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Secrets of the Dead: Viking Warrior Queen
KET Saturday, July 4 • 8/7 & 9:30/8:30 pm KET2 Sunday, July 5 • 10/9 pm
KET Tuesday, July 7 • 8/7 pm KET2 Monday, July 13 • 11/10 pm
The 40th anniversary edition of A Capitol Fourth returns live from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol as we celebrate our nation’s 244th birthday. The country’s longest-running live national July 4 TV tradition will feature all-star musical performances with the National Symphony Orchestra under the direction of top pops conductor Jack Everly and broadcast to troops serving around the world on the American Forces Network.
One of the most significant Viking graves ever found contained the remains of a warrior who might have sacked western Europe in the 10th century. A researcher studying the bones from the grave noted the skeleton had many female characteristics. In 2017, a team of Swedish archaeologists astonished everyone by proving, through a DNA study, that the great warrior wasn’t a man, but a woman. Who was she?
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11 Kentucky Life KET Saturday, July 11 • 8/7 pm KET2 Monday, July 13 • 7/6 pm Kentucky Life’s 25th season continues with a batch of new episodes! Join host Doug Flynn as he explores the Commonwealth’s most fascinating people and places. This month, Doug takes a closer look at a Fort Mitchell museum filled with ventriloquist figures, revels in the majesty of Jocelyn Russell’s sculpture of Secretariat, and dives into the riveting backstory behind the “Florence Y’all” water tower.
