Episode 1 - Ark of the Covenant The hunt for the truth about the most famous lost treasure of them all. Did the Ark of the Covenant really exist? What it did look like? What was the power that it was said to hold? And what happened to it? Where is it now? Episode 2 - Bust of Nefertiti The extraordinary story behind one of the most famous images from the ancient world. Who was Queen Nefertiti? Who made the blue-crowned bust which turned her into a modern icon? Could the Nefertiti bust be a fake? Episode 3 - Great Pyramid Armed with a four and a half thousand year old diary, and a radical new approach. Engineer Peter James and leading archaeologist Mark Lehner set out to solve Ancient Egypt’s greatest mystery. How was the Great Pyramid built? Episode 4 - Easter Island Heads Unlocking the mysteries of the most recognizable statues on earth. How were the thousand giant stone heads of Easter Island made, and why? Why did the Islanders topple all of them, except one? Episode 5 - Blackbeard's Ship Off the coast of North Carolina, nautical archaeologists, historians and scientists study the artifacts of a 300 year old shipwreck. Positively identified as Blackbeard’s flagship, our investigators set about to uncover what the ship’s remains can tell us about history’s most notorious pirate. Episode 6 - Spear of Destiny In a search that spans four countries and 20 centuries, we investigate the legend of the Spear of Destiny. First mentioned in the New Testament, the spear is said to have pierced the side of Jesus. Believed to have special powers, kings and conquerors from Charlemagne to Hitler tried to possess it.
一支由20位登山专家组成的尼泊尔探险队出发前往圣母峰的「死亡地带」,为的是清除超过海拔8000公尺的世界最高垃圾堆,恢复这座神圣山峰的风采和消除1.3亿人赖以生存的水源污染。「死亡地带」名称的由来是因为该区氧气极为稀薄、气温极低而且地形险恶。虽然陆续有清理行动,一点一滴的将垃圾带下山,但从没有人敢夸口说真的解决了「死亡地带」的污染问题,在那里有150具遇难的登山者尸体和超过100,000磅垃圾。这次登山队再次攀登到了最高峰,并记录下了一场生与死的旅程。
由加拿大山地自行车摄影师Derek Frankowski和电影人Ryan Gibb联手执导拍摄的纪录片《山地自行车之旅》,讲述着关于山地自行车及其文化的精彩故事,将为您奉上一部令人叹为观止的视觉饕餮盛宴。 Derek Frankowski与Ryan Gibb耗时三年时间,行走在壮阔的山间原野,利用春夏秋冬的XC路线越野骑行、稻田里BMX骑行、公路之旅等极为震撼的视觉之旅,展现着在自然环境中骑行与众不同的强大吸引力。本片使用4K超高画质摄像机进行拍摄,记录了山地车从创建到消逝的全过程,用充满张力的镜头捕捉着山地自行车独特魅力。众多世界顶级自行车运动选手也参与了本片的拍摄。