of forensic anthropologists and artists painstakingly work on four ancient, Biblical era skulls using a combination of traditional and state-of-the-art procedures in forensic facial reconstruction to dramatically bring to life some of the most famous (and infamous) faces of the Bible.

The Alien Deep. It's a place in the sea, thousands of feet beneath the surface, far from the first crack of light, where the planet's last and greatest secrets hide in the cold darkness of endless night. With cutting edge tools and amazing new camera technologies, National Geographic embarks on a first-ever voyage of deep ocean exploration – thousands of feet beneath the waves – to a hidden world of new ecosystems, new species, and new wonders never seen before.

Lost Faces of the Bible- in this limited four-part documentary series, an international team of forensic anthropologists and artists painstakingly work on four ancient, Biblical era skulls using a combination of traditional and state-of-the-art procedures in forensic facial reconstruction to dramatically bring to life some of the most famous (and infamous) faces of the Bible.

The show brings viewers a new look at Scandinavia - once home to the infamous Vikings, and still a land of vast coastlines, soaring mountains, daring adventurers, ancient civilizations and lush forests.

In the frozen wilderness of Antarctica, where oceans ice over and just staying alive is an achievement, one creature has perfected the art of survival - the emperor penguin.

Just days before George Clooney brings the drama and action of one of the greatest treasure hunts in history to life in the feature film “The Monuments Men,” NGC presents the true story of an unlikely World War II “band of brothers.” The unsuspecting group of scholars, academics, historians and architects headed to the front lines of the bloodiest war in history to rescue thousands of years' worth of European art and culture from Nazi-occupied Europe. Through extensive archive sources and photographs, journals and letter excerpts, along with the personal accounts from surviving family members, this special sheds light on the remarkable story.

In the wake of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, National Geographic follows descendants of ordinary Americans as they embark on personal journeys to discover the stories of their ancestors in the bloodiest war in American history.
This three-part program reveals the amazing human stories of lives turned upside down by the Civil War–from a Virginian slave holding lady to a Union officer and a Confederate private. Through vivid recreations and innovative graphic techniques, we'll go back in time to see the true consequences of hard war and the resilient human spirit.

His action-packed life may have blazed a searing trail of death and destruction through history but, in death, Genghis Khan is proving to be a puzzlingly elusive figure. n the premiere of Lost Tomb Of Genghis Khan saddle up with a team of experts as they unearth Mongolia's best-kept secret and the only remaining tie to its spiritual and political forefather.

The documentary series "Ocean Wreck Investigation" examines the reasons why ships sink. What secrets can one still find out from the undersea wrecks - and what dangers do they sometimes harbor? Be it forgotten events, spectacular accidents or armed conflicts - there are different backgrounds for the tragedies that have happened on board the ships.