Mysterious Past Documentary Series
A list of television series documentaries covering archeology, prehistory, dinosaurs, and mysterious stuff that happened a long time ago
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- StarsRobbie RobertsonJoy HarjoYan GarciaAt the intersection of modern scholarship and Native knowledge is a new vision of the Americas and the people who built it.
- StarsJosh BernsteinHunter EllisZahi HawassDigging for the Truth is a History Channel's television series hosted for the first three seasons by Josh Bernstein, who explores various historical mysteries.
- StarsZahi HawassJay Simon
- StarsStephen RashbrookPiers GibbonMark HallileyThe original British series which follows scientists, archaeologists and historians as they explore new evidence and new theories to explain enduring mysteries from human history.
- StarsDerek PartridgeJohn Anthony WestChance GardnerGrowing evidence is suggesting a missing chapter in human history. West explores evidence of a sophisticated science behind the unexplainable accomplishments of Ancient Egypt, the inheritor of knowledge from an even earlier civilization?
- StarsMark HallileyJay VilliersSimon GregorSome of the greatest miracles of the ancient world, disappeared from the face of the earth thousands years ago, are still buried underground - unexplored and invisible. These documentary series follow on a chain of archaeological and historical proofs and make an attempt to reveal the greatest secrets of the disappeared cities of the ancient world. Some of the cities were so large and majestic that their inhabitants, has to be, and couldn't imagine that once they will completely disappear.
- StarsGeoffrey NotkinSteve ArnoldCraig SechlerWorld-famous meteorite hunter Steve Arnold and science writer and owner of Aerolite Meteorites Geoff Notkin team up to hunt for the Earth's most elusive treasure which, incidentally, is not from our world - meteorites.
- CreatorKevin BurnsStarsRobert ClotworthyGiorgio A. TsoukalosDavid ChildressScience and mythology - and how they are the same thing.
- StarsBryan CranstonJonathan MarkleyTrevor S. ValleExplores many facets of epic moments in history from the past 13.7 billion years, from a Big History perspective.
- StarsKevin DelaneyHugh NewmanJeffrey Alan SolomonBrothers Jim and Bill Vieira search for giant skeletons after researching tales of giants being sighted along with old accounts of giant bones being uncovered across the country.
- StarsJonathan MarkleyBernard BullenMichio KakuThe story of humans is often driven by events from the prehistoric past. How did physics, geology, biology, chemistry shape our history?
- StarsSteven KearneyDominic SelwoodRob BellThe world's most incredible engineering projects are revisited to uncover why places full of mysteries and untold secrets are now abandoned ruins.
- StarsJennifer MarshallRyan SpragueSam TripoliDocumentary series investigates some of America's greatest unsolved mysteries.
- StarsAlbert Yu-Min LinMarcelo CanutoThomas GarrisonA new "treasure map" of the Maya world is transforming what we thought we knew of one of the world most mysterious ancient civilizations
- StarsJulian BarrattColleen DarnellJohn WardAn immersive, action-packed and discovery-led series following International teams of archaeologists during the excavation season in Egypt's Valley of the Kings.
- StarsJohn J. JohnstonFlora AnthonyEGYPT'S UNEXPLAINED FILES uses the latest science to help experts solve some of Egypt's most enduring mysteries.
- StarsRamy RomanyZahi HawassSalima IkramThe quest of Egyptologist, archaeologist and linguist and three-time Emmy Award winner, Ramy Romany, to unlock the fascinating secrets of mummies.
- StarsEmiliano RuprahJustin FornalNatasha BillsonFollows explorers Justin Fornal and Emiliano Ruprah as they investigate mysteries lost in time, through historical maps brought to life with 3D animation.
- StarsJosh GatesCarl CooksonHamilton WhiteTreasure hunters embark on an epic journey over Europe and the Middle East to uncover any relics belonging to the legendary Knights Templar.
- StarsYoussef TounziMériem SarolieFlora AnthonyIntroduces the first pharaoh to get a pyramid conceived, located, financed and constructed, over 4300-some years prior to our day. Correlates the deep interest in death and burial with the preservation and duration of the body in the concealment of pyramid construction. The second episode introduces other pharaohs and their pyramids.
- StarsSalvatore VecchioKirk JohnsonMichael RampinoThis original CuriosityStream 3-part documentary series features stunning animations in Ultra HD 4K quality and sheds light on the kind of life that existed in the Permian, Triassic and Cretaceous periods beginning 250 million years ago.
- StarsChristopher PlummerTsutomu YamazakiJean-Philippe PuymartinOver its more than 4-billion-year history, Earth has been home to repeated violent climactic changes, which have caused mass extinctions. And yet, life has survived.