Sky History 2 Wednesday

Chile has the highest number of UFO sightings of anywhere on Earth. Here, incredible footage of a strange craft has people asking again about the reasons why

From Egypt to Easter Island, towering figures built by ancient man stand watch over Earth - but do they depict visitors from another world?

The history of the woolly mammoth, revealing adaptations that helped the species evolve from its origin in the tropics to surviving in Siberia

The Yakovlev Yak-3, a Second World War Soviet fighter that was regarded for its performance at low altitudes and its agility

A look at Togo's traditional religious practices and a tour of the incredible Danakil Desert in Ethiopia. Plus, a visit to a city in Georgia where every citizen has a gun

Chile has the highest number of UFO sightings of anywhere on Earth. Here, incredible footage of a strange craft has people asking again about the reasons why

From Egypt to Easter Island, towering figures built by ancient man stand watch over Earth - but do they depict visitors from another world?

The origins of the curses surrounding Sutton Hoo, Lyuba and others, from an Anglo-Saxon Burial ground to the caves of the Judean Desert and Siberia in the Ice Age

Dan Jones explores Arundel Castle, in West Sussex, which has been the seat of the Dukes of Norfolk and their ancestors for over 850 years

An exploration of Tikal, one of the largest archaeological sites and urban centres of pre-Columbian Mayan civilisation

The Yakovlev Yak-3, a Second World War Soviet fighter that was regarded for its performance at low altitudes and its agility

Nubian pyramids reveal the rise of female power in Ancient Kush. Plus, a shocking satellite image uncovers secrets of an ancient ancestral Puebloan site in New Mexico

Visits to South Korea's seaweed farms and an Alaskan town where everyone lives under one roof. Plus, a flooded passage that leads to the French island of Noirmoutier

Reported accounts of genuine alien encounters, examining more previously off-limits information to investigate where in the universe UFOs could be coming from

Examining the 10 most disturbing extraterrestrial encounters ever, from mass sightings in the sky to reports of alien probes found in human bodies

Efforts to escape Devil's Island, France's notorious penal colony in French Guiana. Petty thief Rene Belbenoit was determined to liberate himself - or die trying

How, while facing soaring costs, mounting criticism and a tight deadline, film producer Walt Disney managed to create his first full-length animated feature film

The history of the woolly mammoth, revealing adaptations that helped the species evolve from its origin in the tropics to surviving in Siberia

Exploring the story of Beowulf, the Anglo-Saxon world's most famous warrior, questioning whether the mythological hero could have been based on a real person

Chile has the highest number of UFO sightings of anywhere on Earth. Here, incredible footage of a strange craft has people asking again about the reasons why

From Egypt to Easter Island, towering figures built by ancient man stand watch over Earth - but do they depict visitors from another world?

Dan Jones explores Arundel Castle, in West Sussex, which has been the seat of the Dukes of Norfolk and their ancestors for over 850 years

The beauty of Notre-Dame de Paris, which acts as an icon of French culture and its history while also attracting the attention of many tourists and aesthetes

Reported accounts of genuine alien encounters, examining more previously off-limits information to investigate where in the universe UFOs could be coming from

Examining the 10 most disturbing extraterrestrial encounters ever, from mass sightings in the sky to reports of alien probes found in human bodies

Nubian pyramids reveal the rise of female power in Ancient Kush. Plus, a shocking satellite image uncovers secrets of an ancient ancestral Puebloan site in New Mexico

New evidence reveals advanced civilisations might have existed on Earth thousands of years ago - is it possible that they lived with extraterrestrials?