Mysteries of the Ancient Dead

An examination of how the people of ancient Egypt, Rome & Nepal treated their dead.

An examination of how the ancient Zoroastrians, Neanderthals & The Bo treated their dead.

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: 2m statues encasing mummies from an ancient civilisation; curious bone arrangements in Winterborne are somehow linked to intermingled ashes from dig sites in Slovenia.

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.

Researchers find new evidence at the sacrificial alter El Castillo that could shed light on the Maya.