Archaeology: A Secret History

Supporting Content

• "The flickering torchlight of the guide reveals glimpses of a long lost world..."

  

• The Wizard of Sussex and Piltdown Man—The Power of the Past

  Duration: 3:33

• Battling heat, ticks and leaches to find ancient structures—The Search for Civilisation

  Duration: 3:02

• Surveying stones with 17th century technology—In the Beginning

  Duration: 3:50

• BBC Four Archaeology Season

  This programme is part of a BBC Four season exploring our fascination with uncovering the past.
  
  Find out more about the other programmes in the season...
  

  • The Flying Archaeologist
    Ben Robinson conducts aerial surveys of ancient sites to reveal new evidence of lost civilisations.
  • Stories from the Dark Earth: Meet the Ancestors Revisited
    Julian Richards discovers how science, conservation and new finds have changed our understanding of history.
  • Nelson’s Caribbean Hell-hole: An Eighteenth Century Navy Graveyard Uncovered
    Human bones found in Antigua trigger an investigation into a dark chapter of Britain's imperial past.
  • The Somme: Secret Tunnel Wars
    Peter Barton investigates the military mining that played a big part in the tactics of both sides during WWI.
    

  

• Find out more

  There are lots of features, articles and quizzes covering archaeology and the treasures that have been uncovered in BBC History’s Archaeology section.

  • Visit the site
  • Ages of Treasure timeline
  • Aerial Archaeology
  • Battlefield Archaeology

  

• BBC Four: Archaeology at the BBC Collection

  Archaeology at the BBC is a collection of archaeology programmes from the 1950s to the 1970s. Available online to watch in full.
  
  Go to the Archaeology at the BBC Collection