Unearthed

- Season 8

(2020)

The Pantheon is a 2,000-year-old temple with a dark secret; today, using cutting-edge archaeological methods and brand-new evidence, experts look beneath the streets of Rome to find out why it was built and how it survived so long.

Experts investigate myths of a secret portal to hell in Hierapolis.

King Midas and his legendary golden touch is one of the most famous tales in Greek mythology; now, using advanced archaeological methods, experts travel deep inside mysterious ancient mounds to investigate the truth behind the myth.

Venice was once a fearsome superpower home to secrets, wealth, and treachery; today, scientists use pioneering acoustic imaging technology to discover the city's ancient foundations and reveal how it's still standing.

The Tower of London is a centuries-old castle shrouded in a grisly past.

A prehistoric structure could reveal mysteries to the Bronze Age.

The secrets of the world's oldest sunken city are lost to history, but hi-tech underwater archaeology answers questions that books cannot; experts explore sunken ruins and reveal new discoveries about one of the first great empires.

Experts decode an Egyptian pyramid constructed as if it floats on water.

Deep in the Iraqi desert, a ziggurat towers over the remains of an early civilization.