Arkeo
Season 1 Episode 6 - Great Zimbabwe: Rediscovering the Past
Science & Nature
African archaeologists are attempting to shed light on the long-contested history of Great Zimbabwe, one of the most fascinating sites in sub-Saharan Africa.
Audio Languages: English
Subtitles: English
Starring:Peter Eeckhout
Directed by:Agnès Molia
Season 1
S01:E01 - A Perfume of Antiquity
In southern Italy, an archaeologist and a chemist are joining forces to achieve the impossible.
S01:E02 - Australia - the Big Book of the Aboriginals
In the Dampier archipelago, in north-western Australia, archaeologists are deciphering one of the greatest books of history ever written by man.
S01:E03 - Brazil: The First Americans
In Serra Capivara, a national park in the Northeast Region of Brazil, a Franco-Brazilian team found traces of the very first Americans...
S01:E04 - Easter Island: The Big Taboo
What if the veil was finally lifted on one of the greatest enigmas in the history of mankind, namely the disappearance of the Rapa Nui?
S01:E05 - Lalibela: Light on a Legend
A small town lost in the heart of the Ethiopian mountains, Lalibela has attracted tens of thousands of Orthodox pilgrims every year for the past 800 years.
S01:E06 - Great Zimbabwe: Rediscovering the Past
African archaeologists are attempting to shed light on the long-contested history of Great Zimbabwe, one of the most fascinating sites in sub-Saharan Africa.
S01:E07 - Hegra: In the Footsteps of the Nabataeans
In the Hijaz desert, in the north-west of Saudi Arabia, lies a mysterious ancient city called Hegra. Until recently, the site had never been thoroughly excavated.
S01:E08 - Ichijödani: A Return to the Source
In Ichijôdani, Japan, deep beneath the rice fields, archaeologists have excavated a medieval town abandoned 400 years earlier.
S01:E09 - Mayan Astrology: An Instrument of Political Power
Capable of predicting eclipses, equinoxes and solstices, the Maya were one of the most knowledgeable pre-Columbian peoples of Central America.
S01:E10 - Pachacamac: The "Lourdes" of the Pre-Columbian Era (Peru)
In Peru, on the shores of the Pacific, an Inca city buried under the desert sands has intrigued archaeologists for almost a hundred years.
S01:E11 - Persepolis: The Persian Paradise (Iran)
Nestled in the Iranian highlands, lies the cradle of the Persian Empire, one of the greatest civilisations of Antiquity.
S01:E12 - Nero's Folly (Rome)
In Italy’s capital city, archaeologists of the École française de Rome have discovered an exceptional building that had been sought for centuries...
S01:E13 - Orkney Islands: A Neolithic Pilgrmiage (Scotland)
Archaeologists have been digging for nearly 13 years the remains of a mysterious set of very large buildings surrounded by a massive stone wall erected during the late Neolithic.
S01:E14 - El Argar, a Forgotten Civilization (Spain)
Everyone has heard of the Greeks, the Romans, and the Celts. These brilliant and prosperous civilizations have marked the history of Europe and the Mediterranean Basin.
S01:E15 - The Origins of Angkor
In the mountains of Cambodia, 50 km from Angkor and its famous temples, archaeologist Jean-Baptiste Chevance tirelessly excavates the remains of Mahendraparvata.
S01:E16 - The Secret of the Nazca Lines
The craziest theories have attempted to explain the famous Nasca lines.
S01:E17 - The Yakut People: A Siberian Mystery
Yakutia - one of the coldest inhabited areas of the globe - extends beneath the polar circle to the east of Siberia.
S01:E18 - Titicaca: The Sea of the Tiwanaku
In the heart of the Andes, Peru and Bolivia share one of the most sacred places in Latin America: Lake Titicaca.
S01:E19 - Troy, Close to the Myth
Has the legendary city of Troy described by Homer in the Iliad ever existed?
S01:E20 - Twilight of the Mochicas
One of the driest deserts in the world lies at the foot of the Andes. 1,500 years ago, the Mochica culture – alternatively called the Moche.
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