Name: Ancient Apocalypse
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2022-11-11
Rating: 3.4

Overview

Journalist and writer Graham Hancock travels the globe hunting for evidence of mysterious, lost civilizations dating back to the last Ice Age. He attempts to prove that a climatic event 12,000 years ago wiped out an entire civilization far more sophisticated than the simple hunter-gatherers some archaeologists believe lived at that time.

Seasons

Season 1

8 Episodes

2022

E01

Once There Was a Flood

11/11/2022·31m

Graham visits Gunung Padang, an Indonesian archeological site, to find proof of a lost civilization — and the potential cataclysm that wiped it out.

E02

Stranger in a Time of Chaos

11/11/2022·33m

In Cholula, Mexico's oldest continuously-inhabited city, the journalist inspects the world's largest pyramid for signs of a forgotten past.

E03

Sirius Rising

11/11/2022·31m

Graham discovers a fascinating pattern that may connect the spectacular megalithic temples of Malta, which he believes to be much older than reported.

E04

Ghosts of a Drowned World

11/11/2022·30m

Few scholars have investigated the Bimini rock formation off the coast of Miami, once fabled to be the road to Atlantis — but Graham dives right in.

E05

Legacy of the Sages

11/11/2022·32m

At Göbekli Tepe, the oldest known megalith in the world, Graham questions if simple hunter-gatherers alone could have built such an advanced structure.

E06

America's Lost Civilization

11/11/2022·33m

Graham visits ancient mounds in North America and wonders if they contain astronomical significance — or even warnings of an apocalyptic climate event.

E07

A Fatal Winter

11/11/2022·29m

The author returns to Turkey to explore Derinkuyu, an ancient underground city and survival bunker that could shelter thousands in times of crisis.

E08

Cataclysm and Rebirth

11/11/2022·32m

In the ancient geological sites of North America, Graham envisions an apocalyptic event that may have changed the Earth — and its inhabitants — forever.

The Americas

6 Episodes

2024

E01

Chapter I

10/16/2024·42m

From ancient footprints to mysterious earthworks, Graham continues his journey into the past alongside experts and curious minds, including Keanu Reeves.

E02

Chapter II

10/16/2024·41m

Graham searches for answers to the questions behind ancient works of art, including 25,000-year-old Amazonian paintings and the megaliths of Rapa Nui.

E03

Chapter III

10/16/2024·39m

Accompanied by local experts, Graham compares ancient oral traditions and learns Sacsayhuamán in Peru may be older than archaeologists ever imagined.

E04

Chapter IV

10/16/2024·41m

Graham learns of a stone-shaping technique now lost to history, and explores how ancient Amazonians managed to thrive in an inhospitable rainforest.

E05

Chapter V

10/16/2024·41m

Although thousands of miles apart, Graham considers the possible link between the shamanistic use of ayahuasca in the Amazon and tobacco in New Mexico.