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Archaeology: A Secret History

This broadcast is scheduled on BBC Four on Tuesday 1 September 2026, 02:50, ending at 03:50.

When is this airing on?

Archaeology: A Secret History starts at 02:50 on BBC Four on Tue 1 Sep 2026.

ChannelBBC Four

StartsTue 1 Sep 2026, 02:50

EndsTue 1 Sep 2026, 03:50

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Richard Miles shows how 18th- and 19th-century discoveries overturned ideas of when and where civilisation began as empires competed to own the past.