Unearthed - Series Two

Episodes

Episode 1 - Tut's Buried Secret

The tomb of Tutankhamun is unique in the Valley of the Kings and historians are desperate to understand why

Episode 2 - Secret History of the Sphinx

An extraordinary new investigation is about to reveal which pharaoh the Sphinx was built for

Episode 3 - Teotihuacan: Curse of the Blood Pyramids

Archaeologists are unearthing dark secrets beneath Mexico’s most mysterious ancient site

Episode 4 - Mystery of Egypt's Mega Temple

How the unstoppable rise of a new religion brought this monumental site to its knees

Episode 5 - Ankor Watt: Lost Temple of the Jungle

Why did the Khmer civilization build this enormous Hindu shrine in the middle of the jungle?

Episode 6 - Stirling Castle: The Hunt for King Arthur's Castle

Stirling Castle in Scotland - one of Europe’s most celebrated forts and the legendary home of King Arthur’s round table

Episode 7 - Ghosts of Stonehenge

Using laser scanning, carbon dating and forensic technologies, archaeologists are finally piecing together the full story of the stones

Episode 8 - Sex Lies and the Taj Mahal

A team of top architects attempt to solve the riddle of the Taj’s towering dome

Episode 9 - Machu Picchu: Hidden City of the Incas

Archaeologists discovered this mountain-top city 100 years ago, but its purpose remains a hotly debated mystery

Episode 10 - Treasures of the Terracotta Army

Historians reveal the dark secrets of a super-tomb built at the birth of China

Episode 11- Lost World of the Colosseum

Archaeologists are using new techniques to solve ancient mysteries about this spectacular ruin

Episode 12 - Lost City of the Desert

Bringing back to life the city’s astonishing monuments

Episode 9 - Machu Picchu: Hidden City of the Incas

Machu Picchu in Peru – the famous lost city of the Incas. Archaeologists discovered this mountain-top city 100 years ago, but its purpose remains a hotly debated mystery. Was it a religious observatory or a holiday retreat for the Emperor?

Stunning CGI blows apart the city’s granite buildings to reveal bizarre religious carvings and gruesomely deformed skeletons - could they hold a crucial clue as to why the city was built? A newly uncovered network of roads appears to place Machu Picchu as a strategic outpost for the Inca Emperor Pachacuti, but mysterious rock art suggests the site’s origins may be far older.

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for Discovery Science, France TV, N-TV Germany