Cursed Treasures
Leading experts in their field try to unravel the mystery behind fascinating and doomed objects including Tutankhamun's tomb, the Terracotta Army, the Hope Diamond and the Amber Room.
Director: David Howard
Cursed Treasures — Episode 1
The onset of a violent storm in Staffordshire in England announced the discovery of the largest Anglo-Saxon hoard ever uncovered, but was the storm an omen of things to come?
Cursed Treasures — Episode 2
One of the greatest palaeontology discoveries ever is made in the Hell Creek Formation of South Dakota, but the find brought nothing but trouble and suspicion to those who uncovered…
Cursed Treasures — Episode 3
This episode's hunt for cursed treasure begins not with diamonds and gold, but with skin and bone unearthed in the dangerous wilds of Russia's arctic Yamal Peninsula...
Cursed Treasures — Episode 4
A discovery 20,000 years ago in Ice Age Spain ruins its finders' life; we also travel to Turin in Italy, which is home to one of one of the most…
Cursed Treasures — Episode 5
A room in Russia was described as the eighth wonder of the world, but it has left a trail of conspiracy and bloodshed since its mysterious disappearance during WWII.
Cursed Treasures — Episode 6
An Indian jewel at the time of the Mughal Empire is linked to centuries of greed and bloodshed, and a fatal road trip in 1950s Los Angeles extinguishes one of…
Cursed Treasures — Episode 7
Items stolen by tourists from the doomed Roman city of Pompeii have created misery and misfortune; meanwhile, a trove of precious artworks considered destroyed or lost forever is discovered in…
Cursed Treasures — Episode 9
Leading experts in their field try to unravel the mystery behind fascinating and doomed objects including Tutankhamun's tomb, the Terracotta Army, the Hope Diamond and the Amber Room.
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