
Viasat Nature
For centuries, legends of lost continents and civilizations have fascinated philosophers, astronomers, and explorers. From Aristotle and Ptolemy to Magellan and Cook — all believed in the existence of a mysterious southern land known as "Terra Incognita." While science often dismisses these myths, on Rapa Nui (Easter Island), there is still a strong belief that the ancestors of the local people came from a sunken continent called Hiva. Modern archaeological, geological, and genetic research increasingly points to the Marquesas Islands as a possible center of an ancient, highly developed civilization that existed long before the discovery of the Americas. This show unveils a fascinating world — stone cities vanishing into jungles, mysterious rituals, cannibals, seafarers who conquered the Pacific, and the truth hidden behind the myth of the lost continent.

