Lost Treasures Of Ancient Rome

Lost Treasures Of Ancient Rome

Archaeologists embark on new digs in Pompeii, to unravel the stories of the people that lived and died here. They race against the clock to unearth a sacrificial skull, uncover clues from the tomb and mummified body of a curiously wealthy freed slave, and venture into stiflingly narrow tunnels beneath the central bathhouse.

Series, Documentary, History


Lost Treasures Of Ancient Rome - TV Showtimes

Thursday, April 3

4:10pm

Lost Treasures Of Ancient Rome ‘Nero's Lost Palace’

SBS

Lost Treasures Of Ancient Rome

'Nero's Lost Palace'

SBS, 4:10pm, Thu, 3 Apr 2025, 55 minutes

REPEAT

Buried beneath Rome lies a forgotten treasure - the Golden House - a vast palace built in the first century AD. It was the most extravagant construction in the history of Rome. Why was it buried? And what can its fate reveal about its builder - Rome's most notorious emperor - Nero? As experts race to save the remains of the Golden House, archaeologists uncover new clues to its fate and its connection to Nero’s reputation.

Series, United Kingdom, English, Documentary, History, Season 1 Episode 4


Lost Treasures Of Ancient Rome ‘Nero's Lost Palace’

SBS HD

Lost Treasures Of Ancient Rome

'Nero's Lost Palace'

SBS HD, 4:10pm, Thu, 3 Apr 2025, 55 minutes

REPEAT

Buried beneath Rome lies a forgotten treasure - the Golden House - a vast palace built in the first century AD. It was the most extravagant construction in the history of Rome. Why was it buried? And what can its fate reveal about its builder - Rome's most notorious emperor - Nero? As experts race to save the remains of the Golden House, archaeologists uncover new clues to its fate and its connection to Nero’s reputation.

Series, United Kingdom, English, Documentary, History, Season 1 Episode 4


Friday, April 4

4:10pm

Lost Treasures Of Ancient Rome ‘Secrets Of Rome's Great Wall’

SBS

Lost Treasures Of Ancient Rome

'Secrets Of Rome's Great Wall'

SBS, 4:10pm, Fri, 4 Apr 2025, 55 minutes

REPEAT

Hadrian's Wall is the biggest structure the Romans ever built. Stretching 117-kilometres across Britain, it once defined the northern edge of the greatest empire the world had seen. Now experts investigate the Wall, its forts, gatehouses and garrison towns, to reveal how civilisation and culture grew on Rome's wild frontier. Their surprising discoveries show what life - and death - were like on the dynamic and ever-changing edge of empire.

Series, United Kingdom, English, Documentary, History, Season 1 Episode 5


Lost Treasures Of Ancient Rome ‘Secrets Of Rome's Great Wall’

SBS HD

Lost Treasures Of Ancient Rome

'Secrets Of Rome's Great Wall'

SBS HD, 4:10pm, Fri, 4 Apr 2025, 55 minutes

REPEAT

Hadrian's Wall is the biggest structure the Romans ever built. Stretching 117-kilometres across Britain, it once defined the northern edge of the greatest empire the world had seen. Now experts investigate the Wall, its forts, gatehouses and garrison towns, to reveal how civilisation and culture grew on Rome's wild frontier. Their surprising discoveries show what life - and death - were like on the dynamic and ever-changing edge of empire.

Series, United Kingdom, English, Documentary, History, Season 1 Episode 5


Monday, April 7

4:10pm

Lost Treasures Of Ancient Rome ‘Herculaneum’

SBS

Lost Treasures Of Ancient Rome

'Herculaneum'

SBS, 4:10pm, Mon, 7 Apr 2025, 55 minutes

REPEAT

The deadly volcanic eruption that buried Pompeii in 79 AD also claimed another victim - Herculaneum. Positioned closer to the Vesuvius crater, this seaside town was covered in ash five times as thick as Pompeii, yet miraculously is even better preserved. Now, the discovery of an intact skeleton here, the first excavated in 25 years, helps investigators piece together the final hours of Herculaneum and unravel why Vesuvius stuck so violently here.

Series, United Kingdom, English, Documentary, History, Season 1 Episode 6


Lost Treasures Of Ancient Rome ‘Herculaneum’

SBS HD

Lost Treasures Of Ancient Rome

'Herculaneum'

SBS HD, 4:10pm, Mon, 7 Apr 2025, 55 minutes

REPEAT

The deadly volcanic eruption that buried Pompeii in 79 AD also claimed another victim - Herculaneum. Positioned closer to the Vesuvius crater, this seaside town was covered in ash five times as thick as Pompeii, yet miraculously is even better preserved. Now, the discovery of an intact skeleton here, the first excavated in 25 years, helps investigators piece together the final hours of Herculaneum and unravel why Vesuvius stuck so violently here.

Series, United Kingdom, English, Documentary, History, Season 1 Episode 6


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