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Lost Cities with Albert Lin Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
6 Episodes 2019 - 2019
Episode 1
Fortress of the Knights Templar
44 mins
Albert Lin travels to Israel in search of the lost fortunes of the mysterious Knights Templar - warrior monks who ruled the Holy Land through blood, God and gold. Using cutting-edge technology, Lin investigates the hidden Crusader city and the secret tunnels that lie beneath it to discover their lost world, their gold and the secrets that made them so ruthlessly successful.
Episode 2
Ghost City of the Pacific
Mon, Oct 21, 201944 mins
National Geographic Explorer and scientist Albert Lin travels to Micronesia, in the heart of the Pacific Ocean, to uncover the ancient island city of Nan Madol. Exploring the tombs, temples and ritual sites, all built on man-made islands now shrouded by centuries of jungle growth, Lin discovers not just a city but an entire ocean continent spanning thousands of miles.
Episode 3
El Dorado City of Gold
Mon, Oct 28, 201944 mins
In the mountainous jungle of Colombia's Sierra Nevada , Albert joins Santiago Giraldo, the archaeology professor in charge of the continuous excavation of Ciudad Perdida, a Precolumbian lost city at the heart of the conquistadors' El Dorado legend. The Tairona people carved a city of terraces, in a clever water management scheme to cope with excessive precipitation, on a mountain which overlooks the area but remained hidden for at least four centuries, till its discovery in 1989. At housed some 2500 people, 10000 more in surrounding farm villages, but all is overgrown after abandonment due to Spanish plunder and European diseases, as they had great golden jewelry, well actually ingenuously gild-plated alloys of mostly copper and silver. Albert's LIDAR drones map the while area, showing numerous paths and at least one other city, on the road to the culture's coastal fishermen villages, while only a forest tribe claims to be their descendants, who believe the gold rush destroyed both culture and environment.
Episode 4
Stonehenge
Mon, Nov 4, 201944 mins
Albert Lin searches for evidence of the ancestors to the builders of Stonehenge.
Episode 5
Petra's Hidden Origins
Mon, Nov 11, 201924 mins
National Geographic Explorer Albert Lin travels to Petra, Jordan, to discover the origins of the famous city. He finds out that it was built by the Nabataeans, a mysterious civilization that learned how to survive in the desert. He tracks down evidence of their cities and temples, and reveals that the ancient city of Petra was part of a much bigger network than he ever imagined.
Episode 6
Inca Island in the Sky
Mon, Nov 18, 201944 mins
National Geographic Explorer Albert Lin travels to the mountains of Peru to discover the origins of its most famous site, Machu Picchu. Using LiDAR technology, he finds proof of the people who came before the Inca and treks into the mountains to find their homes and ceremonial sites. Lin reveals that the Inca city may have been inspired by another, even older civilization.
