Bli med den legendariske helten Indiana Jones i ett av de største filmeventyrene gjennom alle tider. Ledsaget av sin tidligere flamme, den spretne, selvstendige Marion Ravenwood, legger den berømte arkeologen med pisken og hatten ut på et spennende oppdrag som går ut på å finne den mystiske paktens ark fra bibelhistorien. Indy må finne arken før Nazistene gjør det, og han må overleve gift, feller, slager og forræderi for å lykkes.
Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) forsøker å vinne kappløpet med den smarte og vakre agenten (Cate Blanchett) i jakten på den mystiske og magiske krystallhodeskallen fra Akator. Sammen med en ung og opprørsk motorsyklist (Shia LaBeouf) og gamlekjæresten Marion (Karen Allen) legger Indy ut på et actionfylt eventyr i den velkjente, fengslende stilen til de klassiske Indiana Jones-filmene!
Handlingen i De Fordømtes Tempel finner sted et år eller to før "Jakten På Den Forsvunne Skatten". Indiana Jones befinner seg denne gangen i India, og får i oppdrag å finne en dyrebar edelsten og samtidig redde flere unge gutter som er kidnappet fra en avsidesliggende landsby.
Samme natt som tre planeter er på linje finner Lara Croft et mystisk tikkende ur i en av de mange kartongene som hennes avdøde far, Lord Croft, tok med seg hjem fra en av sine arkeologiske utgravninger to tiår tidligere.
Når en savnet side fra John Wilkes Booths dagbok kommer til overflaten, blir Bens tippoldefar plutselig innblandet som nøkkelkonspirator til Abraham Lincolns død. Bestemt på å bevise sin forfaders uskyld følger Ben en internasjonal kjede av spor som leder jakten fra Paris til London, og tilslutt tilbake til Amerika. Denne reiser fører Ben og hans følge ikke bare til overraskende avsløringer, men også på sporet av verdens best bevarte hemmeligheter.
Forfatteren Joan Wilder lever et heller kjedelig liv, helt til hun en dag mottar en mystisk pakke. Det viser seg at pakken inneholder løsepengene hun trenger for å løslate søsteren sin, som har blitt kidnappet i Colombia. Helt på egenhånd reiser hun av gårde for å redde søsteren sin fra kidnappernes klør. Langs veien møter hun en kjekk lykkejeger som overtaler henne til å kjempe mot bandittene som vokter skatten. På veien møter hun en kjekk lykkejeger (Douglas) som overtaler henne til å kjempe mot bandittene som vokter skatten.
Tusenvis av terrakottakrigere voktet den første kinesiske keiserens grav. Dette er deres historie, fortalt gjennom arkeologiske funn og rekonstruksjoner.
Allan Quatermain er denne gang på leting etter sin bror. Han er forsvunnet i Afrika under jakten på en glemt sivilisasjon - Den gylne by.
I denne filmen leter MacGyver og hans arkeolog-venn etter den forsvunne skatten fra Atlantis. Men det er det flere som gjør, blant annet en kjeltring som vil ha kloen i skatten for enhver pris. Eventyreren MacGyver går aldri av veien for å hjelpe en venn. Hans gamle arkeologi-professor er nå kommet på sporet av den legendariske, forsvunne skatten fra Atlantis. Sammen drar de to til det krigsherjede Balkan, og finner det endelige beviset for skattens eksistens. De to unnslipper farene i krigssonen med en hårsbredd.
Sydney Fox is a professor and globe-trotting "relic hunter" who looks for ancient artifacts to return to museums and/or the descendants of the original owner. She is aided by her linguistic assistant Nigel and occasionally by her somewhat air-headed secretary Claudia. She often ends up battling rival hunters seeking out artifacts for the money.
The epic adventure of Hakan, a young shopkeeper whose modern world gets turned upside down when he learns he’s connected to a secret, ancient order, tasked with protecting Istanbul.
A painter in Istanbul embarks on a personal journey as she unearths universal secrets about an Anatolian archaeological site and its link to her past.
Renowned safari hunter Allan Quatermain is lured back into the unknown recesses of the African jungles to find a man who disappeared while searching for the fabled King Solomon's Mines--a destination of legendary riches from which no soul has ever returned alive.
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.
Journalist Graham Hancock travels the globe hunting for evidence of mysterious, lost civilizations dating back to the last Ice Age.
The Ancient Dogoo Girl is a Japanese comedy tokusatsu series directed by Noboru Iguchi, director of The Machine Girl and RoboGeisha. The show airs on MBS every Wednesday night at 25:25 JST. The ending theme is Denki Groove's "Dareda!". In October 2010, Dogoo Girl premiered its sequel The Ancient Dogoo Girls. The show adds five more Dogoo Girls portrayed by Misaki Momose, Rina Takeda, Manami Nomoto, Maria Yoshikawa, and Haruka Dan. The theme song for the sequel is "Bakuha Seyo! Dogoon V".
A mission to discover and re-create unexcavated worlds still hidden beneath the earth.
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.
This extraordinary series is a sweeping account of the rise of Earth’s continents. They are the product of a grand waltz of plate tectonics and the continual evolution of Earth’s crust. As landmasses assemble and separate, they fuel volcanoes and spark earthquakes, building mountains and tearing valleys. We see the Earth, eons in the making, through the eyes of geologists and other scientists.
Unearthed decodes mysteries and combines scientific investigations with CGI animation to reveal the hidden secrets of iconic structures and monuments from around the globe to discover how they were designed, built, used, and in some cases, lost and rediscovered.
It is said to be one of the oldest books in the world. Has it been altered? If yes why? A remarkable journey back in time to see what the Old Testament and the New Testament is hiding from us.
A documentary series hosted by John Rhys-Davies based on the articles published in the magazine "Archaeology".
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?
According to recent science the Neanderthals are not the knuckle-dragging apemen of popular imagination. In fact they are our distant ancestors. About 2% of the DNA of most people is of Neanderthal origin—and it continues to affect us today. Ella Al-Shamahi enlists the skills of Andy Serkis, the master of performance capture, and a group of experts to investigate Neanderthals.
Millions of tourists visit Angkor Wat in Cambodia every year to marvel at its remarkable architecture, yet most are probably unaware that when it was built nearly 1,000 years ago it was even more impressive. Using remote sensing technology, scientists now know what is hidden beneath the nearby paddy fields and jungle: a sophisticated metropolis with an elaborate network of houses, canals, boulevards and temples covering 30 square kilometres that housed three-quarters of a million people. To put that into perspective, London at that time was home to just 18,000. These previously hidden finds tell us a great deal about life during the golden age of the powerful Khmer dynasty.
Ancient X Files travels around the world to solve some intriguing riddles. Each story is a piece of detective work by an expert trying to make sense of some puzzling ancient artefact, to find the truth behind some extraordinary legend, to discover the origins of a bizarre myth or to establish the authenticity of a venerated religious relic. This series explores the bits of archaeology and history which seem to defy explanation. Our experts are following chains of clues and putting theories to the test, in an effort to explain the unexplained. Ancient X Files investigates claims about the whereabouts of the lost Ark of the Covenant; attempts to establish the authenticity of a cup some believe to be the Holy Grail; tries to de-code the mysterious Phaistos disc; investigates a cloth which is believed to carry traces of the DNA of Jesus Christ; and deciphers an encrypted book of alchemy written by the great Sir Isaac Newton.
A forensic dig into history's most enduring mysteries. In Voices of the Dead, Professor Bettany Hughes leads a forensic investigation into some of the most enduring mysteries of the ancient world and brings viewers face-to-face with the extraordinary people of the past she unearths along the way.
Tony Robinson goes on a journey across Egypt where a series of incredible new tomb discoveries are being made.
