Expedition: Black Sea Wrecks

Aired 2019-10-23

A journey to the depths of the Black Sea yields the greatest series of ancient shipwrecks ever discovered. An international team of scientists began a 3-year exploration of the Black Sea in search of evidence of the ancient empires that sailed their ships into unknown waters in pursuit of trade.

Aired 2019-10-30

The team continues to make astonishing discoveries on the floor of the Black Sea. A treasure trove of shipwrecks uniquely preserved that date back two and a half thousand years to the Greek and Roman empires, culminating in maritime archaeology’s greatest ever wreck discovery.