Mysteries of the Ancient Dead - Season 1
Season 1
Episodes
Egypt, rome, nepal
To ensure body and spirit remain everlasting, the ancient Egyptians developed elaborate rituals, massive tombs and even magic incantations to entomb their remains.
Zoroastrians, Neanderthals, The Bo
A mysterious well reveals a strange ritual in ancient Persia; archaeologists in Mongolia uncover a 2000-year-old textile that holds the key to the mystery of an elixir.
Vikings, Inca, Tel Banat
Explorers uncover one of the largest Incan burial sites at Ancon on the Peruvian coast. It may be proof that the Chacoans were a matriarchal society.
Chachapoya, Celts, Carthage
In 1928, an earthquake shift uncovers a row of painted warriors: seven-foot statues encasing mummies from an ancient civilisation and curious bone arrangements in Winterborne.
Qin Shi Tomb, Neanderthal, Chinchorro
The first Emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang, rests in a tomb so large that the dig could last a century; researchers discover that the oldest of the Chinchorro mummies are children.
Maya, Khonkho Wankane, Xiongnu
Researchers find new evidence at the sacrificial alter El Castillo that could shed light on the Maya.
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