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Surprises up their sleeve. turkeys aegean coast. its where youll find some of historys big hitters — ancient and evocative ruined settlements like pergamon and troy, and also here, the greek city of ephesus, which has been beautifully restored. here it is. the library of celsus. it was the third—largest in the ancient world and the reading room had over 15,000 documents in it. it might look beautiful now, but until the 19705 it was just a pile of rubble. looking pretty good, right? were hard...

Is truly remarkable. in the heart of the town, among the modern houses and office buildings, workers made a startling find as they cleared a hillside for redevelopment — the largest underground city of its kind. experts estimate the caves could extend over 450,000 square metres. wow! look at all of this! ifind it quite hard to believe that there were people living on top of here and all of this was actually hidden, and so they had no idea that this was here? no. that is insane! what is all of ...

Well be back with mike later in the programme when he heads to a dive site with a difference. i havent seen anything like that before. that was beautiful! plus, henry travels to central anatolia to look explore a hidden underground city that lay undiscovered for centuries until construction workers stumbled on it purely by accident. wow! now partly because of its location, turkey has a fascinating history stretching back thousands of years. at the crossroads of europe and asia, it has seen a lon...

The artifacts from another time when this was ground zero for one of the most infamous crimes in history. the hideout of a living personification of evil. >> you got it stuck in your brain that i murdered somebody. >> charles manson. one hot, dry weekend in los angeles, august 1969, a pregnant movie star slaughtered, along with four others in her home, across town a couple butchered in theirs. >> these were brutal crime scenes. things that the police had never seen before. >> reporter: murder so...

Are under no obligation to reveal the provenance of the coins they sell. in fact, data protection laws can prevent them from sharing this information. our investigation has uncovered where only some of the recently auctioned coins came from. we may never know where the gaza hoard ended up. what we do know is that gaza has lost a part of its history. today, on top of this site

Today, on top of this site, is a part of the vast al—shati refugee camp. what lay beneath has been forgotten by most.

Today, on top of this aside, is a past of the vast eljennati refugee camp. what lay beneath has been forgotten camp. what lay beneath has been fo rg otte n by camp. what lay beneath has been forgotten by most.

Of coins and so understand what they tell us about the ancient world. despite calls for new regulations to be introduced, auction houses and consignors are under no obligation to reveal the provenance of the coins they sell. in fact, data protection laws can prevent them from sharing this information. our investigation has uncovered where only some of the recently auctioned queens came from. we may never know where the gaza horde ended up. what we do know is that gaza has lost a pa rt we do know...

We took the view that thats barbaric, thats not civilized war. >> the world saw that the destruction of palmyra and other locations was an extreme act of barbarism. i think that was a heartening thing, that was a heartening thing to see now, how people have come forward to speak out against this. if we seek to live together and learn to work together. it will be in understanding of our shared humanity. >> which is part of the role that museums like yours play. daniel, thank you for being with us...

And was not really a true king of the jews. >> but whether or not this is actually king herods sarcophagus still divides opinion. >> its the logical place that he would have been buried, so i think all other things being equal, its probably the burial place of herod. >> i find it really hard to believe that this humble, poorly built mausoleum is in fact the mausoleum that herod the great, one of our greatest regal architects, would have built for himself. >> archaeologist benjamin arubas has not...