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New discoveries made at a lost city and a tale of human sacrifice offer a new insight into the rise and fall of the ancient Maya.

Paleontologists uncover the Real Jurassic Americas.

Draining Hawaii reveals Japan’s secret weapons, from mini subs to fighter planes, with the wreck of USS Arizona serving as a reminder of the forces unleashed.

An expedition searches for the iconic wrecks of the Battle of the Pacific, including the ship that delivered the Hiroshima bomb, the USS Indianapolis.

How the mob gained power and wealth in 1920s America.

In the greatest amphibious invasion fleet ever assembled, 7,000 vessels and 250,000 men take the Nazis by surprise. By draining the ocean, we explain exactly how they did it.

The truth behind the legend of a pirate ship.

Spain’s attempted conquest of England fails when its armada is defeated. Draining the ocean reveals how the English stole technology to build an empire.

Remnants of colonization attempts, a revolutionary refugee ship and submerged subway cars reveal hurricanes' impacts on America's past and its future.

Where is Malaysian Airlines flight MH370? CGI reconstruction reveals the challenges of locating an aircraft that goes missing in the deep ocean.

The Nile was central to ancient Egypt. Draining its water reveals a lost wonder and the origins of the Egyptians’ obsession with the afterlife.

Over the past century, advances in technology have fueled a race to build gigantic ships. When things go wrong, they become awe-inspiring wrecks.

Treasure hunting has captured our imaginations for centuries. Draining the oceans reveals the richest wrecks ever found.

The dark secrets of U.S. nuclear tests at Bikini Atoll.

Draining the oceans reveals the story of the U-Boats as they took on the Royal Navy, sinking 12 million tons of ships and nearly winning the war.

In just 400 years New York has become a global powerhouse. By draining the ocean, revealing submerged shipwrecks and subterranean secrets, we explain how.

The hidden secrets of WWI's powerful weapons are revealed by draining the North Sea.

Maritime archaeologists and historians go in search of the crucial component in the Atlantic Slave Trade: the slave ship. An armoured, floating fortress operating for over four centuries, capturing and transporting over 12 million Africans, who were sold and forced to work in brutal conditions in the New World. By draining we reveal the cruel technology on-board, gain an insight into the horrific conditions and ID a wreck in Alabama that could be the last ever slave ship to bring Africans to American soil.

In 1942, Japan came to dominate the Pacific region. The secret as to how they did it lies waiting to be discovered.

Revealing the graveyard of a fleet.

A lost Egyptian city gives up its secrets after 2,000 years.

Drain the Oceans conducts the first accurate 3D survey of the Thai cave, revealing insight into the risky mission to save 12 boys from the flooded cave.

When the world’s two greatest superpowers vie for supremacy, they spur extraordinary advances in military technology.

Drowned shipwrecks and lost battlefields reveal secrets of America’s most famous siege and tell how Texas, against all odds, secured its independence.

Uncovered clues from a famous Montana battleground, a 19th-century steamboat and a frontier ghost town reveal surprising truths about the Wild West.

The discovery of a wreck in the Baltic Sea leads to a treasure hunt, but what they find is even more precious: the story of Germany’s Dunkirk.

Archaeologists and treasure hunters battle it out over half a billion dollars worth of gold and silver. Who will win the Battle for the Black Swan?

Exciting evidence emerges of civilizations lost under the waves. But are these ancient cities the long sought-after Atlantis or accidents of geology?

The mysterious sinking of Australia’s “Titanic”, a warship on a dangerous mission, and a ROV expedition searching for clues at the bottom of the reef.

Through digital re-creations, scientists uncover mysteries from the bottom of the ocean.

With real-time access to a US border security team, discover the extraordinary story of how Mexican cartels have smuggled cockiness into the US over the last 40 years.

Clues from a 13,000-year-old skeleton and a submerged coastline reveal surprising insights about the first humans to arrive in the Americas.

Combining over 100 years of data with military-grade scanning equipment, Drain the Oceans pulls the plug on the world’s most famous lake to reveal the monster within.

The secrets of the survival of the Roman empire are unearthed from beneath the waves of the Mediterranean and the soil of the Italian peninsula.