8.0/1020 votesLoading...#1 - The Sutton Hoo Hoard
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 2/10/2020
Janina Ramirez explores the surprise discovery in a Suffolk garden of the Sutton Hoo Hoard – an incredible Anglo-Saxon ship-burial dating from the early 7th century AD and the final resting place of a supremely wealthy warrior-king. The ship’s ruined burial chamber was packed with treasures: Byzantine silverware, sumptuous gold jewellery, a lavish feasting set and, most famously, an ornate iron helmet.
Director: Luke McMahon
Writer: Janina Ramirez
7.9/1015 votesLoading...#2 - The Olmec Heads
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 2/24/2020
Janina Ramirez travels to Mexico, where, just before the outbreak of WWII, American husband-and-wife explorer team Matthew and Marion Stirling were lured into the jungle by the legend of a colossal stone head. They found the head – and a lot more than they bargained for – because it turned out to be the first clue in a trail that led to the discovery of a lost civilisation, now known as the Olmecs.
Director: Luke McMahon
Writer: Janina Ramirez
7.8/1022 votesLoading...#3 - The Minotaur's Palace
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 2/19/2021
Janina is in Crete on the trail of the millionaire who discovered the mythical palace of the Minotaur and the first western civilisation, but who is now mired in controversy.
Director: Steve O'Hagan
Writer: Janina Ramirez
7.7/1019 votesLoading...#4 - The Viking Ship
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 2/26/2021
Janina is in Scandinavia, investigating the lost 1000-year-old ship that transformed the fierce reputation of the Vikings – and became a symbol of a nation's fight for freedom.
Director: David Starkey
Writer: Janina Ramirez
7.7/1016 votesLoading...#5 - World's First City
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 3/5/2021
Janina heads to the vast Konya Plain of Turkey, tracking a young explorer who found the world's oldest city and rewrote the beginning of civilisation - until his reputation was destroyed by scandal.
Director: Russell England
Writer: Janina Ramirez
7.4/1015 votesLoading...#6 - The Lion Man
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 2/17/2020
The Lion Man takes Nina deep into the dark heart of Nazi Germany, where in a remote cave in late August 1939, archaeologist Robert Wetzel came across the 40,000-year-old artwork now known as the Lion Man. Just a week later, WWII broke out, the excavation came to halt and, in one of the great mysteries of archaeology, Wetzel never mentioned his incredible find again. As Janina discovers, the Lion Man represents a revolution in the human story. Half-man and half-animal, it is the first artwork created from the human imagination, revealing the very origins of human art, religion and culture.
Director: Ben Harding
Writer: Janina Ramirez
The Best Episodes of Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez
Every episode of Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez!
Janina Ramirez travels in the footsteps of some of the world's greatest explorer-archaeologists revealing how our understanding of the sites they excavated are still shaped...
Genre:Documentary
Network:BBC Two
Best Episodes Summary
"The Sutton Hoo Hoard" is the best rated episode of "Raiders of the Lost Past with Janina Ramirez". It scored 8/10 based on 20 votes. Directed by Luke McMahon and written by Janina Ramirez, it aired on 2/10/2020. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Olmec Heads".