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  • ANCIENT SECRETS

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Discover the Ancient Secrets behind the world’s most enduring – and infamous – structures, legends, and icons. Unearthing historical evidence and revealing new theories, the series features expert testimonials and dramatic recreations to separate the truth from the myth, while also painting a picture of the ancient lives that brought each of these fabled items into being.  

From well-known mysteries like whose face adorns the great sphinx to lesser known stories such as an intriguing manifesto on witch hunting and a self-proclaimed Messiah killed by the Romans before Jesus’ birth.

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  • Ancient Secrets: Witch Hunter's Bible
    For the first time ever, an international investigation team joins forces to unravel the mysteries of the Malleus Maleficarum, or Hammer of Witches. Written in 1486, this infamous medieval manual changed the way the Western world saw evil. With detailed instructions on how to find, prosecute and punish witches, the Malleus inspired centuries of accusation and bloodshed on both sides of the Atlantic.
  • Ancient Secrets: Ancient Secrets: Witch Hunter's Bible
  • Ancient Secrets: Ancient Secrets: The Sphinx
  • Ancient Secrets: Ancient Secrets: China's Lost Pyramids
  • Ancient Secrets
    Discover more about the Silver Pharaoh and explore his tomb.
  • Ancient Secrets: Mystery of the Silver Pharaoh
    Discover more about the Silver Pharaoh and explore his tomb.
  • Ancient Secrets: The Sphinx
    Forces of man and nature are threatening to destroy the Great Sphinx. To save it, scientists must unlock how and why it was originally built. Hallucinogenic dreams, human sacrifice, and solar alignments are but a few clues to solving the ancient riddles of the Sphinx, and rescue this wonder of the world.
  • Ancient Secrets: Ancient Secrets: Cathedrals Decoded
    Carved from a hundred million pounds of stone, Gothic cathedrals are marvels of human achievement and artistry. Revealed are the hidden formulas, ripped from the pages of the Bible, that drove medieval builders ever upward.
  • Ancient Secrets: Ancient Secrets: Mystery of the Silver Pharaoh
    Discover more about the Silver Pharaoh and explore his tomb.
  • Ancient Secrets: Cathedrals Decoded
    Carved from a hundred million pounds of stone, Gothic cathedrals are marvels of human achievement and artistry. Revealed are the hidden formulas, ripped from the pages of the Bible, that drove medieval builders ever upward.
  • Ancient Secrets: China's Lost Pyramids
    SECRETS OF LOST PYRAMIDS is a journey to an astonishing place - China's "Valley of the Kings" - and back to an astonishing time - the world of the first emperors of China - to discover pyramid tombs of stupendous size, filled with astonishing riches in preparation for an afterlife beyond imagination. .
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