Secrets in the Sand

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Experts uncover four global stories of extraordinary curiosities that were once concealed in the deserts of the planet.
The Atacama "Alien" Skeleton
S2 E1

Examine a tiny skeleton in Chile that set off a firestorm of alien speculation; explore a forgotten Silk Road settlement; uncover evidence of a mass sacrifice in northern Peru and visit a multi-faceted military site from the age of the pharaohs.

A Million Mummies
S2 E2

Exploring an ancient Egyptian cemetery filled with everyday people and find links to historic weaponry in a horseshoe-shaped French monument; puzzle over a lost South Asian society, then see if human remains found in Wales hint at coastal rituals.

Secrets in the Sand
S2 E3

Experts uncover four global stories of extraordinary curiosities that were once concealed in the deserts of the planet.

King Thutmose II Tomb & Secret Saudi Gates
S2 E4

Look inside the lost tomb of King Thutmose II and get new clues about Egypt's pharaohs; dust off stone hunting structures in Saudi Arabia; visit a 1,200-year-old mosque buried in the Negev Desert and inspect a 30-million-year-old predator skull.

Secrets in the Sand
S2 E5

Experts uncover four global stories of extraordinary curiosities that were once concealed in the deserts of the planet.

Ancient Stone Blade Production
S2 E6

Inspect a Mongolian mass grave and learn the fate of a platoon of soldiers, then investigate a 5,000-year-old tavern in Iraq; examine an Egyptian scarab that's far from home and ancient tools that show where desert migration routes once lay.

Screaming Mummy and Chaco Canyon Highway
S2 E7

Ponder the fate of a mummy buried with an anguished look on its face; learn the secret to Sumerian power in a buried Iraqi palace; visit a lost oasis that may rewrite Arabian history; travel New Mexican roads that align with the heavens.

Lady Be Good Wreck
S2 E8

Dig up a mysterious WW II bomber in the Libyan desert, then see why the carved pillars in a Turkish temple may be the world's oldest calendar; open a secret filled shrine in Jerusalem and unearth broken Iraqi bowls that have deep political meaning.