Ron Wyatt claimed he had found the Ark of the Covenant but he had no witnesses and could produce no evidence. Many people believe him but professional archaeologists are sceptical.
Subtitles: English
Starring:Jonny PhillipsAlisdair Simpson
Directed by:David Berry
Season 1
S01:E01 - The Quest for Noah's Ark
This 50 minute documentary tells the story of three of these Christians and their expeditions which were full of danger and despair as they looked for Noah's Ark.
S01:E02 - Hitler and the Spear of Destiny
When Hitler arrived in Vienna, the very first thing he did was to go to the Hofburg museum to lay claim to what appeared to be a simple Roman spear head.
S01:E03 - The Hunt for Pirate Treasure
The effort of actor Richard Knight to find the lost treasure of privateer William Kidd.
S01:E04 - The Real King Solomon's Mines
For 1000 of years, ancient Greeks, Renaissance adventurers, Victorian explorers, and modern day scientists have searched for the source of Solomon's gold.
S01:E05 - The Missing Eighth Wonder of the World
A series of C18 amber screens worth millions, and considered by many, the 8th wonder of the world. It vanished, and so began the greatest treasure hunt of the twentieth century.
S01:E06 - The Lost Sword of the Samurai
The Honjo Masamune became the ceremonial sword of the ruling Tokugawa shoguns for 250 years. But in the aftermath of the Second World War it disappeared.
S01:E07 - Himmler and the Holy Grail
The Holy Grail, said to be the cup used by Christ at the last supper and believed to hold miraculous powers. For centuries Kings, knights and treasure hunters have sought it.
S01:E08 - The Hunt for the Book of Spells
It's one of the most influential books ever written. It's said to provide the wisdom behind the Tarot and to have underpinned a string of 20th century esoteric cults.
S01:E09 - The Lost City of El Dorado
Legend tells that somewhere in South America there is a great city of gold, El Dorado. To most it was just a legend, but Colonel Percy Fawcett was convinced he knew its location.
S01:E10 - The Nazis and the Book of Power
Heinrich Himmler sent his SS solders to locate a perfect copy of a book written nearly two thousand years before, which the Nazis call the birth certificate for the German race.
S01:E11 - Raider Ron and the Lost Ark
Ron Wyatt claimed he had found the Ark of the Covenant but he had no witnesses and could produce no evidence. Many people believe him but professional archaeologists are sceptical.
S01:E12 - The Search for the Crystal Skulls
1924, a girl found a beautiful skull from a block of pure quartz crystal in the jungles of Central America. Anna Mitchell-Hedges claimed that her skull had telepathic powers.
S01:E13 - The Quest for the True Cross
Titulus Crucis, or Title of the Cross, is a piece of wood that, it's claimed, hung on the cross of Christ. It's displayed in a church in Rome. But is it real or a mediaeval fake?
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