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Secrets of the Dead Season 17 Episodes
Season 17 Episode Guide
7 Episodes 2018 - 2019
Episode 1
Scanning the Pyramids
Wed, Jan 24, 201855 mins
Scientists perform a non-invasive internal scan of the Great Pyramid of Giza using radiation no one can see and most have never heard of. They find there's something big and as yet undiscovered inside.
Episode 2
Hannibal in the Alps
Tue, Apr 10, 2018
Explorers, archaeologists and scientists combine technology and ancient texts to prove that Hannibal's army crossed the Alps to launch an attack on Rome.
Episode 3
The Woman in the Iron Coffin
Wed, Oct 3, 201860 mins
In October 2011, construction workers unearthed the body of an African American woman in Queens, New York. NYPD detectives assumed that she had been dead for just a few days. But when Scott Warnasch from the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner arrived, he identified the remains of a rare Victorian iron coffin and realized that this remarkably preserved body was over 150-years-old. Why was she buried here? And why had she been interred in this elaborate coffin? As they recovered the body, the OCME team discovered that the woman's skin was covered in smallpox lesions. The case had turned from a possible homicide into an archaeological mystery and a potential biohazard. Deploying cutting-edge forensic science, a virtual autopsy and historical research we uncover her identity and lay bare a forgotten piece of American history from before the Civil War.
Episode 4
The Nero Files
Wed, Feb 20, 2019
Take a closer look at the life and legend of Nero, the infamous Roman emperor, as a forensic profiler attempts to find out what history may have gotten wrong about his alleged tyranny.
Episode 5
King Arthur's Lost Kingdom
Wed, Mar 27, 2019
The Romans left Britain in 410 AD, leaving the island's fate hanging in the balance. In the 5th century, the country descended into the period known as the Dark ages, which left the nation vulnerable to Angle and Saxon invaders from Northern Europe. A great leader known as King Arthur emerged, to unite the lawless lands and fight off invaders. Professor Roberts' goes on a quest to excavate the stone palace complex on the Tintagel peninsula in Cornwall, England, which is long believed to be the birthplace of the King Arthur legend, to try and discover who this King really was.
Episode 6
Egypt's Darkest Hour
Mon, Mar 4, 201984 mins
The discovery of a rare mass grave with the bones of nearly 60 people outside Luxor sends archaeologists on a quest to find out who the remains belong to, why they were buried the way they were and what was happening in ancient Egypt that would have led to a mass burial. Could the collapse of the empire's Old Kingdom provide any clues?
Episode 7
World War Speed
Tue, Jun 25, 201956 mins
Historian James Holland explores how amphetamine use affected the course of World War II.
