Ancient Mysteries: China's Wall of Doom

As produced for A&E Networks, this documentary special delves into the historical enigmas surrounding the Great Wall of China. Though the said wall retains a status as one of the world's most legendary landmarks, historians still struggle to answer certain questions regarding it - from the methods that builders used to construct it, to its original purpose (which may or may not have involved protecting China from invasion) to certain facts regarding the emperor who conceived it and prompted its centuries-long construction. This program investigates the said mysteries, and places a particularly strong emphasis on the architect of the wall himself, a tyrannical despot whose tomb is guarded by thousands of terra cotta figures - and still has yet to be opened. Leonard Nimoy (In Search Of. . .) narrates