For 3000 years the Siege of Troy has remained steeped in mystery. Journey with us to the site in Turkey believed to be the location of the real Troy.

Ancient Discoveries

Siege Of Troy

Surprising archaeological finds have led historians to new conclusions about the transportation technology invented by ancient peoples.

Cars and Planes

Gods and religion played an extremely important role in antiquity. The problem with so many religions being worshipped by the Greeks.

Machines Of The Gods

In recent years there have been a number of extraordinary discoveries of ships from the ancient world.

Superships

In 2004 the American School of Classical Studies in Greece made a surprising discovery of two limestone coffins.

Mega Machines

Egyptian monuments and great works of art still astound us today. We will reveal another surprising aspect of Egyptian life.

Egyptian Warfare

Many of the modern military innovations we take for granted all stem from ancient China.

Chinese Warfare

One thousand years ago, when Europe was still in the dark ages, China was at the forefront of technology.

Machines III

Is there any truth in the amazing and sensational idea that the ancients had robotic devices? Heron and Philon would be the masters of ancient robotic inventions including famous automatic devices such as robotic temple doors.

Robots

While the ancient Greeks had amazing engineers like Heron and Ctesibius, the Islamic world had Al-Jazari--a prolific writer and a talented craftsman.

Machines Of The East

Pluto

Travel to Egypt to discover the mysteries of the mummified crocodiles of Kom Ombo. We'll x-ray an ancient mummy that has held a secret for 2000 years,.

Rituals of Death

Assault from the air didn't begin with the era of the airplane. Take a look back at early methods of airborne attack. The kite bomb was a medieval siege weapon.

Airborne Assault

Some of the strangest and deadliest weapons ever built were prototypes of the modern gun. Find out whether a simple bamboo tube could have been the world's first gun.

Guns n' Ammo

Holding off invasion and protecting its people, ancient civilizations came up with creative, efficient and effective means of self-protection and defense.

Ancient Mega-Fort

Investigate the systems by which ancient intelligence services transmitted messages over thousands of miles--the fire beacon, the horse and the pigeon.

Ancient Secret Agents

Modern medicine it isn't, but at the time, it was the best that could be done--and perhaps may have new applications in our world.

Gruesome Medicine

Discover a book that has never been seen in the west until now. In a world exclusive we track down the secret manual that explained how the Vietnamese defeated not only the US.

Riots and Revolution

Exactly as they do today, ancient commandos fought deep behind enemy lines in some of the harshest terrains know to man.

Ancient Commandos

Discover the ancient Roman navy SEAL technique of capturing enemy ships from underwater.

Ancient Special Forces

In India, we encounter martial artists wielding terrifying six foot long flexible steel swords.

Twisted Weapons of the East

Amazingly some of the world records that still stand today were set in the ancient world. The most valuable thing in the ancient world is still the most valuable thing today.

Ancient Record Breakers

From conquering the depths of the oceans to defending the freedoms of the seas--ancient man pushed the technological boundaries to the limits in the mega battle for the oceans.

Mega Ocean Conquest

In Mexico, explorers use a sacred ancient Mayan temple code to search for an occult underworld engineered in the depths of the earth.

Secret Science of the Occult

In the ancient texts of Homer and on the walls of Egyptian tombs lie exciting clues that are causing historians to rethink just how sophisticated centuries-old societies were.

Rituals of Death

Full Episodes

Season 4, 13 episodes