Dan Snow's Greatest DiscoveriesSeason 1, Episode 3 - Pompeii

In the shadow of the mighty volcano Vesuvius lies the greatest archaeological time capsule ever discovered, an entire city and its people frozen in time - Pompeii. Dan Snow travels to Italy in search of Pompeii's gripping story of rediscovery, as treasure hunters and archaeologists battled for centuries to uncover (and sometimes plunder) the lost city. He retraces the amazing first finds, hidden deep beneath the rock-hard volcanic debris, where miners burrowed 25 metres down to a forgotten theatre that was once filled with Roman audiences, and he enters the spectacular gladiatorial arena whose discovery opened the floodgates to the excavation of Pompeii - revealing a fascinating lost world of life and death in ancient Rome.

Dan Snow's Greatest Discoveries was broadcast on SBS ONE at Wednesday 18 September 2024, 11:25.