Mysteries of the Ancient Dead

  • Premiered: Dec 2022
  • Episodes: 6
  • Followers: 1
  • Running
  • First Choice Superchannel
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  • Documentary

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Season 1
1x1
Egypt, Rome, Nepal
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Air date
Dec 26, 2022
An examination of how the people of ancient Egypt, Rome & Nepal treated their dead.
1x2
Zoroastrians, Neanderthals, The Bo
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Air date
Dec 30, 2022
An examination of how the ancient Zoroastrians, Neanderthals & The Bo treated their dead.
1x3
Vikings, Inca, Tel Banat
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Air date
Jan 02, 2023
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.
1x4
Chachapoya, Celts, Carthage
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 09, 2023
In 1928, an earthquake shift uncovers a row of painted warriors: 2m statues encasing mummies from an ancient civilisation; curious bone arrangements in Winterborne are somehow linked to intermingled ashes from dig sites in Slovenia.
1x5
Qin Shi Tomb, Soma, Chinchorro
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Air date
Jan 16, 2023
The first Emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang, rests in a tomb so large that the archaeological dig could last a century; researchers discover that the oldest of the Chinchorro mummies are children.
1x6 Show finale
Maya, Khonkho Wankane, Xiongnu
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Air date
Jan 23, 2023
Researchers find new evidence at the sacrificial alter El Castillo that could shed light on the Maya.

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