Ancient Superstructures(2020)

Season 1

4 episodes · 2020

‘Ancient Superstructures’ reveals the secrets behind the Great Wall of China, Jordan’s gem Petra, the Incan citadel of Machu Picchu and the French island commune of Le Mont Saint-Michel. These ancient marvels have been scrutinized for centuries and yet they remain shrouded in mystery. By observing them from different perspectives of scale – from satellite imagery right down to macro and microscopic levels – this groundbreaking series sheds new light on historical and construction enigmas.

Season 2

4 episodes · 2021

Ancient Superstructures exposes the secrets behind the most famous monuments on the planet. After the success of the first season, which revealed the secrets of Mont Saint-Michel, the Great Wall of China, Machu Picchu and Petra, the second season is once again taking on spectacular monuments: the Louvre (France), the Temple of Angkor (Cambodia) and the Basilica of Saint Sophia (Turkey).

Season 3

6 episodes · 2024

Season 4

6 episodes

How did ancient civilisations raise monuments that still defy explanation? The fourth season of Ancient Superstructures, confronts this question with unprecedented ambition – moving from satellite imagery down to the microscopic level to reveal the hidden logic behind structures that have outlasted every empire that built them. This is not mythology dressed as history. This is forensic investigation of some of humanity’s most astonishing achievements.