SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL™ EXCLUSIVE SPECIAL ON NEW DISCOVERIES
SURROUNDING WORLD’S MOST MYSTERIOUS ANCIENT RUINS

STONEHENGE EMPIRE

TWO-HOUR PROGRAM PREMIERES SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 AT 8PM ET/PT

 

Five-year Stonehenge Hidden Landscapes Project Reveals Lost Monuments,
Dramatic Picture of Stone Circle As Hub of Ancient Valley of the Kings

 

Stonehenge is one of the world’s most iconic monuments, yet despite centuries of intense scrutiny many of the biggest questions about its inspiration, origins and evolution remain unanswered. Now, STONEHENGE EMPIRE, a new two-hour Smithsonian Channel special premiering Sunday, September 21 at 8 p.m. ET/PT, exclusively reveals the results of a five-year project that utilized revolutionary new technology to map the whole area around the site and reveal what lies beneath the surface.  Drawing on this new data, alongside state-of-the art CGI and dramatic reconstructions, STONEHENGE EMPIRE provides the most complete picture ever of Stonehenge and the prehistoric culture that flourished around it.