Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez — Season 2
About this season
Janina Ramirez travels in the footsteps of some of the world's greatest explorer-archaeologists revealing how our understanding of the sites they excavated are still shaped by their interpretations.
Episodes (3)
1. The Minotaur's Palace
7.0Aired 19 February 2021
Janina is in Crete on the trail of the millionaire who discovered the mythical palace of the Minotaur and the first western civilisation, but who is now mired in controversy.
2. The Viking Ship
7.0Aired 26 February 2021
Janina is in Scandinavia, investigating the lost 1000-year-old ship that transformed the fierce reputation of the Vikings – and became a symbol of a nation's fight for freedom.
3. World's First City
7.0Aired 5 March 2021
Janina heads to the vast Konya Plain of Turkey, tracking a young explorer who found the world's oldest city and rewrote the beginning of civilisation - until his reputation was destroyed by scandal.