Series
Ancient Civilizations
Documentary
What hidden knowledge lies in our ancient past? A team of renowned scholars has come together to decipher the riddle of our origins and piece together our forgotten history found in monuments and texts across the world.
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Go beyond the surface-level myths to take a deeper look at our origin story. Journey from Eden and the Gnostic Garden to the Pyramids and the Tower of Babel.
1Searching for the Garden of Eden3 Oct 2017 · ★ 8.0In this inaugural episode of Ancient Civilizations, we explore the Garden of Eden with several scholars who have peered past the accepted tales to reveal a forgotten history of the birth of humanity.
2Gnostic Origins10 Oct 2017Who or what might be the creator of all things, has been a central tenet of every religious thought since the dawn of humanity. Just when many had thought it was all figured out, the discovery of the Gnostic texts in Nag Hammadi, Egypt changed what we knew about the ancient world and brought to light competing concepts of creation and control. Our exploration of ancient civilizations continues as we to illuminate the gnostic worldview, which offers a unique take on the creation of our universe by the goddess Sophia, the false reality which endures under the thumb of the demiurge, and the forces working to awaken the divine spark within all of humanity.
3Tree of Life17 Oct 2017The tree of life or Axis Mundi is a key concept found in many ancient belief systems. Primarily, it is the central axis upon which the entire world and universe is held aloft.
4Tower of Babel24 Oct 2017 · ★ 7.0Legends tells us that language once unified all of humanity, but a detrimental blunder led to this once-unifying force becoming a means of mass confusion. Beyond the biblical account, researchers found most modern languages do indeed stem from a singular matrix language.
5Lost Cities Beneath the Ocean31 Oct 2017 · ★ 7.0Arcane accounts from Egypt, Greece, Rome and Sumeria tell startling similar stories of the oceanic destruction of advanced civilizations which vanished into the world’s oceans and forgotten to the ravages of time.
6New Understandings of the Great Pyramid7 Nov 2017 · ★ 7.0Our scholars of ancient history present a new theory concerning the Great Pyramid of Giza that you may not be familiar with. The greatest secret may not be in its construction, but as a powerful device which enabled the rebirth of Osiris as Horus.
7Decoding the Great Sphinx14 Nov 2017 · ★ 7.0The great sphinx of Giza, the oldest known monument from the ancient Egyptian world, stands as a symbol of the arcane mysteries still waiting to be unearthed.
8Portals to the Universe21 Nov 2017 · ★ 7.0Our team of scholars explains that massive stone monuments, intricately placed in astronomical alignment, may have once opened portals to the universe, permitting entry for entities from other worlds and dimensions.
9Entrances to Inner Earth28 Nov 2017 · ★ 7.0s there an ancient code which points the way to inner earth civilizations like Agharta and Patala? Oral traditions from indigenous cultures, throughout the world, all point to ancient advanced civilizations thriving deep under the earth.
10Interstellar Links to Göbekli Tepe5 Dec 2017 · ★ 8.0Was Göbekli Tepe built as a sacred interstellar portal connecting the people of Earth with extraterrestrial civilizations?
Details
- First aired
- 3 Oct 2017
- Last aired
- 5 Dec 2025
- Status
- Returning Series
- Language
- English
- Network
- Gaia
- Episodes
- 64
- Votes
- 3 on TMDB
