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The official website for NOVA. NOVA is the most-watched prime time science series on American television, reaching an average ...

Step into the stunning cave that’s reshaping our understanding of prehistoric art.

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The question of who built the pyramids, and how, has long been debated by Egyptologists and historians. Standing at the base ...