Dan Snow's Greatest Discoveries

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Dan Snow's Greatest Discoveries

In the shadow of the mighty volcano Vesuvius lies the greatest archaeological time capsule ever discovered, an entire city and its people frozen in time - Pompeii. Dan Snow travels to Italy in search of Pompeii's gripping story of rediscovery, as treasure hunters and archaeologi...

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Season 1
Nearly 200 years ago America's 'Wild West' was the scene of one of history's most bitter rivalries, as fossil hunters battled to find the bones of never-before-seen species of dinosaurs. Dan goes on the tough trail of this Dinosaur Gold Rush, an epic journey that takes him across some of the most remote parts of America, f...
A century after the discovery of Tutankhamun, Dan Snow tells the fascinating story of the battle to discover tombs and treasures in Egypt's Valley of the Kings.
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