Sacred Sites

Did the legendary King Arthur actually exist? Where did the Nazis look to try and justify their Aryan ideology? What caused the disappearance of ancient Malta's Temple People? Get answers to these questions and more on visits to some of the world's most mysterious historic structures, and gain new insights into the civilizations that built them through recent archaeological discoveries and scientific breakthroughs.

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  • Nazi Myths

    Follow scientists around the world as they study sacred sites Nazis claimed were built by and for an ancient Aryan race.

  • Egyptian Priestesses

    Uncover surprising secrets about the political and sexual power of ancient Egyptian women.

  • Malta

    Follow a team of experts as they search the sacred sites of Malta to explain the disappearance of the Temple People.

  • The Camino

    Discover astonishing new findings about the Camino de Santiago as scientists examine the spiritual path's ancient origins.

  • Maya

    Travel across Mexico and Guatemala to sacred Mayan sites and discover new secrets about why they built them.

  • King Arthur

    From Camelot to the quest for the Holy Grail, see how much of the King Arthur myth is based on fact.

Season 1

  • Remains of Chaco Canyon in the American Southwest.

    Chaco Canyon

    See if external forces doomed the people of Chaco Canyon or if they were the authors of their own misfortune.

  • The Great Pyramid of Giza.

    Egypt

    See the Pyramids, the Valley of the Kings, and more as we visit Egypt's sacred sites and reveal their hidden secrets.

  • Remains of a Roman amphitheater in Turkey.

    Oracles

    Were ancient Greek oracles really soothsayers or were they predicting under the influence of tectonic phenomena?

  • Knights Templar, riding horses and wearing armor.

    Templars

    Were the Knights Templar faithful servants of Christ or hedonistic heretics? We travel to Jerusalem to find out.

  • The city of Petra, carved into rock.

    Petra

    Enter the remains of Petra and Hegra, cities whose old inscriptions and new discoveries suggest were once ruled by women.

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