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Now in its 2nd Season, the story of archaeology fascinates both laymen and professionals. In these installments we accompany Ernst Herzfeld on his last expedition to Persepolis in 1923; we travel to Mexico with the man who cracked the code of the Aztec calendar; we visit the greatest pre-industrial city on earth at Angkor; we join Isidoro Falchi as he discovers proof of the existence of the Etruscans; and we watch Alfred Merlin found the discipline of marine archaeology when he discovers shipwrecks in the Mediterranean.

Latest Episodes

A Dive into History

Hunting for the Ice Age

Etruscans – Glory before Rome

Persia – Legacy of the Fiames

Aztecs – Sacrifice and Science

Secrets of Angkor Wat