Monumental Statues

28th October 1998 44 mins Season 6 Episode 7

What inspires societies to create sculptures on a superhuman scale? We’ll examine gigantic statues and the monumental commitment of time, money, and talent needed to complete them. We’ll study the Sphinx, Colossus of Rhodes, Statue of Liberty, Mount Rushmore, Brazil’s Christ the Redeemer, Russia’s Motherland and the Crazy Horse Memorial.

View season

Up next

Next Episode

View season

Season 6 · Episode 8

Antibiotics: The Wonder Drugs

In 1941, penicillin was first used to save human life. But now, bacteria has emerged resistant to every known antibiotic, and scientists have begun to fear that the era of the wonder drugs is near to its end.

Episode details

Details

Talent

Cast & Crew

No cast or crew images yet

TMDB does not have usable profile images for this cast or crew yet.

Recommended