Nøgleord Archeological Dig

Et hold forskere rejser gennem universet i rumskibet Prometheus på en tur, der har til formål at udforske fremmede livsformer i rummet. Da de finder en mørk og mystisk hule (og om muligt en ny livsform), er lykken gjort, men den viser sig at være kort. Forskerholdet ender nu som strandet på en fremmed planet i det mørkeste hjørne af universet, og imens de må kæmpe for deres overlevelse, går det op for dem, at rædslerne ikke blot er en trussel mod dem selv, men en trussel mod hele menneskeheden.

I 1895 finder tre britiske arkæologer den egyptiske ypperstepræstinde Anankas grav. De finder også den berømte "The Scroll of Life", og da de læser op fra den, får de vækket Anankas beskytter, den mumificerede ypperstepræst Kharis, til live! Det lykkes arkæologerne at slippe væk, men en egypter har taget kontrol over den magiske tekst og dermed den hævngerrige mumie. Tre år senere slipper han mumien løs i London, hvor den øjeblikkeligt begynder at jage arkæologerne.

Da Flynn Carson fylder 32, modtager han på mystisk vis en pakke fra en ukendt arkæolog i Cairo. I pakken er et hemmeligt kort til Kong Salomons miner, men bibliotekaren Carson når kun lige at opfange kortets optegnelser, før indbrudstyve overmander ham og stjæler kortet. Nu begynder et hæsblæsende kapløb fra USA igennem Cairo, Casablanca og Kenya – på jagt efter det uvurderlige kort og Kong Salomons mytologiske miner.

Time Team is a British television series which has been aired on British Channel 4 from 1994. Created by television producer Tim Taylor and presented by actor Tony Robinson, each episode featured a team of specialists carrying out an archaeological dig over a period of three days, with Robinson explaining the process in layman's terms. This team of specialists changed throughout the series' run, although has consistently included professional archaeologists such as Mick Aston, Carenza Lewis, Francis Pryor and Phil Harding. The sites excavated over the show's run have ranged in date from the Palaeolithic right through to the Second World War.

Despite decades of research, many mysteries remain about the ancient Maya. Now, archaeologists are unearthing new clues that transform long held ideas about how these people came to dominate vast areas of Mexico and Central America. Through immense lost monuments, ancient inscriptions and new forensic evidence, this series tracks the Maya from their earliest origins all the way to the present day, unlocking the dark secrets of the rise and fall of the Maya.

For centuries, explorers have searched for the Bible’s most sacred religious artefacts. One of the most mysterious of these objects is the famed Ark of the Covenant. The gold-plated wooden chest – one of the most instrumental symbols of faith and God's presence – was believed to house the two tablets bearing the Ten Commandments. The Ark’s exact whereabouts has long puzzled scholars. Where did it go? And why has it remained such a mystery?

The construction of the Egyptian pyramids remains an enigma, an unsolved mystery. But today, Egyptologists and archaeologists have developed a new tool which uses aerial and satellite images to provide valuable fresh clues about the position, construction, and evolution of these edifices. This series sets out to decode the mysteries of the pyramids' construction, and to recreate Egypt as it was more than 5000 years ago.