Any 1936. Indiana Jones és un professor universitari d'arqueologia, però alhora un aventurer a la recerca de valuoses relíquies històriques. Després de tornar d'una infructuosa missió a Amèrica del Sud, el govern nord-americà li encarrega una nova comesa: trobar l'Arca de l'Aliança, on es creu que els hebreus van dipositar els manaments que Déu havia atorgat a Moisès, abans que els nazis la trobin i en facin un mal ús ja que, segons la llegenda, l'objecte atribueix un poder invencible a qui la posseeixi.
A group of archaeological students become trapped in the past when they go there to retrieve their professor. The group must survive in 14th century France long enough to be rescued.
Un grup d'arqueòlegs britànics envaeixen la tomba d'un cadàver momificat que és un gran sacerdot de l'antic Egipte. La mòmia, que reviurà accidentalment 3.700 anys després de morir, intentarà raptar una jove d'ascendència egípcia que s'assembla a la princesa que va estimar en vida i que va ser el motiu de la seva execució.
Crònica de la relació entre la terratinent Edith Pretty i Basil Brown, l'arqueòleg que va impulsar l'excavació de Sutton Hoo el 1938, quan el món es preparava per a la guerra.
Cassie Grant (Christina Ricci) is a young girl from the United States who is wandering through England on foot. On her way to Ashby Wake Cassie is hit by a car. The driver of the car, Mrs Marion Kirkman (Kerry Fox), immediately calls an ambulance. During an examination at the local hospital the doctor comes to the conclusion that Cassie only has some scratches and not even a concussion, but Cassie has lost her memory due to the accident. She only knows her name and mother country, but she does not know which town she comes from, who her family is and why she is in England.
A Marine Biologist is assigned to investigate the mysterious deaths of some marine life in an inland salt water lake that has been attributed to a creature thought to have been the stuff of a legend.
As a son deals with his own struggles, he must calm his father's obsession with fishing before his outlandish behavior ruins the entire family.
Tangier. Dounia decides to sell on the black market the antiques uncovered on the building site she manages. She hopes to raise enough money to be able to leave Morocco with her son, who she hardly ever sees since her divorce. The death of a worker disrupts her plan...
An archaeological team from an Ivy League school discover something unexpected in their remote forest excavations of an ancient Native American site.
As part of a high-tech forensic probe into the demise of Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun, scientists use X-rays and CT scans as they attempt to reach a conclusion about just how this famed king died. In addition, they explore the mysterious curse on explorers linked to Tut's tomb excavation.
1949. El germà Jean, un mestre progressista i apassionat de l'arqueologia, planeja fer excavacions amb els alumnes per a demostrar la presència d'un assentament viking al llarg de la vora del riu Saint Lawrence.
The BBC version of "King Tut In Color" documentary. A century after the world’s most exciting archaeological find - the tomb of Tutankhamun - we can witness the dramatic scenes of its discovery and marvel at its extraordinary treasures exactly as they were then, in colour.
In this special follow-up programme, the only television team with access to the dig and the scientific tests on the skeleton uses unseen footage and conducts two days of additional interviews to tell this extraordinary forensic detective story in even greater scientific and archaeological detail.