Season 3
20 episodes · premiered Jan 22, 2007
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E1 Atlantis: New Revelations
This week Josh searches the Mediterranean in search of Atlantis
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E2 Lost Empire of Genghis Khaan
This week Josh travels to Mongolia in search of the empire of the Khans.
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E3 King Tut: Secrets Revealed
This week Josh travels again to Egypt, this time in search of what really happened to King Tut.
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E4 New Maya Revelations
This week Josh travels to Guatemala in search of the Maya.
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E5 Ramesses II: Visions of Greatness
Was Ramesses II Egypt's Greatest Pharaoh? He built soaring statues, grand temples, and monuments to himself throughout Egypt. He even declared himself a living god. What forces drove him to be the greatest pharaoh?
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E6 Machu Picchu: Lost City of the Inca
In 1911, Hiram Bingham, famed American explorer, stumbled across a remote Inca city atop a high peak in the Andes. The site was called Machu Picchu--perhaps the most famous ruin in the world. Was it, like Bingham believed, a military fortress or did this glorious ruin have a secret purpose?
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E7 Secrets of the Mummies
For over 3,000 years, ancient Egyptians preserved their dead in the desert sands. Today the secrets of the Egyptian afterlife are being revealed! Join host Josh Bernstein as he enters a realm of temples, tombs, and mummies. How did the Egyptians prepare the dead for the afterlife and why did these sacred practices disappear?
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E8 Lost Treasures of Petra
The "red-rose" city of Petra stands as one of the most glorious and mysterious archaeological sites on earth. Created over 2,500 years ago, the ornate Petra cityscape was literally carved into the rose-colored walls of Jordan's Shara Mountains. The builders of Petra, the Nabataeans, were thought to be some of the wealthiest people ever to inhabit the Middle East, but they, along with their riches, simply vanished. What was Petra and could the Arabian site be still hiding precious treasure?
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E9 Stonehenge of the Americas
In the Bolivian Andes, a sprawling ancient city rests 13,000 feet above sea level. With its giant, freestanding monoliths and grand design, Tiwanaku has long been compared to Stonehenge. The two sites were built on opposite sides of the globe, but they both share a design that pays tribute to the sun.
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E10 Search for King David
A quest for the historical King David. A basalt slab inscribed with David's name is examined;the famous battle between David and Goliath is recreated;also Jerusalem is visited.
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E11 Lost Teasures of the Copper Scroll
In the depths of an Israeli cave, archaeologists found rolls of dusty manuscripts dating to the 1st century AD, and they are inscribed on a copper scroll! Scholars believe the copper scrolls represent a detailed treasure map--a list of hiding places where the priests of Jerusalem's Second Temple stored their most precious silver and gold artifacts during times of trouble.
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E12 The Aztecs: Of Blood and Sacrifice
The Aztecs were the largest civilization to ever rule Mesoamerica. Archaeology and modern science are now shedding new light on the blood rituals they practiced.
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E13 Episode 13
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E14 Episode 14
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E15 Episode 15
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E16 Episode 16
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E17 Episode 17
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E18 Episode 18
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E19 Episode 19
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E20 Episode 20