The Dark Archaeology Files

Death. Violence. Sacrifice. Burial. Ritual. And the things we would rather not find beneath the soil.

The Dark Archaeology Files explores the discoveries that make us stop, look twice and ask difficult questions — from ancient burials and mysterious deaths to violence, sacrifice, warfare, ritual and the treatment of the dead.

Inside, you'll encounter some of archaeology's most fascinating and unsettling discoveries, but we'll go beyond the sensational headlines.

What was actually found? What does the evidence tell us? What do archaeologists think happened? And where does the evidence stop and interpretation begin?

Because the darkest archaeological discoveries can tell us some of the most revealing things about how ancient societies understood power, death, religion, status and what it meant to be human.