About this season
In Secrets in the Sand, experts uncover four global stories of "extraordinary curiosities that were once concealed in the deserts of the planet."
Episodes (6)
1. Marree Man and the Mystery Mummies
Aired 9 September 2023 • 45 min
A huge geoglyph in the Australian outback are investigated. In Chile, ninety-six ancient mummies are unearthed. A new tomb in Egypt leads to a surprising discovery. Strange animal bones are found in an unforgiving desert.
2. Croc Mummies and the Lost City of Avaris
Aired 16 September 2023 • 45 min
The remains of crocodile mummies on the Nile River are excavated. Millions of grass circles are found in the Namib Desert. A lost stone ruins is re-discovered in Egypt. A band of strange holes in the Nazca Plateau is investigated.
3. Shimoa and the Sailing Stones
Aired 23 September 2023 • 45 min
In Death Valley, rocks appear to move on their own. Archaeologists find lost civilization in Ordos Desert . Animal bones in New Mexico reveals traces of first human migration. Strange stones found in Sahara has astronomical purpose.
4. Egypt's Red Sea
Aired 30 September 2023 • 45 min
Egypt's Red Sea find links to the Great Pyramid. Life-sized camel sculptures found in Saudi Arabia's rocks. Mauritania investigates Sahara Desert formation. 37-million-year-old enigmatic fossil uncovered in Egypt's sands.
5. Discovery near Cairo
Aired 7 October 2023 • 45 min
Archaeologists made a remarkable new discovery near Cairo, Egypt. Experts find a 1533 Portuguese ship in Namibian desert. WWII plane in Egyptian Sahara sparks pilot fate probe. Taiwan's fossil burrows tie giant worms to ancient kin.
6. The Peruvian highlands
Aired 14 October 2023 • 45 min
Ancient human remains is discovered in the Peruvian highlands. Underwater Roman ruins are uncovered in Tunisia. Strange sounds in the Mongolian desert are investigated. A cache of animal bones is discovered in Saudi Arabia cave.