Lost Cities Revealed with Albert Lin
Episodes
Season 01
06. Miracle in the Desert
Explorer Albert Lin tackles the deserts and mountains of Oman, searching for the legendary lost land of Magan, a forgotten Arabian civilization, whose precious exports supercharged the most powerful empires, of the Bronze Age. Albert abseils into vast desert chasms, discovers remote clifftop tombs, and uses cutting-edge technology to unravel the mystery of this extraordinary lost world.
Air Date: 12/21/2023
05. Rise of the Canaanites
Explorer Albert Lin searches Israel for the lost city of the Canaanites, a mysterious civilisation who survived a biblical era, climate apocalypse. The expedition takes him scuba diving for 4000-year-old shipwreck treasure and through a terrifying incident on a crumbling cliff face. Using extraordinary tech, Albert reveals a spectacular maritime world, built by these ancient climate survivors.
Air Date: 12/14/2023
04. The Barbarian Kingdom
First century AD and the Romans dominate much of the known world. But their plans to conquer Scotland are foiled by a band of barbarian insurgents called the Picts. Explorer, Albert Lin scales sea cliffs, explores caverns, swims rapids and uses high-tech scanners to discover a lost kingdom that may answer how the mysterious Picts were behind one of the greatest military upsets of their time.
Air Date: 12/07/2023
03. The Cloud Warriors
Explorer Albert Lin searches the Peruvian Andes for the lost Chachapoya kingdom, a forgotten civilization in the clouds, that ruled for nearly 1000 years before the conquering Inca. Alberts expedition will take him from raging rapids to the dense cloud-forests of the Andes, using his extraordinary tech to reveal the lost world of the Cloud Warriors.
Air Date: 11/30/2023
02. The Warrior Kings
In the remote deserts of Sudan Albert Lin goes in search of the lost capital city of the Kingdom of Kush, whose rulers once conquered and ruled the ancient Egyptian Empire. Armed with scanning technology never used for archaeology in Sudan before Alberts expedition takes him to a flooded tomb beneath a 2500 year old pyramid and a sacred mountain believed to be the birthplace of the gods.
Air Date: 11/23/2023
01. Cradle of the Maya
Albert Lin is on a quest to discover an ancient lost city of the Maya - once home to the people that built the great pyramid city of Palenque. Equipped with the latest scanning technology, he must hack his way through ancient untouched jungle, swim to the bottom of a dark cenote, and abseil into the heart of a giant mountain to uncover their unbelievable origin story.
Air Date: 09/04/2023
Season 01
06. Inca Island in the Sky
National Geographic Explorer Albert Lin travels to the mountains of Peru to discover the origins of its most famous site, Machu Picchu. Using LiDAR technology, he finds proof of the people who came before the Inca and treks into the mountains to find their homes and ceremonial sites. Lin reveals that the Inca city may have been inspired by another, even older civilization.
Air Date: 11/18/2019
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05. Petra's Hidden Origins
National Geographic Explorer Albert Lin travels to Petra, Jordan, to discover the origins of the famous city. He finds out that it was built by the Nabataeans, a mysterious civilization that learned how to survive in the desert. He tracks down evidence of their cities and temples, and reveals that the ancient city of Petra was part of a much bigger network than he ever imagined.
Air Date: 11/11/2019
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04. Stonehenge
For thousands of years before Stonehenge was built, its land was inhabited by a mysterious, ancient people. Albert Lin goes on an epic adventure across England and Scandinavia to discover their secrets while a team of archaeologists uncovers a unique stone structure that just might have been the reason Stonehenge was built.
Air Date: 11/04/2019
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03. El Dorado City of Gold
National Geographic Explorer and scientist Albert Lin travels to Colombia to learn the truth behind the legends of El Dorado. While exploring the lost city of Ciudad Perdida, Lin discovers that fact is far more exciting than fiction — and discovers not just a city but an entire civilization. Now, for the first time, Lin reveals the extent of this civilization and its “cities in the clouds.”
Air Date: 10/28/2019
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02. Ghost City of the Pacific
National Geographic Explorer and scientist Albert Lin travels to Micronesia, in the heart of the Pacific Ocean, to uncover the ancient island city of Nan Madol. Exploring the tombs, temples and ritual sites, all built on man-made islands now shrouded by centuries of jungle growth, Lin discovers not just a city but an entire ocean continent spanning thousands of miles.
Air Date: 10/21/2019
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01. Fortress of the Knights Templar
Albert Lin travels to Israel in search of the lost fortunes of the mysterious Knights Templar — warrior monks who ruled the Holy Land through blood, God and gold. Using cutting-edge technology, Lin investigates the hidden Crusader city and the secret tunnels that lie beneath it to discover their lost world, their gold and the secrets that made them so ruthlessly successful.
Air Date: 10/20/2019
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