Unearthed (2016)

Documentary · History · Mystery

Unearthed decodes mysteries and combines scientific investigations with CGI animation to reveal the hidden secrets of iconic structures and monuments from around the globe to discover how they were designed, built, used, and in some cases, lost and rediscovered.

IMDb rating: 7.3 (413 votes)
Episode average: 7.7 +0.4 vs IMDb
Seasons: 11
Streaming (US): HBO Max
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 11 seasons indexed

Seasons

Season 1 (2016)

7.87 avg 6 episodes 7.7 → 8.3 43 min avg

Big finale

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Mayan City of Blood	7.7	34
2	Dark Secrets of the Pyramid	7.6	44
3	Summit of the Gods	8.1	30
4	Ghosts of the Great Wall	7.7	30
5	House of Holy Relics	7.8	27
6	Secrets of the Palace	8.3	29

Season 2 (2017)

7.70 avg 12 episodes 8.0 → 7.9 42 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Tut's Buried Secrets	8.0	42
2	Curse of the Blood Pyramids	7.8	36
3	Lost Temples of the Jungle	7.7	37
4	Secret History of the Sphinx	7.9	38
5	Ghosts of Stonehenge	7.4	42
6	Hunt for King Arthur's Castle	7.4	37
7	Hidden City of the Incas	7.4	32
8	Treasures of the Terracotta Army	7.8	34
9	Mystery of Egypt's Mega Temple	8.0	41
10	Sex, Lies, and the Taj Mahal	7.2	35
11	Lost World of the Colosseum	7.9	37
12	Lost City of the Desert	7.9	34

Season 3 (2018)

7.17 avg 7 episodes 6.9 → 6.9 42 min avg

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Viking City of the Dead	6.9	28
2	Lost Pyramids of the Americas	7.3	32
3	Forbidden City of the Pharaohs	7.4	33
4	Statue of Liberty - The New Secrets	7.3	34
5	Hunt for the Real Atlantis	6.8	28
6	Lost World of Easter Island	7.6	29
7	Wrath of Attila the Hun	6.9	32

Season 4 (2018)

7.59 avg 10 episodes 7.4 → 7.7 42 min avg

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Titanic: The Last Secrets	7.4	25
2	Mystery of the Cursed Pyramid	7.3	28
3	Pompeii's Doomsday Mummies	7.7	28
4	Secrets of the Forbidden City	7.6	26
5	Inca Apocalypse: The Dark Evidence	7.4	23
6	Egypt's Lost Skyscrapers	7.4	30
7	Curse of the Jungle Treasure	8.0	28
8	Ramses' Buried Treasures	7.8	29
9	Lost City of the Maya	7.6	29
10	Ghosts of the Stone Age	7.7	25

Season 5 (2019)

7.81 avg 8 episodes 7.8 → 7.7 42 min avg

Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Mysteries in the Alien Desert	7.8	31
2	Empire State Building: The New Secrets	8.0	33
3	Nero's Lost Palace	8.0	36
4	Curse of the Seventh Wonder	7.4	29
5	Pompeii's Evil Twin	7.8	32
6	Finding Sparta's 300	8.2	32
7	Dead Sea Scrolls: The Dark Truth	7.6	36
8	Mystery of the Ice Mummy	7.7	26

Season 6 (2019)

8.07 avg 13 episodes 7.9 → 8.3 45 min avg

Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Egypt's Buried City	7.9	28
2	Vesuvius's Secret Victim	8.3	29
3	Lost City of Troy	7.4	29
4	Mount Rushmore: The Hidden Secrets	7.8	26
5	Tower of Babel: The New Evidence	8.0	33
6	Hitler's Lost Bunker	7.5	29
7	Leaning Tower of Pisa: The New Mystery	8.3	26
8	Ghosts of the Wild West	8.0	25
9	Secrets of the Seven Wonders	8.7	19
10	Hunt for the First Pyramid	8.3	22
11	Alcatraz's Hidden Secrets	8.2	23
12	Rome's Great Wall	8.2	26
13	Lost Kingdom of Kush	8.3	22

Season 7 (2020)

7.75 avg 15 episodes 7.7 → 8.1 66 min avg

Season 7 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Lost Kingdom of Babylon	7.7	28
2	Draining the Bermuda Triangle	7.4	23
3	Secrets of the Black Pyramid	8.0	25
4	Curse of the Hindenburg	7.3	22
5	Twin Towers: The Hidden Secrets	8.0	21
6	Lost World of Atlantis	7.9	22
7	Jericho's Buried Secrets	7.8	20
8	Egypt's Sunken Treasures	8.3	19
9	Seven Wonders of America	7.8	17
10	Seven Wonders of Egypt	8.4	19
11	Seven Wonders of Ancient America	7.8	16
12	Seven Wonders of Ancient Rome	7.6	14
13	Seven Wonders of the Pyramids	7.3	13
14	Greatest Lost Cities	6.9	12
15	Seven Wonders of the Silk Road	8.1	7

Season 8 (2020)

7.37 avg 9 episodes 7.3 → 7.4 42 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 8 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Mystery of the Volcano Temple	7.3	21
2	Rome's Gate to Hell	7.9	22
3	Legend of King Midas	7.6	18
4	Ghosts of Venice	7.6	18
5	Terror in the Torture Tower	7.8	18
6	Secrets of Seahenge	7.4	17
7	Secrets of the Sunken Empire	7.4	18
8	Egypt's Floating Pyramid	5.9	25
9	Sumerian Pyramid of Death	7.4	21

Season 9 (2021)

7.55 avg 11 episodes 8.2 → 7.5 44 min avg

Season 9 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Lost City of Persia	8.2	33
2	Valley of Egypt's Queens	7.1	20
3	Curse of Relic Mountain	7.7	22
4	Lost City of the Maya Queens	7.3	23
5	Lost City of the Sumerian Gods	7.2	24
6	Egypt's Island of Secrets	7.9	22
7	Egypt's Cult Kings	7.4	26
8	King Arthur's Lost Castle	7.5	24
9	Lost World of Desert Kings	7.4	21
10	Rome's Lost Coliseums	7.8	17
11	Legend of Xanadu	7.5	21

Season 10 (2022)

7.67 avg 6 episodes 7.3 → 7.6 43 min avg

Season 10 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Pompeii's Mysterious Twin	7.3	21
2	Enigma of the Red Pyramid	7.5	18
3	Lost World of Sumerian Kings	7.7	23
4	Secrets of Hadrian's Villa	8.1	19
5	Rise of Egypt's Sun Kings	7.8	16
6	Nimrud: Secrets Revealed	7.6	16

Season 11 (2023)

7.38 avg 6 episodes 7.8 → 6.4 42 min avg

Season 11 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Lost Empire of Palmyra	7.8	18
2	Mystery of Egypt's Zodiac Temple: Secrets of Dendera	7.6	14
3	Lost Tomb of Alexander the Great	7.8	17
4	Sunken City of Helike: The Hunt for the Real Atlantis	7.1	13
5	Secrets of the Lost Sphinxes	7.6	17
6	Olous: Lost City of the Ancients	6.4	12