Digging for the Truth
Digging for the Truth

Digging for the Truth

2005 4 Seasons 54 Episodes ⭐ 8.1 Documentary Mystery

Digging 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 Practical and Man, Moment, Machine for The History Channel, then replaced Josh Bernstein as host.

Digging 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 Practical and Man, Moment, Machine for The History Channel, then replaced Josh Bernstein as host.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Who Built Egypt's Pyramids?

The great Egyptian Pyramids of Giza have inspired awe and wonder and, quite likely, fierce speculation from the moment t

EP 2

Nefertiti: The Mummy Returns

Queen Nefertiti was once the most beautiful and powerful woman in Egypt, renowned throughout the ancient world. But she

EP 3

Pompeii Secrets Revealed

In 79 AD, the volcano Vesuvius exploded in one of history's deadliest eruptions, burying the city of Pompeii and other R

EP 4

Hunt for the Lost Ark

For centuries, adventurers, and archeologists--the devout and determined, and even Indiana Jones--have all searched for

EP 5

The Holy Grail

For all its fame, the Holy Grail remains shrouded in mystery. What exactly was it? Could it have survived to this day? W

EP 6

The Iceman Cometh

In 1991, a pair of vacationing German hikers stumbled onto one of the most remarkable finds in the history of archaeolog

EP 7

Quest for King Solomon's Gold

Of all the rulers mentioned in the Bible, King Solomon was purportedly the wisest...and the richest! The reason? His acc

EP 8

Passage to the Maya Underworld

The Maya of Central America were the greatest pyramid builders of the ancient world. The Egyptians built less than a 100

EP 9

The Lost Tribe of Israel

The mystery of the 10 Lost Tribes of Israel has fascinated people through the ages. Explorers claim to have discovered e

EP 10

Secrets of the Nazca Lines

Etched into the driest desert in the world, the mysterious lines and figures of Nazca in Southern Peru are invisible fro

EP 11

The Search for El Dorado

It was a fable that fueled a thousand fevered explorations into the mountains and rainforests of South America. The mere

EP 12

Giants of Easter Island

On the remotest island on the face of the planet stand the massive, enigmatic stone statues of Easter Island. Who carved

EP 13

Mystery of the Anasazi

In the American Southwest, there is no more puzzling mystery than the magnificent stone cliff dwellings of Mesa Verde. W

EP 1

The Real Temple of Doom

Join Josh Bernstein as he ventures into the deep jungle of the Amazon to find out more information on the Chavin and whe

EP 2

America's Pyramids

Join Josh Bernstein as he travels North America in search of its own pyramids. The adventure turns dangerous when Josh s

EP 3

Stonehenge Secrets Revealed

Join Josh Bernstein as he investigates the origins of the mysterious Stonehenge.

EP 4

The Vikings: Voyage to America

Join Josh Bernstein as he sails a Viking ship from Denmark to America and tries to determine for himself if the Vikings

EP 5

Roanoke: The Lost Colony

Join Josh Bernstein as he investigates the roots of England's first permanent colony, who three years after landing, van

EP 6

Cleopatra: The Last Pharaoh

Join Josh Bernstein as he joins Zahi Hawass in the hunt for mummies from the time of Cleopatra's reign as they try to un

EP 7

City of the Gods

Josh Bernstein explores Teotihuacán, the City of the Gods to learn of the people who lived there. During his time in th

EP 8

The Real Queen of Sheba

Josh travels to Ethiopia to find out whether or not there really was a Queen of Sheba, or if she was merely a legend.

EP 9

Troy: Of Gods and Warriors

Josh travels to Greece and Turkey in search of the legendary city of Troy. He ends up finding out that Homer's Iliad was

EP 10

The Da Vinci Code: Bloodlines

Josh Bernstein searches for evidence behind the controversial theory laid out in Dan Brown's book, The Da Vinci Code.

EP 11

Giants of Patagonia

Josh Bernstein accompanies paleontologists, naturalists, and crypto-zoologists on a search to determine whether the grou

EP 12

The Real Sin City: Sodom & Gomorrah

Josh Bernstein follows the clues left in the Bible in hopes of finding the infamous cities of sin, Sodom and Gomorrah.

EP 13

Lost Cities of the Amazon

Josh Bernstein treks through thick overgrown regions of the Amazon rainforest on the trail of the legendary "Lost City o

EP 1

Atlantis: New Revelations

This week Josh searches the Mediterranean in search of Atlantis

EP 2

Lost Empire of Genghis Khaan

This week Josh travels to Mongolia in search of the empire of the Khans.

EP 3

King Tut: Secrets Revealed

This week Josh travels again to Egypt, this time in search of what really happened to King Tut.

EP 4

New Maya Revelations

This week Josh travels to Guatemala in search of the Maya.

EP 5

Ramesses II: Visions of Greatness

Was Ramesses II Egypt's Greatest Pharaoh? He built soaring statues, grand temples, and monuments to himself throughout E

EP 6

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 s

EP 7

Secrets of the Mummies

For over 3,000 years, ancient Egyptians preserved their dead in the desert sands. Today the secrets of the Egyptian afte

EP 8

Lost Treasures of Petra

The "red-rose" city of Petra stands as one of the most glorious and mysterious archaeological sites on earth. Created ov

EP 9

Stonehenge of the Americas

In the Bolivian Andes, a sprawling ancient city rests 13,000 feet above sea level. With its giant, freestanding monolith

EP 10

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 D

EP 11

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

EP 12

The Aztecs: Of Blood and Sacrifice

The Aztecs were the largest civilization to ever rule Mesoamerica. Archaeology and modern science are now shedding new l

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EP 1

Mummies of the Clouds

500 years before the Inca, a band of warriors called the Chachapoya built the greatest stone monument in the Americas. I

EP 2

The Hunley: New Revelations

The Confederate Army, in an attempt to turn the tide of the Civil War, launched a new and daring weapon--a forty-foot su

EP 3

Kings of the Stone Age

The giant stone heads of the Olmec have amazed and mystified archaeologists for more than 150 years.

EP 4

Pirates: Terror in the Mediterranean

In a new expedition, Kara Cooney and Charles Ingram look for evidence of the Barbary Pirates at the bottom of the Medite

EP 5

God's Gold (1)

Join the search for golden artifacts from Jerusalem's Temple, stolen by the Romans 2,000 years ago.

EP 6

God's Gold (2)

The search for the treasure of the Temple continues.

EP 7

Timbuktu

For centuries, Europeans heard legends of a mythical city in the heart of the Sahara, the source of endless caravans of

EP 8

Angkor Wat: The Eighth Wonder

Travel deep into the heart of the Cambodian jungle to discover a magnificent stone temple that was built on a scale unpa

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