Treasure Seekers
This is a tale of hidden treasure and the scientific shaping of our past, told through the stories of the adventures and discoveries of great archaeologists.
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This is a tale of hidden treasure and the scientific shaping of our past, told through the stories of the adventures and discoveries of great archaeologists.
- Ep 1
1.Africa's Forgotten Kingdoms
01-01-200060mDeep in the heart of southern Africa, in present-day Zimbabwe, a great civilization rose and flourished in the 9th century A.D. Its magnificent walled city stood as testament to a...
- Ep 2
2.Code of the Maya Kings
01-01-200060mGreat cities in ruins, lost in the jungles of Central America and Mexico. Who would have built these cities? It would take more than a century and two extraordinary people to uncov...
- Ep 3
3.Empires of India
01-01-200060mFamed for its wealth, cultural treasures, and spirituality, India has beckoned the outsiders for centuries. Many have vied for control of this fabled and diverse land. Two great em...
- Ep 4
4.Glories of Angkor Wat
01-01-200060mIn 1858, a young French naturalist, Henri Mouhot, set out to discover new animal species in Southeast Asia. Instead, he stumbled on the lost city of Angkor. Uncovering temple after...
- Ep 5
5.In the Shadow of Ancient Rome
01-01-200060mWealthier and more powerful than any other ancient civilization, the Roman Empire enjoyed a long period of prosperity. But perhaps the greatest treasure of this period was not its...
- Ep 6
6.Lost Cities of the Inca
01-01-200060mSetting out in search of Vilcabamba, a hidden jungle city built in one of the more remote and inaccessible regions of the Inca Empire, Hiram Bingham stumbled upon one of the greate...
- Ep 7
7.Mysteries of the Nile
01-01-200060mA former circus performer drawn to Egypt’s mystique, Giovanni Belzoni developed a passion for uncovering its secrets and discovered that he possessed an extraordinary talent for ar...
- Ep 8
8.Quest for the Grail
01-01-200060mThe legend of the Holy Grail, written in 1185, seized the European imagination and maintains its hold to the present day. It was the most sacred of relics, the vessel alleged to ha...
- Ep 9
9.The Edge of the Orient
01-01-200060mEarly in the 19th century, the fog that long had shrouded Mesopotamia began to lift, in large part due to French-born Austen Henry Layard. Journeying to the upper Tigris valley, La...
- Ep 10
10.The Silk Road
01-01-200060mWhen East met West along Asia’s silk route, the collision of culture and tradition changed the course of world history. Winding tens of thousands of miles between China and Europe,...
- Ep 11
11.Tibet's Hidden Kingdom
01-01-200060mIn the 19th century, as it became aware of the colonial designs of European power on central Asia, Tibet expelled westerners and closed its frontiers. As its isolation deepened, so...
- Ep 12
12.China's Frozen Desert
01-01-200060mA Chinese monk's description of oasis cities during a 7th Century pilgrimage would prove invaluable to another explorer more than 1000 years later. Sir Aurel Stein found cities bur...
- Ep 13
13.Glories of the Ancient Aegean
01-01-200060mMost people thought that the city of Troy was fictitious, but in the 19th Century a German industrialist followed the clues in Homer and uncovered the ruins of the great ancient ci...
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