The essential episodes of Unearthed
Watch these 15 in order and you've got Unearthed — each pick states its reason.
- 01
Deep in the jungles of Mexico, the lost city of Chichen Itza contains ancient secrets of a mysterious civilization. Follow the scientists working to find how the Chichen Itza was built and how the bloody rite of human sacrifice shaped the city.
- 02
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.
- 03
A mysterious ruined city in Greece is the home of the mythical Labyrinth and the Minotaur, and its catastrophic downfall might have inspired the legend of Atlantis. New discoveries at this site reveal a truth stranger than fiction.
- 04
A cutting-edge investigation into the sinking of the Titanic reveals new discoveries that might finally explain the mysteries of her last moments, and experts get closer to a shocking secret: if there was a way to save almost everyone on board.
- 05
New discoveries at Pompeii's last unexplored area reveal the dark secrets of the doomsday event that destroyed it. And recently unearthed mummies might help answer Pompeii's most enduring mystery: why it was built on an active volcano.
- 06
Empire State Building: The New Secrets
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.
- 07
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.
- 08
New discoveries might lead investigators to the legendary group of 300 Spartan warriors who died fighting off one million invading Persians, and using cutting-edge tech, experts reconstruct the battlefield to uncover the secrets of their last stand.
- 09
Dead Sea Scrolls: The Dark Truth
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.
- 10
When Pompeii was destroyed by an apocalyptic volcano in 79 AD, another Roman town was destroyed, too; experts use cutting-edge tech to investigate the secrets of Vesuvius's second victim, which is one of the most perfectly preserved Roman towns on earth.
- 11
The long-lost underground bunker of Adolf Hitler is home to some of the greatest secrets of the Nazi regime, and now, experts use cutting-edge tech to discover new evidence of Hitler's evil vision for global domination.
- 12
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.
- 13
Twin Towers: The Hidden Secrets
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.
- 14
Experts investigate myths of a secret portal to hell in Hierapolis.
- 15
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.
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