Secrets of the Dead

In 1962, bank robbers Frank Morris and Clarence and John Anglin launched a patchwork raft into the waters surrounding Alcatraz Prison. The men disappeared, leaving behind a cold case that has mystified law enforcement for over half a century. Now, three Dutch scientists have used 3D modelling technology to try and prove once and for all what happened to the escapees.

Dr. Kathleen Martinez, criminal lawyer turned maverick archaeologist, searches for Cleopatra's lost tomb. Very little evidence remains of Egypt's last queen, but Kathleen's radical new theory about the real Cleopatra has led her to look where no one else has dared-and her hunch is paying off. Could Kathleen be closing in on Cleopatra's final resting place?

Follow a team of international scientists documenting an archeological sensation: the exploration of royal tombs beneath the ancient Mexican city of Teotihuacán. When archeologists discover evidence of a sacrificial chamber beneath the famous Pyramid of the Feathered Serpent, they find the clues that may finally tell us who these mysterious people were.

A new discovery of an ancient site began to emerge from a quarry in England. What Archaelologists found is simply unheard of: a 3000-year-old settlement that would have risen above the marshy fens, made up of well-built houses on stilts. The ancient artifacts are telling a new story about Bronze Age life in Britain.

A mining operation in Colombia opened a window into an unknown period of the earth’s history—where a world with giant creatures emerged. The biggest of them all was Titanoboa—a 43-foot snake, the largest that ever lived. New discoveries suggest that Titanoboa’s rule was challenged by a giant crocodilian with unmatched hunting prowess. So which one was the apex predator 58 million years ago?