Episodes

Mystery of Egypt's First True Pyramid

Experts venture inside its magnificent chambers, and use stunning CGI reconstruction, to reveal the lengths one Pharaoh goes to, to achieve a perfect tomb

Pompeii's Mysterious Twin: Secrets of Oplontis

The eruption that devastated Pompeii also took another victim: the town of Oplontis

Rome's Secret Buried Palace: Revealed

Experts use stunning CGI and brand-new investigations to uncover fresh information about this engineering masterpiece

Lost World of the Sumerian Kings

Archaeologists can investigate the legendary metropolis to reveal the truth about Kish’s powerful kings

Rise of Egypt's Sun Kings

Unearthing the surprising story of Egypt’s Sun Cult Pharaohs

Nimrud: Secrets Revealed

Archaeologists return to salvage what they can from the wreckage of the ancient city

Mystery of Egypt's First True Pyramid

The Red Pyramid, Dahshur. This iconic structure is Egypt’s first true Pyramid – a trailblazing design that changes Egyptian history forever.

Now, investigators have unique access to venture inside this mysterious structure. They investigate how one Pharoah went to incredible lengths to build a perfect Pyramid for his journey into the afterlife.

Stunning CGI rebuilds the Red Pyramid as it looked in its prime, and dramatic experiments test what it takes to build never before seen burial chambers inside the core of the Pyramid itself. As investigators piece together this millennia-old mystery, they find crumbling structures nearby, that reveal this pharaoh took three attempts to perfect the design.

Finally, they search within the Red Pyramid’s labyrinth of hidden chambers for the mummy of the Pharoah who builds it, to reveal his fate.

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for Discovery Science Channel