USA, 7 January 1994-3 May 1998
5 series, 93 episodes [possibly incomplete] episodes, average 45m
colour, 4:3
mono, English
An American documentary television series with episodes of genre interest.
Premise
A series of documentaries looking back at historical mysteries.
Episodes
Possibly incomplete. Genre related episodes are listed in bold.
Season One
Bigfoot (7 January 1994)
Origin of the Vampire (14 January 1994)
The Lost Ark of the Covenant (21 January 1994)
The Lost Pharaoh (17 June 1994)
The Marble Hunter (8 July 1994)
Northern Lights (29 July 1994)
Season Two
Enigma of the Dead Sea Scrolls (7 October 1994)
Rapa Nui (14 October 1994)
The Odyssey of Troy (10 February 1995)
The Shroud of Turin (21 April 1995)
Shreds of Evidence (21 April 1995)
Shadow of the Templars (12 May 1995)
Robot Journey Into the Past (26 May 1995)
Myth of the Spanish Inquisition (9 June 1995)
The Loch Ness Monster (21 July 1995)
Easter Island: The Secrets (4 August 1995)
Season Three
The Hidden City of Petra (8 September 1995)
Palenque: The Maya (15 September 1995)
Camelot (22 September 1995)
Vikings in North America (6 October 1995)
Machu Picchu: City in the Sky (8 October 1995)
The Quest for the Fountain of Youth (13 October 1995)
The Timber Castles of England (20 October 1995)
Secret Mounds of Prehistoric America (29 October 1995)
The Search for Shangri-La (3 November 1995)
Who Built Stonehenge? (10 November 1995)
Atlantis: The Lost Civilization (17 November 1995)
The Search for Alexander the Great (19 November 1995)
The Riddle of the Maya (24 November 1995)
The Lost Canyon of the Pueblos (26 November 1995)
Naked Warriors of Europe (3 December 1995)
Life and Death in Britain’s Ancient Theaters (10 December 1995)
The Quest for the Holy Lance (24 December 1995)
Blood and Honor at the First Olympics (11 January 1996)
The Sunken City (14 January 1996)
The Miraculous Canals of Venice (21 January 1996)
Blood and Treasure in Peru (1 February 1996)
Pompeii: Buried Alive (2 February 1996)
Hadrian’s Wall (4 February 1996)
Secrets of the Pueblo (22 February 1996)
Puzzling Pyramids of Mexico (29 February 1996)
The Rosetta Stone (21 March 1996)
China’s Wall of Doom (21 March 1996)
Astrology: Secrets in the Stars (28 March 1996)
The Queen Pharaoh (11 April 1996)
Secrets of Sex: The Kama Sutra (18 April 1996)
Temples of Eternity (21 April 1996)
The Forbidden City: The Dynasty and Destiny (25 April 1996)
The Incredible Monuments of Ancient Rome (5 May 1996)
Lost Spirits of Cambodia (9 May 1996)
Lost Legions of Rome (12 May 1996)
Voodoo! (16 May 1996)
The Lost Cities of Rome (19 May 1996)
Rites of Death (6 June 1996)
Lost Castles of England (9 June 1996)
Secrets of Delphi (20 June 1996)
The Secret Life of King Ramses II (11 July 1996)
The Powerful Gods of Mt. Olympus (11 July 1996)
Season Four
Ancient Altered States (5 September 1996)
Ancient Prophecy (19 September 1996)
Before Their Time: Ancient Technology (7 October 1996)
Hidden Cities of the Etruscans (10 October 1996)
Witches (24 October 1996)
Mystical Monuments of Ancient Greece (21 November 1996)
Sacred Rites and Rituals (19 December 1996)
UFOs: The First Encounters (2 January 1997)
Tombs of the Gods: The Great Pyramids of Giza (16 January 1997)
Secrets of the Aztec Empire (13 February 1997)
The Curse of the Hope Diamond (6 March 1997)
Private Lives of the Emperors (27 March 1997)
Secrets of the Romanovs (10 April 1997)
Legends of the Arabian Nights (20 April 1997)
The Fate of the Neandertals (27 April 1997)
Human Sacrifice (1 May 1997)
Lost City of Pirates (8 May 1997)
Bigfoot (15 May 1997)
Samuari (22 May 1997)
Curse of the Goddess Pele (5 June 1997)
Guardian of the Ages: The Great Sphinx (12 June 1997)
Sacred Places (19 June 1997)
Dragons: Myths and Legends (26 June 1997)
Headhunters of the Amazon (3 July 1997)
The Black Death (10 July 1997)
The Curse of the Borgias (31 July 1997)
Season Five
Tattooing (7 August 1997)
The Sacred Waters of Lourdes (14 August 1997)
The Magic of Alchemy (17 August 1997)
The Search for the Abominable Snowman (21 August 1997)
Quest for the Holy Grail (28 August 1997)
Knights Templar (7 September 1997)
Reincarnation (2 November 1997)
Lost Mummies of the Inca (4 January 1998)
Dreamtime of the Aborigines (3 May 1998)
Alternative Titles
Ancient Mysteries: New Investigations of the Unsolved
