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The Naked Archaeologist is a television show produced for VisionTV in Canada and History International in the US that is hosted and prepared by the Emmy Award–winning journalist Simcha Jacobovici together with Avri Gilad. The

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Season 1

  • The Last Man Standing
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    The Last Man Standing

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 11/28/2005

    The first century historian, Flavius Josephus, is the most frequently quoted scholar when it comes to the history of Jesus' time. But are his views accurate? We get a profile of the controversial historian.

    Director: Unknown

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  • Holy Hot Spot
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    Holy Hot Spot

    Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 1/23/2006

    For Jews, Christians and Muslims the Temple Mount or Al-Haram al-Sharif, is one of the holiest places on the planet. What does archaeology reveal about this holiest piece of the Holy Land?

    Director: Unknown

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  • The Oldest Leper
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    The Oldest Leper

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 12/26/2005

    Ancients suffered from hundreds of ailments, some of which still plague us today. Leprosy is mentioned in the Bible frequently, and now archaeology has uncovered what may be the bones of the oldest leper. Scientists studying those bones can now tell us more about the disease than we may ever want to know.

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  • Crucifixion
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    Crucifixion

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 12/5/2005

    In ancient times, thousands of people's lives ended, excruciatingly, on the cross. Despite the fact that so many were crucified, little physical evidence of it remains. We investigate why there is so little archaeological proof and visit the only known artifact - a foot with a nail through it - in an Israeli museum.

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  • Who Wrote the Dead Sea Scrolls?
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    Who Wrote the Dead Sea Scrolls?

    Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 1/16/2006

    n the 1950s a Bedouin shepherd's sheep stumbled upon some ancient scrolls in a cave on the shores of the Dead Sea. This accidental find would prove to be the greatest archaeological discovery of the twentieth century.

    Director: Unknown

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  • Jezebel: Bible Bad Girl
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    Jezebel: Bible Bad Girl

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 12/19/2005

    How did this Phoenician princess become one of the Bible's best, or worst, femme fatales? Jezebel married Israelite King Ahab. But the Israelites new queen didn't move into the bridal chamber alone.

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  • Joshua
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    Joshua

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 1/2/2006

    Joshua is one of the Bible's greatest generals who conquered Canaan, the land God promised the Israelites. From Joshua came Israel, from Israel Jesus, from Jesus, Christianity and much of the Western World. But did the Old Testament's fiercest warrior even exist?

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  • King David
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    King David

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 12/12/2005

    The Bible paints a picture of King David as a mighty hero, but for decades archaeologists have been struggling to find evidence of David's mighty kingdom.

    Director: Unknown

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  • Masada
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    Masada

    Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 1/9/2006

    After the fall of Jerusalem in 70 AD, legend has it that a group of about 1,000 politicized Jews committed suicide rather than be taken into slavery by Rome. Archaeological evidence has proven the legend to be real.

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