Unearthed
CGI animation and other state-of-the-art technology helps answer questions and crack unsolved mysteries surrounding some of the greatest wonders of the ancient and modern world.
Pompeii's Mysterious Twin
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Along with Pompeii, the devastating eruption of Mount Vesuvius left another mysterious Roman settlement buried beneath its ashes; experts reveal new evidence of an ancient civilization and history's most infamous disaster.
Enigma of the Red Pyramid
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The Red Pyramid at Dahshur is a revolutionary megastructure and the first true pyramid ever constructed in ancient Egypt; experts investigate to reveal the pharaoh who built it and the mystery behind it's trailblazing design.
Lost World of Sumerian Kings
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The legendary city of Kish, Iraq, lies at the cradle of human civilization and home to some of the world's first kings; using cutting-edge tech, experts investigate the buried secrets of this lost city to uncover the first origins of royalty.
Secrets of Hadrian's Villa
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Hadrian's Villa is the largest Roman palace ever constructed and demonstrates the opulent peak of Rome's ancient engineering; experts investigate secrets that could reveal the truth behind one of Rome's most enigmatic emperors.
Rise of Egypt's Sun Kings
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The ancient necropolis of Abusir contains strange megastructures unlike any discovered in Egypt; experts gain rare access to investigate lost tombs and forgotten rituals to reveal the secrets of Egypt's Sun Cult pharaohs.
Nimrud: Secrets Revealed
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Nearly a decade after the ancient site of Nimrud was destroyed by terrorists, experts return to salvage the wreckage; archaeologists piece together the remaining ruins to reveal the origins and brutal decline of a lost empire.
Secrets of the Lost Sphinxes
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The Avenue of the Sphinxes has now been unearthed in the biggest excavation in Egyptian history; using cutting-edge CGI, investigators reveal the hidden secrets of the sphinxes.
The Lost Empire of Palmyra
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Palmyra: pearl of the Syrian desert; experts return to the site and use CGI reconstruction to reveal the secrets of Palmyra's ancient engineers.
Mystery of Egypt's Zodiac Temple: Secrets of Dendera
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The Dendera Temple is one of the best-preserved temples in all of Egypt; experts decipher its mystifying zodiac images and uncover the ceremonial events that took place at this sacred site, and stunning CGI rebuilds this grand complex in its prime.
Lost Tomb of Alexander the Great
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The magnificent tomb of Alexander the Great mysteriously vanishes and becomes a legend; using CGI, investigators piece together the evidence to reveal where his tomb lies and what it might look like.
Sunken City of Helike: The Hunt for the Real Atlantis
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In 373 B.C., the Greek city of Helike vanished; archaeologists believe they've found the ruins of the great lost metropolis; using CGI, experts re-create the city's final moments and reveal its links to the greatest lost land of all -- Atlantis.
Lost City of Persia
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The sprawling city of Persepolis was capital to the first imperial civilization that conquered most of the known ancient world; experts use advanced forensic archaeology to reveal the secrets behind Persia's mysterious and dominating metropolis.
Valley of Egypt's Queens
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The Valley of the Queens is a vast necropolis concealing some of Egypt's most miraculous tombs and powerful women; now, investigators use cutting-edge tech to explore lost tunnels and uncover the enigmatic secrets behind these ancient pharaohs.
Curse of Relic Mountain
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Archaeologists decode cryptic inscriptions and use innovative geophysical analysis to reveal the secrets of Mount Nemrut in southeastern Turkey.
Lost City of the Maya Queens
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The downfall of the powerful Maya city of Palenque continues to mystify archaeologists today; now, investigators gain rare access to explore lost tombs to reveal the truth behind this legendary city and the mystery behind its enigmatic queens.
Lost City of the Sumerian Gods
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The sacred city of Nippur and the world's only ziggurat contain elusive mysteries to the ancient Sumerian people; now, archaeologists armed with pioneering tech are on a quest to reveal the secrets behind the earliest known civilization in history.
Egypt's Island of Secrets
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A colossal stone temple on a remote Egyptian island mysteriously bears the names of the most famous leaders of the ancient world; now, experts use cutting-edge tech to investigate why pharaohs and emperors all built monuments at this enigmatic site.
King Arthur's Lost Castle
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The clifftop ruins of Tintagel Castle are shrouded in a tumultuous history and believed to be the birthplace of King Arthur; experts use cutting-edge tech to unlock the secrets of this ancient structure and reveal the truth behind a legendary ruler.
Lost World of Desert Kings
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Experts use the latest technology to explore the rise and fall of the city of Samarra.
Rome's Lost Coliseums
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The coliseums of Rome were brutal theaters of spectacle and death that helped control the sprawling Roman empire; now, archaeologists uncover the engineering secrets behind these majestic structures to reveal the truth behind the ancient Roman world.
Legend of Xanadu
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The legendary metropolis of Xanadu and its fabled existence have mystified experts for centuries; archaeologists use cutting-edge aerial imaging to investigate new discoveries and reveal the truth behind this mythical lost city.
Mystery of the Volcano Temple
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The Pantheon is a 2,000-year-old temple with a secret; using cutting-edge archaeological methods and brand-new evidence, experts look beneath the streets of Rome to find out why it was built and how it survived so long.
Rome's Gate to Hell
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According to legend, the ancient Roman city of Hierapolis hides a secret portal to the underworld beneath its streets; armed with pioneering technology, archaeologists gain rare access to investigate the deadly truth behind these hellish myths.
Legend of King Midas
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King Midas and his legendary golden touch is one of the most famous tales in Greek mythology; using advanced archaeological methods, experts travel deep inside mysterious ancient mounds to investigate the truth behind the myth.
Ghosts of Venice
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Venice was once a fearsome superpower home to secrets, wealth, and treachery; today, scientists use pioneering acoustic imaging technology to discover the city's ancient foundations and reveal how it's still standing.
Terror in the Torture Tower
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The Tower of London is a centuries-old castle with a grisly past; using cutting-edge methods, experts investigate this engineering marvel and how it transformed into an infamous prison steeped in blood and intrigue.
Secrets of Seahenge
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A prehistoric mega-structure emerges from the sands of an English shore that could reveal lost mysteries of the Bronze Age; using pioneering technology and 3D imaging analysis, experts uncover dark, ancient rituals once performed here.
Secrets of the Sunken Empire
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The secrets of the world's oldest sunken city are lost to history, but hi-tech underwater archaeology answers questions that books cannot; experts explore sunken ruins and reveal new discoveries about one of the first great empires.
Sumerian Pyramid of Death
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Deep in the Iraqi desert, a ziggurat towers over the remains of the first civilization ever known in human history; armed with pioneering satellite imagery, experts investigate the dark mysteries behind this massive, ancient structure.
Lost City of Babylon
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Special access to cutting-edge archaeological investigations reveals the secrets of the long-lost city that was once the world's largest and richest; using new evidence, experts try to discover what Babylon looked like and what caused its downfall.
Draining the Bermuda Triangle
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Experts investigate the mysteries of the Bermuda Triangle using cutting-edge technology; as new discoveries reveal alien phenomena at the bottom of the ocean floor, researchers may finally uncover the truth behind this strange place.
Secrets of the Black Pyramid
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Investigating Egypt's Black Pyramid, a strange, crumbling pyramid that collapsed before its pharaoh was ever buried there; special access to a high-tech archaeological investigation reveals what went so catastrophically wrong.
Curse of the Hindenburg
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When the airship Hindenburg exploded, the globe's biggest aircraft in history became one of its greatest catastrophes, and new technology may show what caused the fatal crash and if it was sabotage.
Twin Towers: The Hidden Secrets
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New evidence recovered from the site of the World Trade Center's Twin Towers reveals answers to the greatest mysteries of these modern marvels, and using cutting-edge science and technology, experts investigate the science behind why they collapsed.
Lost World of Atlantis
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New discoveries on a strange island in the Mediterranean might offer new clues in the hunt for Atlantis; experts reveal the apocalyptic event that destroyed this long-lost civilization.
Jericho's Buried Secrets
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New discoveries at the lost city of Jericho offer fresh evidence about the biblical battle that brought its impregnable walls down. Using the latest tech, experts might reveal if Joshua and the Israelites really conquered this ancient city and how.
Egypt's Sunken Treasures
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Egypt's ultimate secrets may be hidden underwater; a cutting-edge archaeological investigation uses hi-tech methods to scan the ocean floor in search of sunken sphinxes, temples, and shipwrecks.
Seven Wonders of Egypt
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Seven wonders of ancient Egypt are home to mysteries that are still unsolved thousands of years after their construction, and today, investigators use cutting-edge tech and forensic analysis to reveal new secrets of the colossal engineering marvels.
Seven Wonders of Ancient America
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America before Columbus was home to some of the greatest engineering marvels on the planet; special access to high-tech archaeological digs reveals the secrets of ancient America's Seven Wonders as experts investigate their mysterious purposes.
Seven Wonders of Rome
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Cutting-edge archaeological methods help experts unearth the dark secrets hidden at the seven wonders of ancient Rome.
Seven Wonders of the Pyramids
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Investigators use cutting-edge tech to explore seven ancient pyramids from around the world; as experts explore their lost labyrinths and alien relics, they discover unexplained connections between cultures thousands of miles and years apart.
Seven Wonders: Greatest Lost Cities
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Experts investigate the secrets of seven lost cities; investigators use advanced aerial scanning, underwater drones, and 3-D mapping to reveal why these enigmatic civilizations disappeared.
Egypt's Buried City
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There's a lost city buried in the Sahara, and evidence reveals it's home to Nefertiti, Tutankhamun, and the forbidden god of an outlawed religion; experts use cutting-edge tech to uncover the secret doomsday that caused this place to disappear.
Vesuvius's Secret Victim
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When Pompeii was destroyed by an apocalyptic volcano in 79 AD, another Roman town was destroyed as well; experts use cutting-edge tech to investigate the secrets of Vesuvius' second victim.
Lost City of Troy
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Archaeological finds may suggest that the legendary city actually existed.
Mount Rushmore: The Hidden Secrets
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Mount Rushmore is one of America's most iconic landmarks, but there are dark mysteries behind its presidential faces; experts use cutting-edge tech and the latest science to reveal what lies beneath the rock and the secret history of its creation.
Hitler's Lost Bunker
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The long-lost underground bunker of Adolf Hitler is home to some of the greatest secrets of the Nazi regime; now, experts use cutting-edge technology to discover new evidence of Hitler's evil vision for global domination.
Leaning Tower of Pisa: The New Mystery
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The Leaning Tower of Pisa is one of the world's most iconic buildings, and it's also the site of an 800-year-old mystery; using cutting-edge tech, experts investigate the archaeological evidence to reveal when it might finally fall over.
Ghosts of the Wild West
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The gunfight at Tombstone's OK Corral turned Wyatt Earp into an American folk hero, and to find what really happened here, experts use the newest tech to discover what caused the fatal shootout.
Secrets of the Seven Wonders
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The Seven Wonders are the engineering marvels built by great minds of long-lost civilizations, but historians are not sure if some even existed; new discoveries and archaeological methods might prove what they looked like and why they disappeared.
Hunt for the First Pyramid
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A strange site called Saqqara is home to Egypt's very first pyramid; experts use cutting-edge tech to reveal why the ancient Egyptians started building pyramids and if the mummified animals found here are evidence of a bizarre religious cult.
Alcatraz's Hidden Secrets
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Alcatraz is home to secrets that only cutting-edge archaeology can reveal, and using the latest science and the newest tech, experts search for hidden evidence to investigate why so many tried and failed to escape America's toughest jail.
Rome's Great Wall
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The Roman Empire builds Hadrian's Wall to guard its frontiers at the edge of the world; new discoveries reveal who the Romans were trying to keep out with this 72-mile-long megastructure and what it tells about the ancient people of Iron Age Britain.
Lost Kingdom of Kush
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Pyramids in the deserts of Sudan are the ruins of a powerful lost civilization that rivaled the pharaohs of ancient Egypt; using cutting-edge tech and archaeological methods, experts reveal the secrets behind the mysterious Kingdom of Kush.
Mysteries in the Alien Desert
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The Nazca Lines are alien-looking symbols carved into a remote desert more than a thousand years ago, and new discoveries might finally reveal what these strange images mean and if they explain the disappearance of the people who made them.
Empire State Building: The New Secrets
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The Empire State Building is one of the wonders of the modern world, and cutting-edge tech helps experts explore it like never before, revealing the secrets of its construction and the mysteries hidden deep in its foundation.
Nero's Lost Palace
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New discoveries reveal the scandals and secrets of Nero and his lost palace, and using cutting-edge technology, experts might confirm if the infamous emperor burned down Rome so he could build this golden wonder.
Curse of the Seventh Wonder
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The Lighthouse of Alexandria is one of the world's original Seven Wonders, but it could have been home to a mysterious superweapon, and using cutting-edge tech, experts investigate the secrets of this fabled death ray and its long-lost home.
Pompeii's Evil Twin
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The lost city of Baiae was the Las Vegas of the ancient world, until a mysterious calamity caused it to sink into the sea; new discoveries reveal the secrets of this sin city that, like Pompeii, some experts believe was destroyed by a supervolcano.
Dead Sea Scrolls: The Dark Truth
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The Dead Sea Scrolls are one of the Holy Land's greatest mysteries, but new discoveries might finally reveal the hidden meaning behind the strange texts, and as experts get closer to unmasking their author, they find clues of an ancient apocalypse.
Mystery of the Ice Mummy
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The Iceman is the world's oldest and most perfectly preserved mummy; cutting-edge forensic technology reveals his darkest secrets, and these discoveries could change everything people know about the humans who lived 5,000 years ago.
Tut's Buried Secrets
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New discoveries explore the dark secrets of Tutankhamun's tomb; Archaeologists are finally finding answers to its ancient riddles, showing how his untimely death, his calamitous burial, and an act of God made a minor king the most famous of them all.
Lost Temples of the Jungle
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New technologies reveal the startling truth behind the largest temple ever built, Angkor Wat; accompany experts as they uncover how this colossal structure was constructed and why one of the largest cities in the world was suddenly abandoned.
Secret History of the Sphinx
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Recent forensic findings uncover the astonishing secrets of the world's most iconic monument, the great Sphinx at Giza; join the extraordinary investigation as it reveals which pharaoh commissioned this colossal statue and why it was never finished.
Ghosts of Stonehenge
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New discoveries reveal how ancient magic, bizarre rituals and brutal murder built the strange monument known as Stonehenge.
Hunt for King Arthur's Castle
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A castle in Scotland could be the home of King Arthur's legendary Round Table; Scientists have made a gruesome discovery at this mysterious site; a disfigured skeleton that could reveal the castle's bloody secrets and rewrite the history books.
Hidden City of the Incas
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The lost city of Machu Picchu is one of the greatest mysteries in archaeology; scientists do not know why this city in the clouds was built, but investigations into secret Inca codes and deformed skeletons might finally reveal its ultimate mystery.
Treasures of the Terracotta Army
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Newly discovered artifacts reveal the supernatural enemy of the Terracotta Army and human remains shed light on China's origins.
Mystery of Egypt's Mega Temple
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The Egyptian mega-temple at Karnak was once the political powerbase of the ancient pharaohs and the home to strange religious rituals; new discoveries of skeletons tell a story of jealousy, betrayal, and the rise of a new religion that changed Egypt.
Sex, Lies, and the Taj Mahal
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The Taj Mahal is one of the world's most beautiful monuments, but new investigations reveal its dark secrets; scientists uncover codes that tell a shocking story of power and betrayal, challenging everything originally known about the Taj Mahal.
Lost World of the Colosseum
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New evidence uncovers the ancient mysteries behind the iconic Colosseum; archaeologists uncover the secret lives of the gladiators and make new discoveries that help explain the rise and sudden fall of the Roman Empire.
Lost City of the Desert
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The ancient city of Petra, a city carved from desert rock, baffles experts for decades; new technologies resurrect the city and reveal why the spectacular civilization was suddenly abandoned.