Secrets of the Dead | October 2024

Witness a team of archaeologists searching for priceless artifacts from the Assyrian Empire previously targeted for destruction during the Isis occupation of Mosul, including clues to a possible location of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon.
Archaeologists search for Assyrian artifacts that survived the Isis occupation of Mosul.
Learn the untold story of Maria Anna Mozart, Wolfgang’s older sister and collaborator.
Learn the untold story of Maria Anna Mozart, older sister to Wolfgang and a musical prodigy in her own right. Could she have helped write some of her famous brother’s earliest music?
Computer scientists use particle physics and AI to read 2,000-year-old carbonized scrolls found in Herculaneum, which have remained a mystery until now.
Scientists attempt to read ancient scrolls carbonized by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius.
The search for the remains of formerly enslaved Black Union soldiers brutally murdered by bitter Southerners after the Civil War. Learn about Camp Nelson, KY, the military base where these soldiers and thousands got their freedom papers.
Uncover the mystery behind the 2022 discovery in Eastern Europe of more than 50 errant burials that indicate a perceived threat of vampirism in the 17th century.