The BEST episodes of Secrets of the Dead season 21

Every episode of Secrets of the Dead season 21, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Secrets of the Dead season 21!

Sometimes the truth gets carried to the grave. The techniques of modern forensic science are used to investigate a historical mystery to find proof of what really happened.

Last Updated: 12/19/2024Network: PBSStatus: Continuing
Eiffel's Race to the Top
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7.80
10 votes

#1 - Eiffel's Race to the Top

Season 21 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/25/2023

Find out about the race to build Paris’ most famous landmark when two men vied to be the first to build a monument 1,000 feet tall. See how one man’s vision transformed the Paris skyline, making the Eiffel Tower a global icon. Dramatic recreations, official renderings and personal correspondence tell the story.

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Mozart's Sister
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7.67
3 votes

#2 - Mozart's Sister

Season 21 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/9/2024

Maria Anna Mozart was a musical prodigy just like her younger brother Wolfgang. Although the children toured Europe together, once Maria Anna came of age, she was left behind while her brother became a star. But controversial new evidence suggests she may have contributed to her brother’s earliest works while a global search for her compositions continues.

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7.50
4 votes

#3 - The Herculaneum Scrolls

Season 21 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/16/2024

Making headlines around the world, Brent Seales and his team of computer scientists set out on a mission to read the 2,000-year-old carbonized scrolls found in the remains of a villa in Herculaneum. Mt. Vesuvius’s eruption in 79 AD transformed the papyri, fusing together the layers of the scrolls and making them impossible to read. Can particle physics and AI finally reveal what the scrolls say?

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The Princes in the Tower
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7.30
10 votes

#4 - The Princes in the Tower

Season 21 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/22/2023

Find out if one of history’s greatest cold cases—the imprisonment of two princes in the Tower of London—can finally be solved. Their disappearance led to centuries of mystery and speculation. Were the boys murdered by their uncle, the notorious King Richard III? Or was it a massive conspiracy to hide the truth?

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Death in Britannia
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7.27
11 votes

#5 - Death in Britannia

Season 21 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/1/2023

Uncover what happens when archaeologists study a skeleton found with an iron nail through its heel bone, suggesting the person was the victim of crucifixion in Roman-occupied Britain. Only one other skeleton with evidence of crucifixion has ever been found in the world. Who was he? What was life in Roman Britain like? And why did he receive such a gruesome punishment?

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Returning to Babylon
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7.25
4 votes

#6 - Returning to Babylon

Season 21 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/2/2024

A moving story of a people reclaiming their cultural heritage after an occupying force tried to erase it. Priceless artifacts from the Assyrian Empire were destroyed during the Isis occupation of Mosul. Now, a team of archaeologists is dedicated to finding pieces that survived. One possible discovery: the location of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon.

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