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Ancient Amazon Peoples

Ancient Amazon art suggests people have been in the Americas much longer than previously thought.
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Clip Season 1 Episode 1 Length 03:03 Premiere: 10/23/18

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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 1 Preview | From Caves to Cosmos
Preview Length 00:30 Premiere Date 10/23/18

Extended Interview: The Earliest Cave Paintings in America
Clip Length 02:58 Premiere Date 10/23/18

Extended Interview: David Carrasco on Shared Beliefs
Clip Length 04:24 Premiere Date 10/23/18

Extended Interview: The Importance of Names
Clip Length 02:36 Premiere Date 10/23/18

Chaco Chocolate
Clip Length 02:29 Premiere Date 10/23/18

Ancient Amazon Peoples
Clip Length 03:03 Premiere Date 10/23/18

Zuni Maps
Clip Length 02:21 Premiere Date 10/23/18

The Best Time to Paddle
Clip Length 01:29 Premiere Date 10/23/18

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
  • Sunday October 4, 2026 7:00 pm CT on KET2
  • Tuesday October 6, 2026 2:00 am ET on KET2
  • Tuesday October 6, 2026 1:00 am CT on KET2

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
  • Sunday October 4, 2026 8:00 pm CT on KET2
  • Tuesday October 6, 2026 3:00 am ET on KET2
  • Tuesday October 6, 2026 2:00 am CT on KET2

Cities of the Sky - S1 E3

Premiered On: 11/13/2018

Discover the cosmological secrets behind America's ancient cities. Scientists explore some of the world's largest pyramids and 3D-scan a lost city of monumental mounds on the Mississippi River.

  • Sunday October 11, 2026 8:00 pm ET on KET2
  • Sunday October 11, 2026 7:00 pm CT on KET2
  • Tuesday October 13, 2026 2:00 am ET on KET2
  • Tuesday October 13, 2026 1:00 am CT on KET2

New World Rising - S1 E4

Premiered On: 11/13/2018

Discover how resistance, survival, and revival are revealed through an empire of horse-mounted Comanche warriors, secret messages encoded in Aztec manuscript and a grass bridge in the Andes that spans mountains and centuries of time.

  • Sunday October 11, 2026 9:00 pm ET on KET2
  • Sunday October 11, 2026 8:00 pm CT on KET2
  • Tuesday October 13, 2026 3:00 am ET on KET2
  • Tuesday October 13, 2026 2:00 am CT on KET2

New Worlds - S2 E1

Native innovators lead a revolution in music, building, and space exploration. From the surface of Mars to the New York City hip hop scene to the Pine Ridge Reservation, Native traditions are transforming life on Earth and other worlds.

  • Sunday October 18, 2026 8:00 pm ET on KET2
  • Sunday October 18, 2026 7:00 pm CT on KET2

Warrior Spirit - S2 E2

Across Native America, warrior traditions support incredible athletes and connect people to combat, games and glory.

  • Sunday October 18, 2026 9:00 pm ET on KET2
  • Sunday October 18, 2026 8:00 pm CT on KET2

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