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Ancient Unexplained Files

Ancient Unexplained Files

Ancient investigations turn tech as specialists harness an advanced digital forensics lab and use the latest scientific discoveries to solve the biggest mysteries of ancient history.
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Season 18 of 10 Episodes

  • Experts use cutting-edge tech to reveal the hidden logic behind the cryptic locations of the ancient Moai statues of Easter Island.

  • Archaeologists excavating a historic Chilean site make a chilling discovery and find decapitated human skulls separate from a nearby burial site; experts use advanced cranial forensics to reveal what happened to these ancient, butchered victims.

  • An archaeological excavation uncovers ancient human carnage; experts use 3D modeling to reveal what may be the first major war in human history.

  • Archeologists make a bone-chilling discovery when they unearth 20 mutilated skeletons in Mexico; investigators use advanced forensic analysis to examine the bizarre burial and reveal an ancient case of Mayan mass murder.

  • A mass grave of mutilated skeletons is unearthed at the frontier of the Roman Empire, experts use advanced digital analysis to reveal the mystery behind these grisly remains.

  • When experts discover a 500-year-old grave, they find mysterious red skulls, pointing to a shocking mass sacrifice; experts use the latest technology and state-of-the-art forensics to investigate what happened at this horrific site.

  • A temple to the Roman god of the underworld is the site of ritual sacrifice and a gate to the underworld, but it was buried because it was believed to be cursed; experts use cutting-edge forensics to reveal what actually happened here.

  • Archaeologists make a shocking discovery when the perfectly preserved remains of three children are unearthed from the frozen mountains of Argentina; experts investigate the bizarre circumstances behind this grisly scene.

Record to Watch Later

9 episodes will be broadcast over the next two weeks

    Mystery on Easter Island
    Secrets of Skull Grave
    War of the Ancients
    Secrets of Mayan Murders
    Gladiator Graveyard
    Grave of the Red Skulls
    Pagan Hell Portal
    Legend of the Cursed Temple
    Riddle of the Child Mummies
  • Mystery on Easter Island

    Experts use cutting-edge tech to reveal the hidden logic behind the cryptic locations of the ancient Moai statues of Easter Island.
    Upcoming
  • Secrets of Skull Grave

    Archaeologists excavating a historic Chilean site make a chilling discovery and find decapitated human skulls separate from a nearby burial site; experts use advanced cranial forensics to reveal what happened to these ancient, butchered victims.
    Upcoming
  • War of the Ancients

    An archaeological excavation uncovers ancient human carnage; experts use 3D modeling to reveal what may be the first major war in human history.
    Upcoming
  • Secrets of Mayan Murders

    Archeologists make a bone-chilling discovery when they unearth 20 mutilated skeletons in Mexico; investigators use advanced forensic analysis to examine the bizarre burial and reveal an ancient case of Mayan mass murder.
    Upcoming
  • Gladiator Graveyard

    A mass grave of mutilated skeletons is unearthed at the frontier of the Roman Empire, experts use advanced digital analysis to reveal the mystery behind these grisly remains.
    Upcoming
  • Grave of the Red Skulls

    When experts discover a 500-year-old grave, they find mysterious red skulls, pointing to a shocking mass sacrifice; experts use the latest technology and state-of-the-art forensics to investigate what happened at this horrific site.
    Upcoming
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Ancient investigations turn tech as specialists harness an advanced digital forensics lab and use the latest scientific discoveries to solve the biggest mysteries of ancient history.

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Josh Goodman

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