Drain The Oceans

The attack on Pearl Harbor took the US fleet by surprise and went down in history books. But draining the islands of Hawai using the latest scanning techniques not only reveals that the battle started far earlier and was far wider ranging than anyone ever knew before.

When Mt. Vesuvius erupted 2000 years ago, it buried the towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum. Today new discoveries are revealing a detailed timeline of the final heart-breaking moments of the citizens trapped in its aftermath.

The Amber Room is one of the world’s most valuable lost art treasures. Stolen by the Nazis and kept in a castle on the Baltic coast, it vanished in the brutal last months of the war.

Archaeologists explore the events surrounding the 1836 Battle of the Alamo–America’s most famous siege. Shipwrecks in the Gulf of Mexico tell of weapon trafficking that foreshadow the epic battle.

In the 9th century,the Maya civilisation began to disappear. New discoveries offer a different view. In Mexico,the discovery of the lost Kingdom of Sak Tz’i reveals that the Maya did not entirely disappear.

The investigation of a mysterious plane wreck in the tranquil waters of the Caribbean and the discovery of secret tunnels along the US border with Mexico reveal the incredible lengths cartels go to in a bid to ensure narcotics find a way to cities and towns.