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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Expedition Unknown Season 11 Episode 9 - Egypt's City of the Dead
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #1 - Egypt's City of the Dead

    S11:E9

    Investigating the mysterious collapse of Egypt's old kingdom, Josh completes his Saqqara necropolis dig. Opening several tombs, Josh finds treasure, clues and haunting remains. Testing results may prove they’ve discovered Egypt’s oldest royal mummy.

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  2. Expedition Unknown Season 11 Episode 11 - Mysteries of Moses
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    #2 - Mysteries of Moses

    S11:E11

    Looking to answer enduring questions around Moses' existence and the story of Exodus, Josh takes an epic adventure that starts with opening an ancient Egyptian tomb and ends with trekking what could be the true Mount Sinai.

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  3. Expedition Unknown Season 11 Episode 12 - Chasing The Mysteries of Moses
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    #3 - Chasing The Mysteries of Moses

    S11:E12

    In the epic conclusion of his two-part investigation, Josh Gates re-traces Moses' steps from the peak of Mount Sinai deep into the Israeli desert. To separate man from myth, Josh dives the Sea of Galilee and investigates what is said to be Moses' tomb.

    Director:Unknown
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  4. Expedition Unknown Season 11 Episode 13 - Donner Party Horror and Heroes
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    #4 - Donner Party Horror and Heroes

    S11:E13

    Josh treks the punishing Donner Pass to uncover how desperate pioneers trapped by blizzards in the Sierra Nevada mountains turned to cannibalism. In an unprecedented six-month investigation, Josh retraces the steps of the courageous rescue teams.

    Director:Unknown
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  5. Expedition Unknown Season 11 Episode 14 - Finding Italy's Lost Empire
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    #5 - Finding Italy's Lost Empire

    S11:E14

    Searching a city of the dead, Josh unearths artifacts from the mysterious Etruscans who ruled central Italy before being conquered by the Roman Empire. A dig site unearths clues that reveal the Etruscans may have inspired Rome's greatest achievements.

    Director:Unknown
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  6. Expedition Unknown Season 13 Episode 8 - Hunt for the Secret Seaplane
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    #6 - Hunt for the Secret Seaplane

    S13:E8

    Josh searches for a top-secret WWII seaplane that crashed into the Pacific. Now, 70 years later, Josh joins a team scouring the ocean floor hundreds of feet below to find a lost aviation treasure -- the only XP5Y-1 still in existence.

    Director:Unknown
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  7. Expedition Unknown Season 14 Episode 7 - America's MIA Heroines
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    #7 - America's MIA Heroines

    S14:E7

    Josh dives the Ivory Coast in search of 18 US servicewomen lost in WWII.

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  8. Expedition Unknown Season 16 Episode 7 - Mystery Ruins of the Stone Age
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    #8 - Mystery Ruins of the Stone Age

    S16:E7

    Josh investigates rumors swirling around a Turkish dig site that is 6,000 years older than Stonehenge. Separating fact from fiction, they uncover evidence of tribal skull rituals, debunking the legend of an alien-constructed observatory.

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  9. Expedition Unknown Season 17 Episode 1 - Mysteries of the Great Pyramid
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    #9 - Mysteries of the Great Pyramid

    S17:E1

    With exclusive access to one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, Josh unravels wild conspiracy theories about the pyramid. Crawling through every passage under the pyramid, Josh searches for the lost tomb and treasure of Pharaoh Khufu.

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  10. Expedition Unknown Season 17 Episode 2 - Great Pyramid Secrets Revealed
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    #10 - Great Pyramid Secrets Revealed

    S17:E2

    To solve the mystery of the pyramid's construction, Josh joins a daring experiment to replicate its ancient build; first-of-their-kind 3D scans of a mysterious tunnel system could uncover a labyrinth of secrets buried deep beneath the stone.

    Director:Unknown
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  11. Expedition Unknown Season 17 Episode 3 - The Great Gold Rush Shootout
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    #11 - The Great Gold Rush Shootout

    S17:E3

    Gold Rush's Parker Schnabel joins Josh Gates to investigate an infamous California stagecoach robbery gone bad. Fighting a driving rainstorm, Josh leans on Parker's gold mining expertise to close in on the $10M lost treasure.

    Director:Unknown
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  12. Expedition Unknown Season 17 Episode 4 - The Nazi's Lost Super Sub
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    #12 - The Nazi's Lost Super Sub

    S17:E4

    Josh dives the frigid waters of the Baltic Sea in search of a revolutionary Nazi submarine: the V-80. Hitler ordered it scuttled to prevent the Allies from learning its secrets. Now, Josh risks it all to bring the prototype to the surface.

    Director:Unknown
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  13. Expedition Unknown Season 17 Episode 5 - The Real Goonies Treasure
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    #13 - The Real Goonies Treasure

    S17:E5

    For the 40th Anniversary of The Goonies, Josh braves the Oregon coast to search for pirate treasure that inspired his all-time favorite movie. On the rocky shores of the Pacific, he finds pieces of a Spanish galleon that wrecked in 1694.

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  14. Expedition Unknown Season 17 Episode 6 - Vanderbilt's Lost Steamship
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    #14 - Vanderbilt's Lost Steamship

    S17:E6

    Josh braves Nicaragua's croc-infested waters and snake-filled jungle to find the wreckage of the Orus. Chasing Gold Rush-era fortune, Vanderbilt's ship crashed on its maiden attempt to create a new route between the Atlantic and Pacific.

    Director:Unknown
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  15. Expedition Unknown Season 8 Episode 9 - Chasing the Snake Kings
    5.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - Chasing the Snake Kings

    S8:E9

    With a potential new breakthrough in the search for a Snake King tomb, Josh Gates returns to the jungles of Guatemala and the archaeological dig at the ancient Mayan city of El Mirador; the archeologists attempt to pinpoint the tomb's location.

    Director:Unknown
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  16. Expedition Unknown Season 8 Episode 10 - Cracking the Secret
    5.0/10(1 votes)

    #16 - Cracking the Secret

    S8:E10

    Josh Gates is on a nation-wide treasure hunt to solve a mystery no one has cracked for 40 years: The Secret. Josh travels coast-to-coast and back in time using cutting edge augmented reality and tapping into a network of obsessed Secret detectives.

    Director:Unknown
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  17. Expedition Unknown Season 8 Episode 11 - Gold Rush Of The Atlantic
    5.0/10(1 votes)

    #17 - Gold Rush Of The Atlantic

    S8:E11

    Josh Gates has a fresh lead on the massive lost treasure of the shipwrecked 1715 Spanish fleet. Josh returns to the waters of Florida's Atlantic coast and dives in with a new expedition that uses the latest high tech to locate the fleet's flagship.

    Director:Unknown
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  18. Expedition Unknown Season 8 Episode 12 - Search For The Sultan's Heart
    5.0/10(1 votes)

    #18 - Search For The Sultan's Heart

    S8:E12

    Four years after Josh Gates went on a journey to find the lost heart of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, he travels to the newly rediscovered town of Turbek for some shocking new revelations about the case.

    Director:Unknown
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  19. Expedition Unknown Season 9 Episode 7 - Mysteries of Bermuda Triangle
    5.0/10(1 votes)

    #19 - Mysteries of Bermuda Triangle

    S9:E7

    Josh Gates dives into the mysteries of the Bermuda Triangle. His investigation leads him to the ocean floor, the skies above and even the edge of space as he tackles some of the most intriguing disappearances in history.

    Director:Unknown
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  20. Expedition Unknown Season 9 Episode 8 - Revealing the Triangle
    5.0/10(1 votes)

    #20 - Revealing the Triangle

    S9:E8

    In the conclusion of his epic investigation, Josh Gates uses cutting-edge technology to investigate the Triangle's most infamous shipwreck and lost flights. Will he find answers to just how the Triangle works or will it forever remain a mystery?

    Director:Unknown
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  21. Expedition Unknown Season 11 Episode 10 - Chasing Everglades
    5.0/10(1 votes)

    #21 - Chasing Everglades

    S11:E10

    Josh digs deep into the swamp to hunt the lost fortune of notorious bootleggers and bank robbers the Ashley Gang; Josh needs to retrace the outlaw family's criminal empire, which included a blood feud with the local Florida sheriff.

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  22. Expedition Unknown Season 4 Episode 9 - Global Game Show: Out of This World
    6.0/10(23 votes)

    #22 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
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  23. Expedition Unknown Season 7 Episode 7 - Legend of the Crystal Skull
    6.3/10(59 votes)

    #23 - Legend of the Crystal Skull

    S7:E7

    Josh Gates takes on Central America's jungles to investigate the legendary crystal skull discovered by a renowned adventurer who was the inspiration for Indiana Jones. Josh probes whether the skull is an invaluable relic or archaeology's tallest tale.

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  24. Expedition Unknown Season 16 Episode 4 - Shipwreck Triangle of Greece
    6.4/10(19 votes)

    #24 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
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  25. Expedition Unknown Season 2 Episode 6 - Finding Fenn's Fortune
    6.5/10(49 votes)

    #25 - 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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Worst Episodes Summary

"Egypt's City of the Dead" 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 7/20/2022. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Mysteries of Moses".