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'DISCOVERED BY DISASTER' - lightning strikes above an Inca pyramid

Discovered By Disaster

Starts Monday, 2nd June at 10pm

Throughout history, extreme weather events and catastrophic disasters – both natural and human made – have scarred and reshaped the earth’s surface. These events can wreak terrible destruction, but they can also uncover incredible things. From hurricanes revealing medieval skeletons, Mayan hieroglyphics and shipwrecks to droughts uncovering ancient lost cities, cryptic stone monuments and human remains, Discovered by Disaster examines mysterious curiosities that were once hidden from human eyes, only to be exposed by a calamitous incident.