The best episodes of Ancient Apocalypse
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- 01
Graham searches for answers to the questions behind ancient works of art, including 25,000-year-old Amazonian paintings and the megaliths of Rapa Nui.
- 02
Although thousands of miles apart, Graham considers the possible link between the shamanistic use of ayahuasca in the Amazon and tobacco in New Mexico.
- 03
Accompanied by local experts, Graham compares ancient oral traditions and learns Sacsayhuamán in Peru may be older than archaeologists ever imagined.
- 04
Graham visits Gunung Padang, an Indonesian archeological site, to find proof of a lost civilization — and the potential cataclysm that wiped it out.
- 05
In Cholula, Mexico's oldest continuously-inhabited city, the journalist inspects the world's largest pyramid for signs of a forgotten past.
- 06
From ancient footprints to mysterious earthworks, Graham continues his journey into the past alongside experts and curious minds, including Keanu Reeves.
- 07
Graham learns of a stone-shaping technique now lost to history, and explores how ancient Amazonians managed to thrive in an inhospitable rainforest.
- 08
At Mexico's Temple of the Sun, Graham experiences the extent of the Mayans' astronomical expertise and investigates their complex calendar system.
- 09
Graham visits ancient mounds in North America and wonders if they contain astronomical significance — or even warnings of an apocalyptic climate event.
- 10
The author returns to Turkey to explore Derinkuyu, an ancient underground city and survival bunker that could shelter thousands in times of crisis.
- 11
In the ancient geological sites of North America, Graham envisions an apocalyptic event that may have changed the Earth — and its inhabitants — forever.
- 12
Graham discovers a fascinating pattern that may connect the spectacular megalithic temples of Malta, which he believes to be much older than reported.
- 13
Few scholars have investigated the Bimini rock formation off the coast of Miami, once fabled to be the road to Atlantis — but Graham dives right in.
- 14
At Göbekli Tepe, the oldest known megalith in the world, Graham questions if simple hunter-gatherers alone could have built such an advanced structure.
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