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Secrets of the Dead

The Herculaneum Scrolls

Computer scientist Brent Seales attempts to read inside hundreds of carbonized ancient scrolls found at the archaeological site of Herculaneum in Italy. (60 minutes)

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Wed, 12/3 at 8:00 am on Austin PBS WORLD

Jamestown's Dark Winter

Forensic anthropologists excavate the early American colony of Jamestown, Va., and find bones of a 14-year-old English girl. (60 minutes)