The WORST episodes of Ancient Apocalypse (2022)

Every episode of Ancient Apocalypse (2022) ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Ancient Apocalypse (2022)!

Journalist Graham Hancock travels the globe hunting for evidence of mysterious, lost civilizations dating back to the last Ice Age.

Last Updated: 1/20/2026Network: NetflixStatus: Ended

7.07

121 votes

#1 - Chapter I

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/16/2024

From ancient footprints to mysterious earthworks, Graham continues his journey into the past alongside experts and curious minds, including Keanu Reeves.

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7.21

91 votes

#2 - Chapter V

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/16/2024

Although thousands of miles apart, Graham considers the possible link between the shamanistic use of ayahuasca in the Amazon and tobacco in New Mexico.

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7.22

230 votes

#3 - Survivor in a Time of Chaos

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/11/2022

In Cholula, Mexico's oldest continuously-inhabited city, Graham inspects the world's largest pyramid for signs of a forgotten past.

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7.31

169 votes

#4 - America's Lost Civilization

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/11/2022

Graham visits ancient mounds in North America and wonders if they contain astronomical significance — or even warnings of an apocalyptic climate event.

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7.32

108 votes

#5 - Chapter II

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/16/2024

Graham searches for answers to the questions behind ancient works of art, including 25,000-year-old Amazonian paintings and the megaliths of Rapa Nui.

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7.34

297 votes

#6 - Once There Was a Flood

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/11/2022

Graham visits Gunung Padang, an Indonesian archeological site, to find proof of a lost civilization — and the potential cataclysm that wiped it out.

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7.35

104 votes

#7 - Chapter III

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/16/2024

Accompanied by local experts, Graham compares ancient oral traditions and learns Sacsayhuamán in Peru may be older than archaeologists ever imagined.

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7.35

85 votes

#8 - Chapter VI

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/16/2024

At Mexico's Temple of the Sun, Graham experiences the extent of the Mayans' astronomical expertise and investigates their complex calendar system.

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7.35

99 votes

#9 - Chapter IV

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/16/2024

Graham learns of a stone-shaping technique now lost to history, and explores how ancient Amazonians managed to thrive in an inhospitable rainforest.

7.43

207 votes

#10 - Sirius Rising

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/11/2022

Graham discovers a fascinating pattern that may connect the spectacular megalithic temples of Malta, which he believes to be much older than reported.

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7.46

190 votes

#11 - Ghosts of a Drowned World

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/11/2022

Few scholars have investigated the Bimini rock formation off the coast of Miami, once fabled to be the road to Atlantis — but Graham dives right in.

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7.46

168 votes

#12 - A Fatal Winter

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/11/2022

Graham returns to Turkey to explore Derinkuyu, an ancient underground city and survival bunker that could shelter thousands in times of crisis.

7.47

174 votes

#13 - Cataclysm and Rebirth

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/11/2022

In the ancient geological sites of North America, Graham envisions an apocalyptic event that may have changed the Earth — and its inhabitants — forever.

7.56

176 votes

#14 - Legacy of the Sages

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/11/2022

At Göbekli Tepe, the oldest known megalith in the world, Graham questions if simple hunter-gatherers alone could have built such an advanced structure.