Ancient Mysteries

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S2 E4 The Undiscovered Secrets of Petra

本集简介

The ancient Nabatean city of Petra lies in the barren desert of southern Jordan. Its ruins, spread across an area of over one square mile, include temples, a great theatre and hundreds of tombs built into the desert's rocky cliffs. Today, Petra attracts tourists in their thousands. But it also holds a mystery that has long puzzled historians. What could have led such a grand and elaborate city to be abandoned? After studying the latest evidence, Dr Tom Paradise proposes a new theory about its demise.

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2017/05/19 S2 E3

The Headless Gladiators of York

Archaeologists pore over the decapitated remains of over 80 battle-scarred skeletons found at a site in York, all killed in the same ritualistic manner nearly two thousand years ago.

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2017/11/03 S2 E5

Shrunken Heads of the Amazon

Documentary examining the provenance of shrunken heads, curios popular in Victorian times. An international team of anthropologists, historians and scientists piece together the identities of some of these long-dead individuals, and make some shocking discoveries which reveal a sinister underworld of fakery, bodysnatching and murder.

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2017-05-05

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Ancient Mysteries