Recovered from a Roman shipwreck in 1901, a corroded lump of bronze gears sat in a museum drawer for decades. Then, X-rays revealed an astonishing secret: an intricate, hand-crafted machine for predicting celestial events, built over 2,000 years ago.

Who created this device of such genius that its complexity wouldn't be matched for a millennium? We delve into the cutting-edge imaging that decoded its functions, exploring how ancient Greek minds conceived of a mechanical cosmos and what its existence says about lost scientific knowledge.

Hosted by Ibnul Jaif Farabi, produced by Light Knot Studios.

When two hikers stumbled upon a body in the Italian Alps in 1991, they found a 5,300-year-old crime scene. Ötzi the Iceman was not peacefully resting; he was shot in the back with an arrow. But who wanted him dead, and why was a Neolithic man so far above the treeline?

This episode forensically reconstructs Ötzi's last, desperate days. We'll examine the contents of his stomach, the strange tattoos on his skin, and the precious copper axe he carried, piecing together a story of flight, conflict, and a murder that echoes across five millennia.

Hosted by Ibnul Jaif Farabi, produced by Light Knot Studios.

For centuries, the legend of Ubar persisted—a fabulously wealthy city of pillars and towers, swallowed whole by the desert as punishment for its wickedness. Was it merely a moral fable from the Quran and 'One Thousand and One Nights,' or did a real trading metropolis vanish beneath the Rub' al Khali's dunes?

Join us as we follow the trail of ancient frankincense routes and Bedouin tales that led a team of archaeologists and a NASA space shuttle to one of the 20th century's most stunning discoveries. We'll walk the excavated streets and explore how myth, history, and satellite technology collided.

Hosted by Ibnul Jaif Farabi, produced by Light Knot Studios (https://www.lightknotstudios.com/).