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The Best Episodes of Digging for the Truth

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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

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    Digging for the Truth Season 2 Episode 11 - Giants of Patagonia
    8.7/10(7 votes)

    #1 - Giants of Patagonia

    S2:E11

    Josh Bernstein accompanies paleontologists, naturalists, and crypto-zoologists on a search to determine whether the ground sloth could be the source of the giants of Patagonia.

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  2. Digging for the Truth Season 2 Episode 9 - Troy: Of Gods and Warriors
    8.0/10(8 votes)

    #2 - Troy: Of Gods and Warriors

    S2:E9

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

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  3. Digging for the Truth Season 2 Episode 2 - America's Pyramids
    7.9/10(15 votes)

    #3 - America's Pyramids

    S2:E2

    Join Josh Bernstein as he travels North America in search of its own pyramids. The adventure turns dangerous when Josh suffers a severe allergic reaction to fire ants.

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  4. Digging for the Truth Season 2 Episode 5 - Roanoke: The Lost Colony
    7.9/10(8 votes)

    #4 - Roanoke: The Lost Colony

    S2:E5

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

    Director:Unknown
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  5. Digging for the Truth Season 4 Episode 8 - Angkor Wat: The Eighth Wonder
    7.9/10(9 votes)

    #5 - Angkor Wat: The Eighth Wonder

    S4:E8

    Travel deep into the heart of the Cambodian jungle to discover a magnificent stone temple that was built on a scale unparalleled in human history.

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  6. Digging for the Truth Season 2 Episode 7 - City of the Gods
    7.8/10(11 votes)

    #6 - City of the Gods

    S2:E7

    Josh Bernstein explores Teotihuacán, the City of the Gods to learn of the people who lived there. During his time in the region, Josh rides in a hot-air balloon and even engages in an ancient local sport, which literally leaves him bruised.

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  7. Digging for the Truth Season 3 Episode 5 - Ramesses II: Visions of Greatness
    7.7/10(7 votes)

    #7 - Ramesses II: Visions of Greatness

    S3:E5

    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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  8. Digging for the Truth Season 2 Episode 8 - The Real Queen of Sheba
    7.6/10(12 votes)

    #8 - The Real Queen of Sheba

    S2:E8

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

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  9. Digging for the Truth Season 3 Episode 3 - King Tut: Secrets Revealed
    7.6/10(6 votes)

    #9 - King Tut: Secrets Revealed

    S3:E3

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

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  10. Digging for the Truth Season 1 Episode 1 - Who Built Egypt's Pyramids?
    7.5/10(16 votes)

    #10 - Who Built Egypt's Pyramids?

    S1:E1

    The great Egyptian Pyramids of Giza have inspired awe and wonder and, quite likely, fierce speculation from the moment they were built. In fact, even the date of their construction has become a topic of debate. Explorer, survival expert, and host Josh Bernstein takes a hard look at the competing theories as to who really built the pyramids--and when. Archaeologists say it was the ancient Egyptians, others argue for an even older civilization. Filmed in HDTV, this fresh and engaging series digs for the truth and goes to extremes to do it! Josh examines the evidence, explores secret chambers in the heart of the Great Pyramid of Khufu, visits the first pyramid ever built, and tries his hand at ancient stone-quarrying techniques. It's a hard-won perspective, but, with the discovery of a mysterious flooded chamber deep beneath the Sphinx, Josh learns what appears to be the final truth.

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  11. Digging for the Truth Season 2 Episode 10 - The Da Vinci Code: Bloodlines
    7.5/10(12 votes)

    #11 - The Da Vinci Code: Bloodlines

    S2:E10

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

    Director:Unknown
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  12. Digging for the Truth Season 2 Episode 13 - Lost Cities of the Amazon
    7.5/10(12 votes)

    #12 - Lost Cities of the Amazon

    S2:E13

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

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  13. Digging for the Truth Season 2 Episode 1 - The Real Temple of Doom
    7.4/10(11 votes)

    #13 - The Real Temple of Doom

    S2:E1

    Join Josh Bernstein as he ventures into the deep jungle of the Amazon to find out more information on the Chavin and whether or not they really had a "temple of doom."

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  14. Digging for the Truth Season 2 Episode 12 - The Real Sin City: Sodom & Gomorrah
    7.4/10(11 votes)

    #14 - The Real Sin City: Sodom & Gomorrah

    S2:E12

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

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  15. Digging for the Truth Season 1 Episode 6 - The Iceman Cometh
    7.3/10(23 votes)

    #15 - The Iceman Cometh

    S1:E6

    In 1991, a pair of vacationing German hikers stumbled onto one of the most remarkable finds in the history of archaeology: the perfectly preserved body of a 5,000-year old man. What made the discovery so important was more than just his state of physical preservation, but also the period of time from which he came--the very cusp of the age between stone and steel. Host and adventurer Josh Bernstein heads for the high Alps on the Austrian-Italian border to discover the latest secrets revealed by the clothes, weaponry, and body of Ötzi the Iceman. Josh faces down a deadly blizzard, helicopters out of near disaster, and comes face-to-face with a stone-cold, stone-age killer. Along the way, he discovers that the Iceman is rewriting our ideas about the life of our ancestors at the dawn of civilization--and he learns much about the character of Ötzi!

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  16. Digging for the Truth Season 2 Episode 3 - Stonehenge Secrets Revealed
    7.2/10(14 votes)

    #16 - Stonehenge Secrets Revealed

    S2:E3

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Digging for the Truth Season 1 Episode 3 - Pompeii Secrets Revealed
    7.1/10(24 votes)

    #17 - Pompeii Secrets Revealed

    S1:E3

    In 79 AD, the volcano Vesuvius exploded in one of history's deadliest eruptions, burying the city of Pompeii and other Roman towns along the Bay of Naples beneath layers of ash and pumice. Pompeii was rediscovered in the 18th century, but only recently have archaeologists and volcanologists come to understand exactly how the eruption unfolded, and why it took the people of Pompeii almost entirely by surprise. Intrigued, host Josh Bernstein visits the Bay of Naples, and learns the entire area is built on ancient volcanic rock, some of it still steaming. He climbs the world's most active volcano--Stromboli--an island near Sicily, where ""fireworks"" from the mountain are a nightly entertainment. Back at Pompeii, he searches for clues that might have enlightened the Romans to the growing threat in their midst. And he literally plays with fire as he follows the story right into the heart of Vesuvius.

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  18. Digging for the Truth Season 2 Episode 6 - Cleopatra: The Last Pharaoh
    7.1/10(21 votes)

    #18 - Cleopatra: The Last Pharaoh

    S2:E6

    Join Josh Bernstein as he joins Zahi Hawass in the hunt for mummies from the time of Cleopatra's reign as they try to uncover more information on one of the very last Pharaohs.

    Director:Unknown
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  19. Digging for the Truth Season 1 Episode 5 - The Holy Grail
    7.0/10(15 votes)

    #19 - The Holy Grail

    S1:E5

    For all its fame, the Holy Grail remains shrouded in mystery. What exactly was it? Could it have survived to this day? Why has it inspired so many treasure seekers? To Christians, it is the holiest of objects, the cup from which Jesus drank at the Last Supper, also believed to be the chalice that Joseph of Arimathea used to catch Christ's blood as he died on the cross. Though now thought of as a goblet, the actual word ""grail"" comes to us from the Latin word gradalis--a flat dish or shallow vessel brought to the table during various courses of a meal. The story itself did not originate until medieval times, when it helped inflame the Crusaders' quest. Host and adventurer Josh Bernstein follows the Grail's trail from Holy Land to medieval French castles to a dark chapter in the Nazi saga, when Hitler financed a search for the Grail to unite a secret society of knights. On the way, Josh learns its true meaning and power.

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  20. Digging for the Truth Season 1 Episode 7 - Quest for King Solomon's Gold
    7.0/10(10 votes)

    #20 - Quest for King Solomon's Gold

    S1:E7

    Of all the rulers mentioned in the Bible, King Solomon was purportedly the wisest...and the richest! The reason? His access to vast quantities of gold. According to the Bible, the source of his legendary wealth was the goldmines located in the mysterious land of Ophir. Yet, what the Scriptures can't tell us is where Ophir might be found today. Host Josh Bernstein leads us on an epic 4,000-mile journey in search of the lost gold of King Solomon--sailing across the Red Sea, plunging down a Zimbabwean gold mine, and traveling deep into the Ethiopian Bush.

    Director:Unknown
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  21. Digging for the Truth Season 1 Episode 10 - Secrets of the Nazca Lines
    7.0/10(22 votes)

    #21 - Secrets of the Nazca Lines

    S1:E10

    Etched into the driest desert in the world, the mysterious lines and figures of Nazca in Southern Peru are invisible from the ground. Thought to have been made by the Nazca people, who flourished between 200 BC and 600 AD, in fact, these huge drawings were not discovered until the 1930s--and only then by commercial airline pilots who happened to over-fly them. Ever since, they have intrigued the world. Who built them, and why? Host, explorer, and survival expert Josh Bernstein takes on the secrets of the Nazca Lines, while flying micro-lites and powered para-gliders, clambering through thousand-year old irrigation tunnels, and even recreating rituals with contemporary Native Americans.

    Director:Unknown
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  22. Digging for the Truth Season 1 Episode 12 - Giants of Easter Island
    6.9/10(16 votes)

    #22 - Giants of Easter Island

    S1:E12

    On the remotest island on the face of the planet stand the massive, enigmatic stone statues of Easter Island. Who carved them? And why? Ever since Easter Island was first discovered, this tiny pinprick of land in the middle of the Pacific Ocean has baffled scientists. How did the ancients who peopled this place even find it? Host Josh Bernstein sets out to unveil the mysteries of the island and of the remarkable stone heads that its first inhabitants left behind. Delving into the world of ancient Pacific Islanders, he relearns the lost art of Polynesian navigation, recreates the techniques of Easter Island masons, and participates in dangerous ancient rituals--all to solve one of the greatest enigmas of our time: the mystery of Easter Island.

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  23. Digging for the Truth Season 1 Episode 13 - Mystery of the Anasazi
    6.9/10(18 votes)

    #23 - Mystery of the Anasazi

    S1:E13

    In the American Southwest, there is no more puzzling mystery than the magnificent stone cliff dwellings of Mesa Verde. Why did the Anasazi Indians suddenly move their villages to these perilous cliffs in the 13th century--and then abandon them just decades later--and seemingly disappear from history? Was it drought? Invading tribes? Or an insidious ""cancer"" from within that may have caused them to turn to fierce warfare and even cannibalism? In search of answers, our host, the intrepid explorer and survival expert Josh Bernstein, travels from Mesa Verde, Colorado to remote canyons in Utah where the Anasazi took refuge. Piecing together the story from both archaeologists and Native Americans, he finally ends up, in his search for the truth, in the eerie and desolate ruins of the Anasazi's greatest cultural center--Chaco Canyon.

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  24. Digging for the Truth Season 3 Episode 2 - Lost Empire of Genghis Khaan
    6.9/10(8 votes)

    #24 - Lost Empire of Genghis Khaan

    S3:E2

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

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  25. Digging for the Truth Season 1 Episode 11 - The Search for El Dorado
    6.8/10(14 votes)

    #25 - The Search for El Dorado

    S1:E11

    It was a fable that fueled a thousand fevered explorations into the mountains and rainforests of South America. The mere idea of El Dorado--a city of gold buried in the jungle--fired the imagination of Spanish conquistadors for centuries. But when no city appeared, so the legend faded. Now explorer and survival expert Josh Bernstein begins the search anew. The recent find of a remarkable document has given new life to the search for El Dorado. Eager to follow up on these latest developments, Josh throws himself into an exciting journey that takes him from the icy waters of Lake Titicaca in Southern Peru, to the frozen Altiplano of the high Andes, then deep into the Amazon jungle as he struggles to discover the truth, once and for all, behind the legend of El Dorado.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Giants of Patagonia" is the best rated episode of "Digging for the Truth". It scored 8.7/10 based on 7 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 4/3/2006. This episode scored 0.7 points higher than the second highest rated, "Troy: Of Gods and Warriors".