The worst episodes of Unearthed
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When a mysterious Viking fortress lost underground for over a thousand years is discovered, experts investigate its buried treasures to reveal what caused the end of this fearsome civilization.
- 02
Forbidden City of the Pharaohs
A mysterious city in ancient Egypt, Thebes, is the home of the Valley of the Kings, Luxor, Karnak, and other grand temples, and new discoveries reveal how they were built and if the god the pharaohs worshiped here helped them rise to power.
- 03
Statue of Liberty: The New Secrets
The Statue of Liberty is the home to dark American mysteries, and today, experts are using the latest science and technology to reveal her secrets and discover the inspiration for this modern marvel.
- 04
The treasures of Ramses II are found at Abu Simbel, a giant temple carved into a desert cliff over 3,000 years ago, and new discoveries at this marvel reveal the secrets of ancient Egypt's greatest pharaoh.
- 05
There's a lost city buried in the Sahara. 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 strange place to disappear.
- 06
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.
- 07
Lost City of the Sumerian Gods
The ancient Sumerian city of Nippur is one of the richest archaeological sites on Earth, but decades of conflict have prevented its exploration; now, experts gain rare access to finally uncover the mysteries behind the most sacred city of Mesopotamia.
- 08
Attila the Hun was one of history's fiercest warriors, and new evidence reveals if his terror was responsible for the fall of Roman Empire.
- 09
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.
- 10
Experts reveal the secrets of the Persian Empire's capital, Persepolis.
- 11
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.
- 12
At an ancient city lost in the desert for 5,000 years, experts uncover evidence of human sacrifice and strange rituals, and new discoveries reveal that the people who lived here might have been the first civilization of the Americas.
- 13
The mysterious statues of Easter Island, the Moai, were built by one of the world's strangest and most isolated civilizations, the Rapa Nui. Today, new evidence reveals why they were built and what caused Easter Island's sudden downfall.
- 14
Egypt's strange Bent Pyramid is one of the world's most mysterious ancient mega-structures, and new discoveries help experts investigate its dark secret: if it was always intended to look so bizarre, or if something went catastrophically wrong.
- 15
Archaeologists use cutting-edge technology to discover what lies beneath China's Forbidden City for the first time, revealing the dark secrets of this mysterious mega-palace that have buried for nearly 600 years.
- 16
Inca Apocalypse: The Dark Evidence
The Inca capital of Cusco was said to be the site of untold gold and riches, and new discoveries at this mysterious site reveal the secrets behind this mighty empire's fall.
- 17
A ground-breaking experiment reveals how ancient Egyptians built the giant obelisks of Thebes and new discoveries at this holy site could explain why these mysterious marvels triggered the downfall of the pharaohs and the end of Egypt's golden age.
- 18
The discovery of strange giant stone heads in the Mexican jungle leads archaeologists to the lost capital city of the Olmec; new investigations reveal evidence that the secret knowledge of these mysterious people changed life in the Americas forever.
- 19
Tower of Babel: The New Evidence
The Tower of Babel is one of the most famous stories of the Bible, and to find out if it really existed, archaeologists use cutting-edge tech and the latest science to investigate how ancient engineers could have built such an extraordinary megastructure.
- 20
A strange site called Saqqara is home to Egypt's very first pyramid. Here, 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.
- 21
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 are revealing the secrets behind the mysterious Kingdom of Kush.
- 22
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.
- 23
The Pantheon is a 2,000-year-old temple with a dark secret. Today, 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.
- 24
Experts travel inside ancient mounds to investigate the legend of Midas.
- 25
Deep in the Iraqi desert, the world's only 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.
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