Unearthed - Series Three

Episodes

Episode 1 - Viking City of the Dead

New discoveries across the Viking world are revealing more about the story of Harold Bluetooth

Episode 2 - Lost Pyramids of Peru

The incredible Pyramids of Caral laying buried beneath Peru’s desert sands

Episode 3 - Forbidden City of the Pharaohs

Stunning CGI blows apart the city’s great monuments to reveal the secrets of these astonishing structures

Episode 4 - Statue of Liberty's Hidden Secrets

The Statue of Liberty is one of the most famous monuments in the world. But what do we really know about this enigmatic lady?

Episode 5 - Lost Empire of the Minotaur

Knossos has inspired many legends. But what really went on here 4000 years ago?

Episode 6 - Lost World of Easter Island

Why did the people of Easter Island carve so many of these magnificent monuments only to pull them down?

Episode 7 - Rome's Apocalypse

Revealing more about how a superpower of the ancient world came to its knees

Episode 8 - Pompeii Volcano Apocalypse

New discoveries reveal the horror of the cataclysm that wiped out this metropolis

Episode 9 - Mystery of the Bent Pyramid

Was this strange pyramid always intended to look like this? Or did something go catastrophically wrong?

Episode 10 - Titanic the Last Secrets

Why did more than 1500 people lose their lives and can the investigations reveal if there was a way to save almost everyone on board?

Episode 11 - Secrets of the Forbidden City

Why is it so big and how did the emperors use this mega-palace to rule China with an iron fist?

Episode 12 - Inca Apocalypse The Dark Evidence

Why did the mighty Inca civilization that lived here fall to a handful of Spanish Conquistadors?

Episode 13 - Egypt's Lost Skyscrapers

In building up Thebes, were the pharaohs sowing the seeds of their own downfall?

Episode 14 - Ghosts of the Stone Age

Unearthing where Stone Age builders lived

Episode 15 - Lost City of the Maya

A team of experts unlock Tikal's mysteries to reveal how it rose from jungle backwater to Maya superpower

Episode 15 - Lost City of the Maya

Hidden deep inside the Guatemalan jungle lies the lost city of Tikal.  1200 years ago it was the most important settlement in the Maya world, home to more than 100,000 people. dominating a network of cities that it was home to over 100,000 people.  

Now a team of experts unlock Tikal's mysteries to reveal how it rose from jungle backwater to Maya superpower.

They uncover the ingenious engineering inside Temple IV - the tallest structure the Maya ever built; how Tikal's inhabitants thrived in times of drought; and the reason behind its sudden transformation into a ghost town.

Credits
Producer & Director
Matthew Hinchliffe
DV Director
David Heath
Post Producer
Alex Hearle
Editors
Roger Guertin
Dan Jobar
VFX Writer
Robert Davis
VFX Researcher
Raquel Taylor
for Discovery Science Channel, France TV, N-TV Germany