Ancient Superstructures

Name: Ancient Superstructures
Genre: Documentary
Rating: 7
Cast: Lemmy Constantine

Ancient Superstructures (2020 — present)

Seasons: 4, episodes: 20

Episode runtime: 55 min

Documentary

France

RMC Découverte, Histoire TV

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Production

Pernel Media

Premiere

1 November 2020

Status

Returning

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Actors

Lemmy Constantine

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Short description

"Ancient Superstructures“ reveals the secrets behind the world’s most famous monuments. Some of the ancient marvels which are among the most studied and scrutinized monuments in the world still remain shrouded in mystery. What if the answers were right in front of us… but invisible to the human eye? This ground-breaking series takes a unique approach in delving into engineering mysteries behind the world’s most famous ancient structures, by observing them from different perspectives of scale. From satellite imagery and aerial views right down to macro and microscopic levels, each perspective reveals data that helps shed new light on historical and construction enigmas that have baffled historians for years.

Seasons

Season	Episodes	Release date	Rating
Season 1 ‘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 observin…	4	2020-11-01	7.1
Season 2 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…	4	2021-02-24	6
Season 3	6	2024-09-24	7
Season 4 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 outlast…	6	—	8