Lost Treasures of Rome
(2022)Streaming Episode Guide
Season 2
This new series follows International teams of archaeologists on the front line, as they embark on a season of excavations to unravel the secrets of life in the Roman Empire. Crawling beneath Pompeii, unearthing an enormous lost coliseum, and hauling a 2000 year old battleship ram from the depths of the ocean, they race to unlock the secrets of this ancient civilization.Battles on Rome's Frontier
Episode 6 - 9-19-2024
Archaeologists are excavating the vast frontier of the Roman Empire, investigating the battle to keep it safe.
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Rome's Desert Cities
Episode 5 - 9-09-2024
Archaeologists excavate a buried city in Jordan, dive to a sunken temple in Italy, and explore Petra to shed new light on how Rome conquered the east.
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Lost Ships of Rome
Episode 4 - 8-27-2024
New discoveries uncover how the Romans ruled the seas for four centuries.
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Nero's Lost Megastructures
Episode 3 - 8-20-2024
Archaeologists reveal the stunning new discovery of a Nero megastructure.
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Pompeii's Forgotten Victims
Episode 2 - 8-17-2024
In 79 AD, the eruption of a nearby volcano, Mount Vesuvius, buried Pompeii in millions of tonnes of ash and debris. Now, archaeologists are working to uncover the dark side of this idyllic Roman city by finding the room of an enslaved person.
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Gladiators of the Lost Colosseum
Episode 1 - 8-15-2024
To understand who the gladiators were and to discover the secret of their appeal, archaeologists scale the façade of Rome's famous Colosseum, decipher warrior tombstones and unearth an extraordinary lost amphitheatre in Turkey.
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Season 1
Pompeii's Lost Twin: Herculaneum
Episode 6 - 7-01-2022
44m
The deadly volcanic eruption that buried Pompeii in AD79 also claimed another victim: Herculaneum. Positioned closer to the Vesuvius crater, this seaside town was covered in ash five times as thick as Pompeii, yet miraculously is even better preserved. Now, the discovery of an intact skeleton here, the first excavated in 25 years, helps investigators piece together the final hours of Herculaneum and unravel why Vesuvius stuck so violently here.
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Secrets of Rome's Great Wall
Episode 5 - 6-24-2022
44m
Hadrian’s Wall is the biggest structure the Romans ever built. Stretching 73 miles across Britain, it once defined the northern edge of the greatest empire the world had seen. Now experts investigate the Wall, its forts, gatehouses and garrison towns, to reveal how civilisation and culture grew on Rome’s wild frontier. Their surprising discoveries show what life – and death - were like on the dynamic and ever-changing edge of empire.
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Nero's Lost Palace
Episode 4 - 6-17-2022
44m
Buried beneath Rome lies a forgotten treasure: the Golden House - a vast palace built in the first century AD. It was the most extravagant construction in the history of Rome. Why was it buried? And what can its fate reveal about its builder – Rome’s most notorious emperor – Nero? As experts race to save the remains of the Golden House, archaeologists uncover new clues to its fate and its connection to Nero’s reputation.
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Secrets of the Colosseum
Episode 3 - 6-10-2022
44m
How did the Colosseum - an arena for bloody gladiatorial battles - become the greatest symbol of the Roman Empire? Archaeologists venture into the Colosseum’s ruins, and launch digs across the Empire, to hunt for clues. As teams descend into hidden tunnels and unearth long-lost amphitheaters in Tuscany and Britain, they piece together the surprising truth about Rome’s iconic Colosseum.
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Rome's Sunken Secrets
Episode 2 - 6-03-2022
45m
How did Rome rise to dominate so much of the ancient world? Off the coast of Sicily, investigators discover traces of a crucial naval battle. Using divers, an underwater robot and a crane, they haul a long lost battleship relic to the surface. In Terracina, south of Rome, a team of archaeologists dig inside an ancient mountaintop temple, and in Carthage, Tunisia, clues reveal how one deadly rivalry tilted the scales of power in favour of Rome.
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Hidden Secrets of Pompeii
Episode 1 - 5-27-2022
44m
Archaeologists embark on new digs in Pompeii, to unravel the stories of the people that lived and died here. They race against the clock to unearth a sacrificial skull, uncover clues from the tomb and mummified body of a curiously wealthy freed slave, and venture into stiflingly narrow tunnels beneath the central bathhouse.
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Pompeii's Lost Twin: Herculaneum
Episode 6 - 7-01-2022
44m
The deadly volcanic eruption that buried Pompeii in AD79 also claimed another victim: Herculaneum. Positioned closer to the Vesuvius crater, this seaside town was covered in ash five times as thick as Pompeii, yet miraculously is even better preserved. Now, the discovery of an intact skeleton here, the first excavated in 25 years, helps investigators piece together the final hours of Herculaneum and unravel why Vesuvius stuck so violently here.
8.1/10Where to watch
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Secrets of the Colosseum
Episode 3 - 6-10-2022
44m
How did the Colosseum - an arena for bloody gladiatorial battles - become the greatest symbol of the Roman Empire? Archaeologists venture into the Colosseum’s ruins, and launch digs across the Empire, to hunt for clues. As teams descend into hidden tunnels and unearth long-lost amphitheaters in Tuscany and Britain, they piece together the surprising truth about Rome’s iconic Colosseum.
7.7/10Where to watch
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Secrets of Rome's Great Wall
Episode 5 - 6-24-2022
44m
Hadrian’s Wall is the biggest structure the Romans ever built. Stretching 73 miles across Britain, it once defined the northern edge of the greatest empire the world had seen. Now experts investigate the Wall, its forts, gatehouses and garrison towns, to reveal how civilisation and culture grew on Rome’s wild frontier. Their surprising discoveries show what life – and death - were like on the dynamic and ever-changing edge of empire.
7.7/10Where to watch
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Nero's Lost Palace
Episode 4 - 6-17-2022
44m
Buried beneath Rome lies a forgotten treasure: the Golden House - a vast palace built in the first century AD. It was the most extravagant construction in the history of Rome. Why was it buried? And what can its fate reveal about its builder – Rome’s most notorious emperor – Nero? As experts race to save the remains of the Golden House, archaeologists uncover new clues to its fate and its connection to Nero’s reputation.
7.6/10Where to watch
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Hidden Secrets of Pompeii
Episode 1 - 5-27-2022
44m
Archaeologists embark on new digs in Pompeii, to unravel the stories of the people that lived and died here. They race against the clock to unearth a sacrificial skull, uncover clues from the tomb and mummified body of a curiously wealthy freed slave, and venture into stiflingly narrow tunnels beneath the central bathhouse.
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