Grimerlana Plenty to Like, Plenty to Dislike

ThrillMessage There are better movies of two hours length. I loved the actress'performance.

Senteur As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.

Cristal The movie really just wants to entertain people.

aidan-quinn Avoid this show if you are looking for interesting Historical facts, scientifically tested theory or anything of more substance than children's stories. I would recommend this show if you plan to watch ironically. It seems like somebody watched Jersey Shore and thought 'I could do a history show with this level of substance'It follows in the illustrious vein of shows such as Ancient Aliens or the 'in search of' series. The show is full of self validating speculation and total disregard for the opinions of people who have qualifications the host blatantly does not. One Episode involves some 'Ogham' writing found etched into rock in America, which leads him to Dublin to talk to someone who's studied Ogham extensively. He is physically shown what Ogham looks like, he is told by the expert that the scratches he found would not make sense as Ogham at all and yet for the entire episode continues to refer to the etchings as genuine Ogham created by Irish explorers. If I hear him say 'Archaeo-Astrology' one more time I think my brain will bleed.

hempseeder I question everything, even the official dogma but I also believe in science and logic. History Channel has been doing a lot of the former with little of the later and this show is no exception. I've only watched the first episode but that was more than enough because it's an area I have some decent knowledge in. There is more cinematic trickery and questions with little evidence and a geologist is heading the search without an understanding of history or archaeology and only asks one archaeologist questions. There is much misinformation. The biggest ones being the main three premises that the government is trying to cover up Mayans being in what is now the United States. First of all there is evidence of trade to parts in the US. It probably wasn't direct but maybe a few wanderers and explorers did some minor trade directly but we know that they Mayans traded heavily with people that traded with people more north of them and them with people north of them, etc (the one archaeologist he talked to could of cleared this up more or might and they cut it). Secondly, the Mayans never died out or disappeared. This is huge! Anyone who gets this basic fact wrong is not to be trusted about anything Mayan. It's also completely disrespectful to those Mayans still alive today. They are persecuted people in some of the areas they live in. A decent amount of their culture and language still survive. It's a big reason we've been able to piece together as much as we have of what we've found in the ruins of their great civilization. Which collapsed but did not disappear. Now some might of wandered off either in the days of overpopulation and in fighting of all the plethora of royals leading up to the collapse or as it was collapsing to get away. How far did they get we don't know. Would you like to know well then contact your representative and tell them we need to direct more money to archaeology in America. Or get your rich friends to contribute. The third issue is the government keeping the place top secret. Anyone can go up there but you can't study it without permits and permissions. This kind of protection is standard and there for good reasons to protect the site for systematic study and to honor any native claims to the area. There is a science to archaeology and it does need to be done right. I want to give people with no archaeological experience a litmus test for anything involved in it: the only way there is a chance of conspiracy is if a team of archaeologists try to go in and then they are prevented for any other reason than a current tribe not giving permission or their findings are marginalized by a good chunk of the established academia. Could a team of an architect and a geologist figured some things out? Definitely, but I saw little actual science and minimal logic even in their fields and they worked from erroneous information. They didn't even bother to understand Archeoastronomy or the Mayans for that matter. Even if they hadn't done this their findings could of only been solidified by actual study of the site because that's what archaeology is, hands on study using the scientific method.

grnlifesvr I am a scientist with nearly 50 years of research on many of the subjects covered in this show. I have seen most of the episodes, but not all. I have read all the reviews here as of Feb. 2015. From what I can tell I have done far more work on much of the subject matter than all the other reviewers here put together. Though, I must say many of the reviewers who talk as if they know all about the subject matter don't indicate having done any of their own research whatsoever, so it's difficult to say for sure.I would urge anyone interested to keep an open mind while watching this show. The host presents his opinions and explains why he has them. That is all. He examines items that would help prove some of his opinions to be correct and declares them to be unrelated or even a hoax if his examination and research indicate such. I have done extensive checking on much of the science he presents, and have found it to be sound. That doesn't mean I come to the same conclusion on all of it, just that the science is sound as best I can tell within the parameters of a TV show.I find most of the criticisms in the reviews here to be on much shakier factual and scientific ground than most of the information in the show. I find it concerning when people exhibit the level of emotion that those here criticizing the show. The amount of "scientific facts" that were once accepted by scientists that are now known to be incorrect is staggering, just as the number of current known scientific facts that were once vigorously attacked by many scientists. If you are open minded and willing to do a bit of research yourself, I believe you will most likely enjoy this show as I have.

nazarbayevkz I gave this show 1 out of 10 simply because 0 wasn't an option. False looks of surprise, over dramatised music covering periods of inactivity with dodgy supposition masquerading as facts created by shady experts.Having lived in the area of Kinver Edge and south east Shropshire where these type of caves abound I have done some investigations of the area myself. I know nothing of Peter Hurech but I do know that he didn't have anything at all to do with the building that is now the The Whittington Pub. or the building. It wasn't built until the 1300's long after the show alleged Hurech was buried in Arizona.I expect better than this from the History channel or perhaps it would be better renamed the Hysteria Channel!I can however recommend the food served at The Whittington, if that is allowed on here.