社会科学类纪录片，National Geographic 频道 2007 年出品，是 NG Tales of the Living Dead 系列之一。
NG_Tales_of_the_Living_Dead_Cover.jpg
暂无
This series of archaeological mysteries explores ancient murders using forensic science to try to solve the crime. The films are fast-paced with subtle reconstruction used to illustrate the stories. Graphics flesh out what the victim looked like and how they might have died which builds a picture of the environment in which the victim met their end.
一个阴郁的秋天，在英国一处荒凉孤寂的角落，此处可能是一宗可怕事件的现场。在这里，有个女人曾经历一场残酷可怕的死亡。为什么？她是谁？她是遭 受惩罚吗？她做了什么？她是被人谋杀的吗？她的遗骸在两千五百年后被人发现时，考古学者不禁问发生了什么？这是一项独特的发现，有疑点的并不是她的尸体， 而是她的埋葬方式等一切。
1835年丹麦，一名泥煤工发现一样骇人的东西，他们在一处沼泽内发现一具石化女尸，被木桩钉在水底。她是遭人谋杀？是人质？还是罪犯？沼泽内的尸休是什么？我们不知道她是先被钉死还是在水底溺死，但有证据证明她是被勒死的。
北智利荒凉偏远的太平洋沿岸藏有一个古老谜团，超越死亡的秘密。五千年前有名青年于此去世，人们将其脑部与肉体取出，并塞入天然的材料，把他包裹 好后才下葬。此人是谁？他如何去世？他的尸体为何被制成木乃伊？这是奇车洛部落的传统，历史可回溯至七千年前，比埃及人还早两千年。对一名现代考古学家来 说，古代死亡之谜就跟侦探故事一样有趣，许多疑问冒了出来，此人为何死去？是天外飞来横祸还是疾病？或者发生了更可怕的事？
Beyond the beautiful Mexican scenery lie the clues to the horrific killings that occurred during the Aztec rule over 700 years ago. The deformed skull of a child was found near an Aztec temple at Mixquic, a suburb of Mexico City. Who was he? How did he die? Was he killed because of his deformity? Aztec specialist Dr Elizabeth Baquedano went to investigate.
这个神圣、朦胧的地方曾是一宗离奇命案的现场，那是一道中古世纪的谜团。七百年前，有个人被埋在一处深坑里，躺在土壤和一块巨石之间，这是意外？ 谋杀？还是一件阴差阳错的悲剧？躺在巨石底下的这个人是谁？他是从事什么工作？他是怎么死的？我们现在重新调查这宗中古世纪的命案。
An underground cave at Taung in the northern Cape, anatomist, Dr Raymond Dart, discovered the skull of a very young child. But this was no ordinary child as the skull is one of the earliest ever finds of the ‘hominid’ species. It dates back two and a half million years and the child’s skull represents an important missing link. But how did he live and how did he die?
它有四千三百年未受人打扰，躺在在墓中的八个人是谁？有金银财宝陪葬，这是一座王家陵墓吗？或者他们是遭人谋杀，还是献祭的人牲？一名年轻女子和一个婴孩，另一名年轻女子和一个婴孩，这种对称性很明显，国王可能会以杀害对手来彰显他的胜利。
格陵兰这片荒凉美丽的大陆藏着一个骇人秘密，八具保存完好的木乃伊在一处偏远地被发现。来自于五百年前伊努伊特人的图勒族文化，但为何只有妇幼和一名婴儿？他们是怎么死的？此葬仪的背后又有何故事？
被蔚蓝地中海所环绕的意大利，曾经是宏伟罗马帝国的心脏。比萨这座古老城市，有项发现令考古学家困惑。这地方挖掘到16艘载有货物的古老船只，还 有一个人与一条狗的骨骸。那个人的脚已经砍断，他的手臂奋力伸向他的狗，这名死者是谁？他和他的狗又是怎么死的？是什么样的灾祸导致他们葬身大海？这项发 现对古代史和考古学都相当重要。
80年代初期，在法国北方某村落外，考古学家于例行挖掘中发现一壮观又惊人的场面——数千具人骨。专家深信那是克尔特战士骨骸，他们捐驱沙场，与 其武器一同依礼入土。但最令人震惊的是这些人都没有头颅，这显然是集体斩首。这不仅只是野蛮行为或战后留下的尸首，此事必有蹊跷。此墓地一定是某大族群长 久以来的精神象征。
一座位于荷兰偏远地区的小博物馆拥有一个令人胆寒的谜，那里收藏了几块头骨碎片，还有一只完整的断掌。手上的肉、皮肤和骨头都完好如初，手指则紧抓着一团 泥土。这些遗骸是在一片荒凉沼泽内发现，远离人烟。泥煤水将这只手保存完好。和这些遗骸一起被发现的还有一个青铜锅和几件衣物。这里发生什么事致命意外？ 献祭？或许是巫术？这些人是什么人？他们是意外死亡或惨遭杀害？人们防止灵魂返回尘世的方法之一就是砍下尸体的手和脚，最令人好奇的是这只手在死前紧抓住 一丝希望。
It looks just like any other modern housing estate in Holland but Wassenaar hides a secret, horrific past. Physical anthropologist Dr Liesbeth Smits is trying to explain a mysterious excavation she took part in. A grave dating from the early/middle Bronze Age was excavated containing the skeletons of twelve individuals: six men, two women and four children. One of the children had been decapitated, a woman was buried face down with her face in her hand (as if to cover up a terrible injury) and a male victim had a flint arrowhead buried between his ribs. Had they died in battle or was their death due to something far more sinister? Could these people be the victims of mass murder?
