Désastres et découvertes

Extreme weather is uncovering lost history worldwide: a storm on Sanday reveals the 18th-century whaler Earl of Chatham; drought in Spain exposes the Dolmen of Guadalperal; an earthquake in Myanmar uncovers a Konbaung-era site; and storms on Oʻahu reveal huge petroglyphs, sparking debate over their purpose.

Investigate an Aztec serpent carving that emerges after a Mexico City quake, then ponder the origins of a skeletal ship washed up by a typhoon in Vietnam. Ponder hunter-gatherer life in Louisiana and survey a fleet of sunken Nazi ships in the Danube.

Brush the sand off a priceless shipwreck on a Portuguese beach and examine a dugout canoe that surfaces in the wake of a Florida hurricane. Visit Dominica, where European and Indigenous artifacts coexist on the site of a long-forgotten settlement.

Scan a Bronze Age clay tablet that sheds new light on women entrepreneurs, then get insight into Celtic wealth under Roman rule in Spain. Check out petroglyphs in an ancient Brazilian trade hub and learn about burial practices in colonial Florida.

Dig up ancient Indigenous homes after a landslide hits British Columbia and explore a lost Puerto Rican ceremonial centre exposed by flooding. Visit an eerie burial site in the Bahamas, then marvel at a well-preserved Roman theatre in Croatia.

Tiptoeing across an ancient burial ground in Panama and discovering an Aboriginal time capsule after a bushfire rips across Australia; addressing urgent questions about disease and mass burials in Nova Scotia, then finding buried treasure.