Using cutting-edge CGI, archive footage and expert interviews, examine mysterious curiosities that have been uncovered by extreme weather and calamitous incidents.

Analyze fish remains found near an angry Sumatran volcano that could suggest a new human migration route; Visit a prehistoric village smoked out by a forest fire, a collapsed kingdom in Turkey and evidence of early Olympic sacrificial rituals.

Encounter kids' drawings on the walls in Pompeii that expose the city's violent gladiatorial past; check out a mythical sculpture unearthed by an Indian tsunami, a 12-century temple in quake-prone Mexico; a sunken ship in Utah's Great Salt Lake.

Visit Cambodia, where record droughts have left a trade hub exposed; examine a submerged funerary complex in Greece, ancient mammal footprints preserved by a Turkish volcanic eruption and North American fossils from the post-dinosaur era.

Dig into artifacts from a multicultural Jamaican port sunk by a devastating earthquake; get insights into every day Mesoamerican life next to a Salvadoran volcano; peek at a Minoan landmark; inspect a treasure trove of English relics.