Ancient Mysteries (UK)

Stonehenge is a 5,000 year-old mystery. Despite years of investigation, archaeologists can't agree about why or how this monument was built. The discovery of an ancient mass-grave at Stonehenge is overturning all of these assumptions and suggesting that this iconic site began as a Neolithic graveyard.

Built by an Arabian Desert tribe called the Nabateans 2,000 years ago, Petra was once a thriving capital city and home to tens of thousands. In this Documentary about the once-great city. After studying the latest evidence, Dr Tom Paradise proposes a new theory about the demise of the city.

Archaeologists explore the remains of ancient Babylon in a bid to uncover the truth behind the Biblical story of the Tower, a construction high enough to reach Heaven until God struck it down.

In 1950, farmers in Jutland, an area of central Denmark, stumbled across two bodies in a bog with blackened skin and flame-red hair, preserved in a form of natural mummification. For decades, these preserved ancient people have baffled archaeologists. However, cutting-edge forensic science now allows a 2,000-year-old murder mystery to be unlocked. Using revolutionary new methods, a team of scientists assembled from across the world unearths a shocking story of vengeful gods, dark water and human sacrifice.