Digging For The Truth

The ancient Maya of Central America were the greatest pyramid builders of the ancient world. The Egyptians built fewer than a hundred pyramids; the Maya built thousands.

One of the Bible's most sacred treasures, the Ark of the Covenant, has tantalised adventurers for centuries. Can explorer Josh Bernstein discover its fate?

Josh Bernstein heads to the Alps in pursuit of the truth about our origins. What new clues can he glean from the 5,000-year-old corpse of the iceman?

Etched into the driest desert in the world, the mysterious lines and figures of Nasca in Southern Peru are invisible from the ground. In fact, these huge drawings were not discovered until the 1930s. Ever since, they have intrigued the world.

Explorer Josh Bernstein takes a fresh look at the world's greatest ancient mysteries, investigating and testing new theories using the latest technology.

A comprehensive look at the competing theories as to who built the pyramids and when. Does the great pyramid of Khufu hold the answers?

Intrepid host Josh Bernstein goes in search of the legendary lost City of Gold. From the peaks of the Andes to the depths of the Amazon, can he find the truth?

Queen Nefertiti was once the most beautiful and powerful woman in Egypt - renowned in the ancient world. But she vanished without a trace, lost to the sands of Egypt for more than three thousand years.

In 79 AD, the mighty volcano Vesuvius exploded in one of the most deadly eruptions of all time, burying the city of Pompeii and other Roman towns along the Bay of Naples beneath layers of ash and pumice.

Host Josh Bernstein searches for the long-lost land of Ophir, home of King Solomon's vast treasures. But can he succeed where so many before him have failed?

In the 13th century, Anasazi Indians moved their villages to the perilous cliffs of Mesa Verde and then disappeared. Host Josh Bernstein investigates the mystery.

Giant stone statues stand on the world's most remote island. Host Josh Bernstein travels to Easter Island to investigate who carved the famous relics.