Episode list

Experts examine a theory that treasures from Tutankhamun's tomb were meant to prepare him for an epic afterlife battle.

The chilling story of how a warrior tribe was brutally murdered by their rivals in a power struggle which would eventually lead to the rise of the Vikings.

Experts examine the underground world and political intrigues in the Roman city of Pompeii before it was buried in ash by Mount Vesuvius.

Ancient records marked a modest Tunisian coastal town as the location of a one-time thriving Roman metropolis called Neapolis, but for centuries there was little archaeological evidence to support such a claim. That all changed when a massive storm exposed the ruins of ancient streets and buildings beneath in the Mediterranean Sea.

The discovery of an executed man in Northern Italy reveals the truth behind the Roman practice of crucifixion.

A massive volcanic eruption in 44 B.C. may have hastened the end of the ancient Egyptian empire.