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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Expedition Unknown Season 1 Episode 6 - Viking Sunstone
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    #1 - Viking Sunstone

    S1:E6

    Josh travels to England and Norway to unlock the secrets of the Viking sunstone, a mystic crystal the Vikings used to conquer the seas. Before testing it, he explores a crypt in a Nordic church and descends 1,000 feet into a deserted mine.

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  2. Expedition Unknown Season 1 Episode 7 - Captain Morgan's Lost Gold
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    #2 - Captain Morgan's Lost Gold

    S1:E7

    Josh joins archaeologists in Panama as they search for the Satisfaction, the sunken flagship of legendary pirate Captain Henry Morgan. But first he must understand the man behind the rum who attacked Panama City looking for treasure. He also searches one of many shipwrecks near Fort San Lorenzo at the reef, where Morgan's ship ran aground.

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  3. Expedition Unknown Season 1 Episode 8 - Code to Gold
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    #3 - Code to Gold

    S1:E8

    Josh scours the Virginia backcountry in search of the legendary Thomas Beale treasure, which would be worth millions today. Since encrypted codes are hiding its whereabouts, Josh takes a detour to Philadelphia to uncover missing pieces of the puzzle.

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  4. Expedition Unknown Season 1 Episode 11 - Samurai Sword of Power
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    #4 - Samurai Sword of Power

    S1:E11

    Josh searches for the missing mystical Honjo sword in Japan in ancient shrines hidden in the mountains and underground tunnels.

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  5. Expedition Unknown Season 2 Episode 7 - Japan's Atlantis
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    #5 - Japan's Atlantis

    S2:E7

    Gates goes to the ruins of Yonaguni Island, the westernmost Japanese island on the East China Sea, to determine whether the undersea structures are geologic or man-made. The Yonaguni Monument discoverer, Kihachiro Aratake, dives with Josh, showing him the undersea area with cut steps leading up to a level platform. Josh takes a rock sample for geologic analysis. In Osaka, archaeologist Michio Maezano shows Josh an ancient rock tomb. It proves that ancient people could have carved the Yonaguni structures, then an earthquake could have sunk them.

    Director:Unknown
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  6. Expedition Unknown Season 4 Episode 9 - Global Game Show: Out of This World
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    #6 - Global Game Show: Out of This World

    S4:E9

    Josh Gates' Global Game Show goes all over the planet but this time he's going out of this world by giving his contestants the opportunity to win big on the topic of extraterrestrials. Players at home can win a big prize too, plus a bonus look at footage that never aired in the original Expedition Unknown episodes.

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  7. Expedition Unknown Season 7 Episode 1 - Egypt Live
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    #7 - Egypt Live

    S7:E1

    Live from the middle of the Egyptian desert, inside a great underground tomb complex, a sealed sarcophagus may contain the identity of a mummy who has remained a mystery for 3000 years.

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  8. Expedition Unknown Season 11 Episode 5 - The Hunt for Templar Treasure
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    #8 - The Hunt for Templar Treasure

    S11:E5

    On the trail of the secretive Knights Templar, Josh chases the legendary warriors' lost fortune including the coveted Holy Grail. In England, Josh digs in to find a Templar buried tunnel. Then, he travels to Poland to excavate a rare Templar gravesite.

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  9. Expedition Unknown Season 13 Episode 7 - Lost Tomb of the Viking King
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    #9 - Lost Tomb of the Viking King

    S13:E7

    Josh chases the treasure of legendary Viking Harald "Bluetooth" Gormsson. The discovery of a mysterious gold artifact sends Josh on a journey through Scandinavia and into remote northern European forests to uncover Bluetooth's tomb and fortune.

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  10. Expedition Unknown Season 14 Episode 4 - Sharks vs. Nazis in Paradise
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    #10 - Sharks vs. Nazis in Paradise

    S14:E4

    Just off Florida's coast, Josh Gates braves shark-infested waters in search of an American ship sunk by a Nazi U-boat during WWII. Josh joins Tristan Guttridge who has a bold new strategy to use sharks as spies to uncover the wreck.

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  11. Expedition Unknown Season 15 Episode 4 - America's First Train Robbers
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    #11 - America's First Train Robbers

    S15:E4

    Josh tracks down the legend of an outlaw posse who terrorized the Midwest's railroads. The Reno Gang stole a fortune until a vigilante mob exacted violent justice. Josh tracks their lost loot to a cave hideout that could hold millions.

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  12. Expedition Unknown Season 15 Episode 5 - Dive for America's Pirate Loot
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    #12 - Dive for America's Pirate Loot

    S15:E5

    Josh braves the shark-infested waters off Cape Cod to dive the world's only confirmed pirate wreck. Joining a high-tech recovery mission, Josh chases the multi-million-dollar treasure of Black Sam Bellamy, including coins, gold and jewels.

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  13. Expedition Unknown Season 16 Episode 3 - The Lost Grave of Buffalo Bill
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    #13 - The Lost Grave of Buffalo Bill

    S16:E3

    Josh saddles up to investigate a scandal over the remains of Buffalo Bill Cody. A first-hand account claims Bill's body was stolen and buried 500 miles away. With new leads and cadaver dogs, Josh digs for the cowboy's grave and the truth.

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  14. Expedition Unknown Season 16 Episode 4 - Shipwreck Triangle of Greece
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    #14 - Shipwreck Triangle of Greece

    S16:E4

    Josh dives into a mysterious Greek sea passage known as the ancient world's shipwreck capital. Chasing truth and treasure, Josh separates fact from myth and learns what makes these waters as deadly as the Bermuda Triangle.

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  15. Expedition Unknown Season 1 Episode 10 - Secrets of the Nazca
    5.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - Secrets of the Nazca

    S1:E10

    Josh travels to Peru to investigate the giant geoglyphs drawn into the earth by the ancient Nazca tribes and while studying newly found lines joining a Nazca psychadelic ritual, Josh discovers the meaning behind the mysterious tracings.

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  16. Expedition Unknown Season 1 Episode 12 - Curse of the Golden Bell
    5.0/10(1 votes)

    #16 - Curse of the Golden Bell

    S1:E12

    The ancient cursed Golden Bell of King Dhammazedi.

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  17. Expedition Unknown Season 2 Episode 1 - The Quest for King Arthur
    5.0/10(1 votes)

    #17 - The Quest for King Arthur

    S2:E1

    In the Season 2 premiere, Josh scours the United Kingdom to find the real-life King Arthur.

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  18. Expedition Unknown Season 2 Episode 2 - Genghis Khan's Tomb
    5.0/10(1 votes)

    #18 - Genghis Khan's Tomb

    S2:E2

    Josh Gates journeys into the heart of Mongolia in search of the fabled lost tomb of Genghis Khan.

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  19. Expedition Unknown Season 2 Episode 3 - Blackbeard's Hidden Gold
    5.0/10(1 votes)

    #19 - Blackbeard's Hidden Gold

    S2:E3

    Josh explores the ocean floor of the Cayman Islands and the coasts of North Carolina in his quest to find the lost treasure of the legendary pirate Blackbeard.

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  20. Expedition Unknown Season 2 Episode 4 - Hunting Vampires
    5.0/10(1 votes)

    #20 - Hunting Vampires

    S2:E4

    Gates digs up the truth behind vampire legends. His travels start at Curtea Veche in Romania, where he learns about Vlad the Impaler, the inspiration behind Dracula. Then off to Marotinu de Sus, a Romanian village, where six men desecrated a fresh grave believing it to be a "strigoi". He ends in Perperikon, Bulgaria to examine a supposed vampire grave.

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  21. Expedition Unknown Season 2 Episode 5 - The Real Robin Hood
    5.0/10(1 votes)

    #21 - The Real Robin Hood

    S2:E5

    Josh travels the English countryside on a mission to learn if Robin Hood was a real man and if he's the hero from the legends or a murderous outlaw. He dives into 800 years of ballads and stories at London's British Library, explores tunnels and caves beneath Nottingham, and joins historians in search of Hood's grave, first in Kirklees Priory, Yorkshire, and lastly at a churchyard in Loxley, where researchers believe an outlaw named Roger Godberd who was the real Robin Hood is buried.

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  22. Expedition Unknown Season 2 Episode 6 - Finding Fenn's Fortune
    5.0/10(1 votes)

    #22 - Finding Fenn's Fortune

    S2:E6

    Josh Gates joins the hunt for for a $2,000,000 treasure. He attempts to decode the clues of the modern day treasure's location by following a cryptic poem, leading him deep into the harsh Rocky Mountains.

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  23. Expedition Unknown Season 2 Episode 8 - True Cross of Christ
    5.0/10(1 votes)

    #23 - True Cross of Christ

    S2:E8

    Gates searches for the True Cross. This relic, said to have mystical healing powers, has been lost for 2,000 years. Gates visits Jerusalem, Israel and Istanbul, Turkey, to find if the cross or fragments of it still exist. The cross was cut into three pieces on the orders of Empress Helena. He examines this legend at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Old City where the tomb of Jesus is located and where he was crucified. Then he learns more about crucifixion in Tel Aviv, and discovers ancient cross wall carvings at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem.

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  24. Expedition Unknown Season 2 Episode 9 - The Sultan's Heart
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    #24 - The Sultan's Heart

    S2:E9

    Gates hunts for the Heart of Suleiman the Magnificent, ruler of the Ottoman Empire in the 16th century. When Suleiman died in 1566 during a battle in Hungary, his body was brought back to Istanbul, but not before a ritual was performed involving the removal of his heart being placed in a gold container and buried beneath his tent. The Sultan's followers believed his heart has magical powers and continues to beat, waiting to be returned to its host. The town of Tubek was built over the burial site to honor the Sultan.

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  25. Expedition Unknown Season 2 Episode 10 - Africa's Gold Hoard
    5.0/10(1 votes)

    #25 - Africa's Gold Hoard

    S2:E10

    Gates travels to South Africa to search for the missing Kruger Millions, the gold coins of the country's entire financial reserve. The treasure vanished overnight after South African President Paul Kruger loaded the hoard on a train and it vanished overnight in 1900 during the Boer War.

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Viking Sunstone" is the worst rated episode of "Expedition Unknown". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 2/12/2015. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Captain Morgan's Lost Gold".