Pharaohs who built magnificent temples to preserve their names for eternity often graced temple gates with pairs of obelisks, four-sided shafts of granite that taper gently upward until the sides meet at the top to form a pyramid shape. NOVA's team of experts attempts to build, transport, and raise a scale model obelisk using those materials available to ancient Egyptian engineers: rope, dirt, sticks, and stones.

NOVA Season 24 Episodes...

• s24e01 - Einstein Revealed
• s24e02 - Lost City of Arabia
• s24e03 - Three Men and a Balloon
• s24e04 - Secrets of Making Money
• s24e05 - Top Gun Over Moscow
• s24e06 - Shark Attack
• s24e07 - Odyssey of Life: The Ultimate Journey (1)
• s24e08 - Odyssey of Life: The Unknown World (2)
• s24e09 - Odyssey of Life: The Photographer's Secrets (3)
• s24e10 - Cracking the Ice Age
• s24e11 - Kaboom!
• s24e12 - Titanic's Lost Sister
• s24e13 - Secrets Of Lost Empires (1): Stonehenge
• s24e14 - Secrets Of Lost Empires (2): Inca
• s24e15 - Secrets Of Lost Empires (3): Obelisk
• s24e16 - Secrets Of Lost Empires (4): Colosseum
• s24e17 - Hunt for Alien Worlds
• s24e18 - Curse of T.rex
• s24e19 - Cut to the Heart
• s24e20 - Kingdom of the Seahorse

NOVA Show Summary

Seen in more than 100 countries, NOVA is the most watched science based television series in the world and the most watched documentary series on PBS. It is also one of television's most acclaimed series, having won many major television awards, most of them many times over.