Season 8 - Episode Guide

The Pantheon is a 2,000-year-old temple with a dark secret; today, using cutting-edge archaeological methods and brand-new evidence, experts look beneath the streets of Rome to find out why it was built and how it survived so long.

According to legend, the ancient Roman city of Hierapolis hides a secret portal to the underworld beneath its streets; armed with pioneering technology, archaeologists gain rare access to investigate the deadly truth behind these hellish myths.

King Midas and his legendary golden touch is one of the most famous tales in Greek mythology; now, using advanced archaeological methods, experts travel deep inside mysterious ancient mounds near Gordion, Turkey to investigate the truth behind the myth.

Venice, Italy, was once a fearsome superpower home to secrets, wealth, and treachery; today, scientists use pioneering acoustic imaging technology to discover the city's ancient foundations and reveal how it's still standing.

The Tower of London is a centuries-old castle shrouded in a mysterious and grisly past; using cutting-edge archaeological methods, experts investigate this engineering marvel and how it transformed into an infamous prison steeped in blood and intrigue.

A prehistoric megastructure, Seahenge, emerges from the sands of an English shore in the county of Norfolk that could reveal lost mysteries of the Bronze Age, 4000 years ago; using pioneering technology and 3-D imaging analysis, experts investigate and uncover dark, ancient rituals once performed here.

The secrets of the world's oldest sunken city, Pavlopetri off southern Laconia in Peloponnese, Greece, are lost to history, but hi-tech underwater archaeology answers questions that books cannot; experts explore sunken ruins and reveal new discoveries about one of the first great empires. 

Surrounded by a mysterious trench, only one Egyptian pyramid, the Pyramid of Lahun, was ever constructed to look like it floats on water. Using pioneering drone-scanning technology, experts decode the ancient secrets of the pharaoh Senusret II that are locked inside its hidden tunnels.

Deep in the Iraqi desert, the world's only ziggurat, the Ziggurat of Ur, towers over the remains of the first civilization ever known in human history, Sumer of southern Mesopotamia. Armed with pioneering satellite imagery, experts investigate the dark mysteries behind this massive, ancient structure.

Origins of the first known human civilizations are all mysteriously interconnected with the construction of pyramids; using pioneering archaeological methods and advanced tech, experts investigate the purpose behind these remarkable ancient structures. This is a mashup of S08E09 "Sumerian Pyramid of Death" and S06E10 "Hunt for the First Pyramid" (Step Pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara). 

Curiously constructed pyramids of ancient Egypt contain mysteries that continue to baffle archaeologists today; using the latest imaging technology and advanced scientific methods, experts decode the secrets behind these strange and unexplored ruins. This is a mashup of S08E08 "Egypt's Floating Pyramid" (Pyramid of Lahun) and S07E03 "Secrets of the Black Pyramid."

Ancient civilizations buried underwater for centuries hold answers to a mysterious and unexplained past; using cutting-edge archaeological methods and pioneering radar technology, experts investigate these sunken empires and the secrets of their remains. This is a mashup of S08E07 "Secrets of the Sunken Empire" (Pavlopetri) and S07E08 "Egypt's Sunken Treasures." 

Stonehenge is the most famous prehistoric monument in history with origins that have baffled historians for centuries. Armed with cutting-edge technology, experts reveal celestial secrets that could finally unlock the mystery of this ancient wonder. This is a mashup of S08E06 "Secrets of Seahenge" and S02E05 "Ghosts of Stonehenge."

Scotland's most celebrated castle is an astonishing fortress landmarked by centuries of epic medieval warfare. Now, experts use advanced laser scanning technology to reveal the truth behind a mysterious war machine that once stood there. This is a mashup of S08E05 "Terror in the Torture Tower" (Tower of London) and S02E06 "Hunt for King Arthur's Castle" (Stirling Castle in Scotland).

Using the latest cutting-edge tech, archaeologists uncover the secrets behind Emperor Nero's extravagant Roman complex, the Golden House, and travel deep inside mysterious ancient mounds to investigate the mythical golden touch of King Midas. This is a mashup of S08E03 "Legend of King Midas" and S05E03 "Nero's Lost Palace."

Armed with pioneering technology, archaeologists uncover the secrets of Baiae, an exclusive resort metropolis for the Roman elite that's now buried beneath the sea, and investigate a secret portal to the underworld in the ancient Roman city of Hierapolis. This is a mashup of S08E02 "Rome's Gate to Hell" (Hierapolis) and S05E05 "Pompeii's Evil Twin" (Baiae).

The timeless icons of ancient Rome serve as monuments to prodigious power, cruel madness, and the epic legends from the world's most-powerful empire; archeologists use cutting-edge tech to reveal the hidden secrets of this great city's classic wonders. This is a mashup of S08E01 "Mystery Of The Volcano Temple" (The Pantheon) and S02E11 "Lost World of the Colosseum."