An investigation into the secrets of ancient civilizations, using their approach to death and the hereafter to shed new light on the great beyond.
To ensure body and spirit remain everlasting, the ancient Egyptians developed elaborate rituals, massive tombs and even magic incantations to entomb their remains.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Researchers find new evidence at the sacrificial alter El Castillo that could shed light on the Maya.
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