Unearthed - Season 8
Season 8
Episodes
Mystery of the Volcano Temple
The Pantheon is a 2,000-year-old temple with a dark secret; today, using cutting-edge archaeological methods and brand-new evidence, experts look beneath the streets of Rome to find out why it was built and how it survived so long.
Rome's Gate to Hell
According to legend, the ancient Roman city of Hierapolis hides a secret portal to the underworld beneath its streets; armed with pioneering technology, archaeologists gain rare access to investigate the deadly truth behind these hellish myths.
Legend of King Midas
King Midas and his legendary golden touch is one of the most famous tales in Greek mythology; now, using advanced archaeological methods, experts travel deep inside mysterious ancient mounds near Gordion, Turkey to investigate the truth behind the myth.
Ghosts of Venice
Venice, Italy, was once a fearsome superpower home to secrets, wealth, and treachery; today, scientists use pioneering acoustic imaging technology to discover the city's ancient foundations and reveal how it's still standing.
Terror in the Torture Tower
The Tower of London is a centuries-old castle shrouded in a mysterious and grisly past; using cutting-edge archaeological methods, experts investigate this engineering marvel and how it transformed into an infamous prison steeped in blood and intrigue.
Secrets of Seahenge
A prehistoric megastructure, Seahenge, emerges from the sands of an English shore in the county of Norfolk that could reveal lost mysteries of the Bronze Age, 4000 years ago; using pioneering technology and 3-D imaging analysis, experts investigate and uncover dark, ancient rituals once performed here.
Secrets of the Sunken Empire
The secrets of the world's oldest sunken city, Pavlopetri off southern Laconia in Peloponnese, Greece, are lost to history, but hi-tech underwater archaeology answers questions that books cannot; experts explore sunken ruins and reveal new discoveries about one of the first great empires.
Egypt's Floating Pyramid
Surrounded by a mysterious trench, only one Egyptian pyramid, the Pyramid of Lahun, was ever constructed to look like it floats on water. Using pioneering drone-scanning technology, experts decode the ancient secrets of the pharaoh Senusret II that are locked inside its hidden tunnels.
Sumerian Pyramid of Death
Deep in the Iraqi desert, the world's only ziggurat, the Ziggurat of Ur, towers over the remains of the first civilization ever known in human history, Sumer of southern Mesopotamia. Armed with pioneering satellite imagery, experts investigate the dark mysteries behind this massive, ancient structure.
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