Episode 1 -
Ark of the Co
venant The h
unt for the tru
th about the m
ost famous los
t treasure of
them all.
Did the Ark of
the Cove
nant really exi
st? What it
did loo
k like? Wh
at was the pow
er that
it was said to
hold?
And what happ
ened to
it? Where
is it now? Epi
sode 2 - Bust o
f Nefertiti
The extrao
rdinary s
tory be
hind one of th
e most f
amous images f
rom the anc
ient world.
Who wa
s Queen Nef
ertiti? Who
made the blue-
crowned
bust wh
ich turn
ed her i
nto a modern ic
on? Could
the Nefe
rtiti bust be
a fake? Episod
e 3 - Great Pyr
amid Armed wi
th a fou
r and a half t
housand y
ear old di
ary, and a r
adical
new app
roach. Enginee
r Peter Ja
mes and lead
ing archaeolo
gist Mark
Lehner set out
to solve Ancie
nt Egypt’s
greates
t mystery.
How was the
Great Py
ramid built
? Episod
e 4 - Easter
Island Hea
ds Unlockin
g the m
ysteries of th
e most recogni
zable statues
on earth
. How wer
e the thousa
nd giant ston
e heads of
Easter Isl
and made
, and
why? Wh
y did the
Islande
rs toppl
e all of them
, except on
e? Episode
5 - Blac
kbeard&#3
9;s Ship Off
the coast of
North Car
olina, nautic
al arch
aeologists, hi
storians and
scienti
sts study the
artifacts of
a 300 y
ear old shipwre
ck. Positively
identified as
Blackbeard’s
flagship
, our inv
estigators set
about
to uncover what
the ship’s
remains can
tell us about
history
’s most no
torious p
irate. E
pisode 6 - Spe
ar of Destiny
In a search th
at spans
four coun
tries and 20
centuries,
we investig
ate the legen
d of the Spea
r of Destiny
. First me
ntioned i
n the New
Testament, t
he spea
r is sa
id to have pier
ced the
side of Je
sus. Believed
to hav
e special po
wers, ki
ngs and
conquerors fr
om Char
lemagne to Hi
tler tried to
possess it.　　E
pisode 1
- Ark of the
Covenant　　T
he hunt
for the
truth abou
t the most fa
mous lost tr
easure of t
he