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This docuseries uses scientific breakthroughs and archaeological research to bring new perspectives to some of the most remarkable, but mysterious, religious locations. Each episode focuses on a site, exploring fundamental questions about the landmarks and the people who constructed them. Exploring the sites allows the show to provide insight into the ancient civilizations and how their practices and struggles are reflected in the shrines and temples they constructed.

2016

Enter the remains of Petra and Hegra, cities whose old inscriptions and new discoveries suggest were once ruled by women.

Were the Knights Templar faithful servants of Christ or hedonistic heretics? We travel to Jerusalem to find out.

Were ancient Greek oracles really soothsayers or were they predicting under the influence of tectonic phenomena?

See the Pyramids, the Valley of the Kings, and more as we visit Egypt's sacred sites and reveal their hidden secrets.

See if external forces doomed the people of Chaco Canyon or if they were the authors of their own misfortune.

2018

From Camelot to the quest for the Holy Grail, see how much of the King Arthur myth is based on fact.

Travel across Mexico and Guatemala to sacred Mayan sites and discover new secrets about why they built them.

Discover astonishing new findings about the Camino de Santiago as scientists examine the spiritual path's ancient origins.

Follow a team of experts as they search the sacred sites of Malta to explain the disappearance of the Temple People.

Uncover surprising secrets about the political and sexual power of ancient Egyptian women.

Follow scientists around the world as they study sacred sites Nazis claimed were built by and for an ancient Aryan race.
New discoveries reveal the astonishing role of women in the ancient world; from goddesses to matriarchies to witch trials.
Catastrophes have destroyed civilisations in the past; from pandemics to climate collapse and asteroid crashes, ancient disasters reveal much about today's world.

Notre Histoire de France
2024