Journalist and writer Graham Hancock travels the globe hunting for evidence of mysterious, lost civilizations dating back to the last Ice Age. He attempts to prove that a climatic event 12,000 years ago wiped out an entire civilization far more sophisticated than the simple hunter-gatherers some archaeologists believe lived at that time.
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- Seasons
- 2
- Episodes aired
- 14
- Latest aired
- S02E01
- Total runtime
- 8h 15min
Timeline when each season aired
- Season 1 November 2022 8 episodes
- the show was away for 1 year and 11 months
- Season 2 October 2024 6 episodes
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S01E01 Once There Was a Flood
November 11 · 31min find the promo
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Graham visits Gunung Padang, an Indonesian archeological site, to find proof of a lost civilization — and the potential cataclysm that wiped it out.
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S01E02 Stranger in a Time of Chaos
November 11 · 33min find the promo
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In Cholula, Mexico's oldest continuously-inhabited city, the journalist inspects the world's largest pyramid for signs of a forgotten past.
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S01E03 Sirius Rising
November 11 · 31min find the promo
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Graham discovers a fascinating pattern that may connect the spectacular megalithic temples of Malta, which he believes to be much older than reported.
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S01E04 Ghosts of a Drowned World
November 11 · 30min find the promo
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Few scholars have investigated the Bimini rock formation off the coast of Miami, once fabled to be the road to Atlantis — but Graham dives right in.
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S01E05 Legacy of the Sages
November 11 · 32min find the promo
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At Göbekli Tepe, the oldest known megalith in the world, Graham questions if simple hunter-gatherers alone could have built such an advanced structure.
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S01E06 America's Lost Civilization
November 11 · 33min find the promo
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Graham visits ancient mounds in North America and wonders if they contain astronomical significance — or even warnings of an apocalyptic climate event.
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S01E07 A Fatal Winter
November 11 · 29min find the promo
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The author returns to Turkey to explore Derinkuyu, an ancient underground city and survival bunker that could shelter thousands in times of crisis.
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S01E08 Cataclysm and Rebirth
November 11 · 32min find the promo
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In the ancient geological sites of North America, Graham envisions an apocalyptic event that may have changed the Earth — and its inhabitants — forever.