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Digging for the Truth : Season 3
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Air date: 22 Jan '07 - 20 episodesDigging for the Truth was a History Channel television series. The first three seasons of the show focused on host Josh Bernstein, who journeyed on various explorations of historical icons and mysteries. Bernstein is the president and CEO of BOSS and has a degree in anthropology and psychology from Cornell University. The show airs every Monday night at 9:00 EST on the History Channel. The series premiered in January, 2005 and has since become the highest-rated series in the history of The History Channel, which was surprising given the previous show "Time Titans" from the production crew never made it past the pilot. The third season premiered on January 22, 2007, with a 2-hour special event on the quest for Atlantis. Bernstein announced on February 20, 2007, that he would be leaving The History Channel and Digging for the Truth, and would, as of April, join The Discovery Channel as an executive producer and host of a new prime-time series and specials. Hunter Ellis, host of Tactical to...
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List of Episodes (20)
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Digging for the Truth (2005)
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1. Atlantis: New Revelations
22 Jan '07This week Josh searches the Mediterranean in search of Atlantis
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2. Lost Empire of Genghis Khaan
29 Jan '07This week Josh travels to Mongolia in search of the empire of the Khans.
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3. King Tut: Secrets Revealed
05 Feb '07This week Josh travels again to Egypt, this time in search of what really happened to King Tut.
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4. New Maya Revelations
12 Feb '07This week Josh travels to Guatemala in search of the Maya.
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5. Ramesses II: Visions of Greatness
26 Feb '07Was 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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6. Machu Picchu: Lost City of the Inca
05 Mar '07In 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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7. Secrets of the Mummies
12 Mar '07For 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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8. Lost Treasures of Petra
19 Mar '07The "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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9. Stonehenge of the Americas
26 Mar '07In 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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10. Search for King David
02 Apr '07A 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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11. Lost Teasures of the Copper Scroll
09 Apr '07In 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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12. The Aztecs: Of Blood and Sacrifice
16 Apr '07The 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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13. Episode 13
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14. Episode 14
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15. Episode 15
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16. Episode 16
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17. Episode 17
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18. Episode 18
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19. Episode 19
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20. Episode 20
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