Original title
Expedition Unknown
Released
1/8/2015
Origin country
US
Genre
Action & Adventure, Documentary, Reality
Production companies
Ping Pong Productions
Status
Returning series
Number of seasons
17
Number of episodes
162
The adventures of Josh Gates as he investigates unsolved iconic stories across the globe.
Josh answers questions from viewers, reveals new developments in intriguing unfinished investigations, and pulls back the curtain to reveal what really happens behind the scenes in this special episode of Expedition Unknown.
Host Josh Gates counts down his Top 10 most dangerous adventures from Season 1.
Aired as a Special episode. 2nd part of 2 part Columbus during season 2. Included in DVD set as part of Season 2: In part 2 of a two-part special, Josh travels from the Dominican Republic and Spain in an attempt to solve the looming mystery of where the bones of Christopher Columbus are truly buried. Extra Finds: enhanced re-broadcasts of popular Expedition Unknown episodes featuring pop-up trivia, behind-the-scenes insights, deleted scenes, and fan tweets
In this special legends episode, Josh, along with several historians, tell the true and unfiltered story of exploring pioneers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark who single-handedly mapped the uncharted American frontier, but not without scandal on their expedition. Later, he takes a look at the dangerous details of building the Transcontinental Railroad Also, he exposes secrets of Wyatt Earp, either the greatest lawman or con man in the Wild West.
Crazy outtakes and never-before-televised footage are compiled in this special episode of the weirdest, wildest and most hilarious off the rails moments captured on camera during the first season of Expedition Unknown.
Josh embarks on a journey around the world to uncover mysteries about Christopher Columbus. First, Josh looks for Columbus' legendary ship, the Santa Maria, and later ventures to find the real remains of the explorer. This episode is a condensed special using footage from 2 previous episodes of Expedition Unknown about Christopher Columbus. S02E07 - Secrets of Christopher Columbus - December 2, 2015 S02E08 - Columbus Unearthed - December 9, 2015
Inspired by his adventures while filming Expedition Unknown, Josh shares tips on the best way to travel in this special episode. Josh also features bonus scenes and hilarious outtakes from some of his recent expeditions.
10 extreme adventures from filming are shared by Josh and the crew.
Visiting remote locations on Earth and quizzing tourists and locals with trivia based on adventure, history and humor.
Diving into the Lajas Reef off Panama's coast in search for treasure chests on the sunken flagship of pirate Captain Morgan. Extra Finds: enhanced re-broadcasts of popular Expedition Unknown episodes featuring pop-up trivia, behind-the-scenes insights, deleted scenes, and fan tweets
The lost city of the Khmer Empire in Cambodia; search for a mystical relic that gave its God King power to incinerate his enemies. Extra Finds: enhanced re-broadcasts of popular Expedition Unknown episodes featuring pop-up trivia, behind-the-scenes insights, deleted scenes, and fan tweets
Investigating the giant geoglyphs drawn into earth by ancient Nazca tribes and finding the true meaning behind the mysterious tracings. Extra Finds: enhanced re-broadcasts of popular Expedition Unknown episodes featuring pop-up trivia, behind-the-scenes insights, deleted scenes, and fan tweets
Josh unearths human skulls and ancient Mayan sacrificial alters in the caverns; the fall of the Mayan Empire. Extra Finds: enhanced re-broadcasts of popular Expedition Unknown episodes featuring pop-up trivia, behind-the-scenes insights, deleted scenes, and fan tweets
Josh hunts down new evidence on the iconic disappearance of Amelia Earhart; uncharted tribal lands of Papua New Guinea. Extra Finds: enhanced re-broadcasts of popular Expedition Unknown episodes featuring pop-up trivia, behind-the-scenes insights, deleted scenes, and fan tweets
Ancient shrines hidden in the mountains; underground tunnels across Japan in search for the missing mystical Honjo sword. Extra Finds: enhanced re-broadcasts of popular Expedition Unknown episodes featuring pop-up trivia, behind-the-scenes insights, deleted scenes, and fan tweets
The legendary Thomas Beale Treasure in the Virginia backcountry; Josh takes a detour to Philadelphia. Extra Finds: enhanced re-broadcasts of popular Expedition Unknown episodes featuring pop-up trivia, behind-the-scenes insights, deleted scenes, and fan tweets
Trekking the stone-paved Inca Trail in search of the undiscovered City of Gold. Extra Finds: enhanced re-broadcasts of popular Expedition Unknown episodes featuring pop-up trivia, behind-the-scenes insights, deleted scenes, and fan tweets
The search for the ancient cursed Golden Bell of King Dhammazedi. Extra Finds: enhanced re-broadcasts of popular Expedition Unknown episodes featuring pop-up trivia, behind-the-scenes insights, deleted scenes, and fan tweets
Go behind the scenes with Josh Gates' crew while they film Expedition Unknown and navigate through technical logistics, practical jokes and hair-raising adventures. Also, see never-televised bonus footage from Josh's craziest experiences.
Josh Gates treks high into the Sky Caves of Nepal in search of the origins of the Shangri-La myth. Extra Finds: enhanced re-broadcasts of popular Expedition Unknown episodes featuring pop-up trivia, behind-the-scenes insights, deleted scenes, and fan tweets
Josh travels to the UK and Norway to unlock the secrets of the Viking Sunstone; a crypt in a Nordic church. Extra Finds: enhanced re-broadcasts of popular Expedition Unknown episodes featuring pop-up trivia, behind-the-scenes insights, deleted scenes, and fan tweets
Journey across the American Midwest in search of Jesse James to debunk myths; rappelling off a cliff. Extra Finds: enhanced re-broadcasts of popular Expedition Unknown episodes featuring pop-up trivia, behind-the-scenes insights, deleted scenes, and fan tweets
History's most expensive stolen object, the Amber Chamber; retracing the steps of Nazi soldiers. Extra Finds: enhanced re-broadcasts of popular Expedition Unknown episodes featuring pop-up trivia, behind-the-scenes insights, deleted scenes, and fan tweets
Exploring the legendary Sky Caves in the remote Mustang region of Nepal; the fabled heaven on earth, Shangri-La.
Josh travels to Mongolia's 'Forbidden Zone' to find Genghis Khan's tomb.
Josh heads to Japan to explore the sunken ruins called Japan's Atlantis.
Josh travels worldwide to uncover the myths behind Christopher Columbus.
Josh Gates heads to Europe to expose the last secrets of the Third Reich. The lost fortune of a Nazi war criminal draws Josh to Austria, where he may need to dive deep to find treasure. Then, he meets a researcher who may have made a historic find that could answer the question: How close was Hitler to having an atomic bomb?
Beginning in Kathmandu, Josh Gates heads high into the Himalayas of Nepal to obtain scientific evidence of the legendary Yeti. This time his mission is personal, and it will take him into uncharted territory.
In part two of his hunt for the elusive Yeti, Josh Gates ascends higher into the Himalayas to explore caves, examine ancient artifacts and investigate the mystical ties the legendary creature holds with the Nepalese people.
The hunt for the Yeti continues as Josh Gates' quest takes him from the frozen slopes of Mount Everest to the isolated forests of Bhutan, where Josh uses bait to force a more personal encounter with the creature.
In the finale of Josh Gates' hunt for the Yeti, he rafts into the remotest corners of Bhutan to capture some of his best evidence yet of the reclusive creature. Then, Josh returns to the USA, where all of his samples are analyzed to answer the question...is the Yeti real?
Hours of footage are filmed for every episode of Expedition Unknown and some truly wild and zany moments end up on the cutting room floor. Now, Josh Gates compiles the best unseen footage, expanded scenes and never-before-televised moments from his season two adventures into one off-the-rails special.
Every episode of Expedition Unknown is a quest for discovery, an opportunity for extraordinary adventures and maybe, just maybe, a chance to find a fortune. In this one-hour special, Josh Gates counts down his 10 greatest treasure hunts and shares expanded scenes from his wildest expeditions.
Enhanced pop-ups take you behind the scenes as Josh Gates travels to Africa's Kalahari Desert searching for a lost city. During his epic road trip, Josh follows a cryptic map and joins a groundbreaking search to find the ruins using LiDAR scanning technology.
Josh Gates counts down his top ten most exhilarating investigations, including interviews with crew members and behind-the-scenes moments from the most thrilling, most frightening and most fun exploits during season three of Expedition Unknown. (www.travelchannel.com/shows/expedition-unknown/episodes/tbd-repack-1)
Josh Gates plays his humorous traveling trivia game in Greece; behind the scenes extras, expanded scenes and highlights from his investigation into the lost civilization of the Minoans.
Josh quizzes fellow travelers as he explores the globe, and anyone, anywhere could be his next contestant.
Josh Gates plays game show host as he presents highlights, expanded scenes and behind-the-scenes extras from his investigations into two Australian legends.
Josh Gates scours England, Wales and Scotland, wading through history and legend in search of evidence that King Arthur, the ultimate knight in shining armor, truly existed. Extra Finds: enhanced re-broadcasts of popular Expedition Unknown episodes featuring pop-up trivia, behind-the-scenes insights, deleted scenes, and fan tweets
Josh Gates journeys across England to uncover the true stories behind the legendary Robin Hood, including underground tunnels that Robin used to escape confinement and what appears to be Robin's final resting place. Extra Finds: enhanced re-broadcasts of popular Expedition Unknown episodes featuring pop-up trivia, behind-the-scenes insights, deleted scenes, and fan tweets
Lost wooden fragments of the True Cross of Jesus Christ. Extra Finds: enhanced re-broadcasts of popular Expedition Unknown episodes featuring pop-up trivia, behind-the-scenes insights, deleted scenes, and fan tweets
Extra Finds: enhanced re-broadcasts of popular Expedition Unknown episodes featuring pop-up trivia, behind-the-scenes insights, deleted scenes, and fan tweets
Josh joins a treasure hunt searching for a modern-day treasure; the clues of the treasure's location are found by following a cryptic poem, leading him deep into the harsh Rocky Mountains. Extra Finds: enhanced re-broadcasts of popular Expedition Unknown episodes featuring pop-up trivia, behind-the-scenes insights, deleted scenes, and fan tweets
Extra Finds: enhanced re-broadcasts of popular Expedition Unknown episodes featuring pop-up trivia, behind-the-scenes insights, deleted scenes, and fan tweets
Extra Finds: enhanced re-broadcasts of popular Expedition Unknown episodes featuring pop-up trivia, behind-the-scenes insights, deleted scenes, and fan tweets
Extra Finds: enhanced re-broadcasts of popular Expedition Unknown episodes featuring pop-up trivia, behind-the-scenes insights, deleted scenes, and fan tweets
Extra Finds: enhanced re-broadcasts of popular Expedition Unknown episodes featuring pop-up trivia, behind-the-scenes insights, deleted scenes, and fan tweets
Josh Gates ascends higher into the Himalayas to explore caves, examine ancient artifacts and investigate the mystical ties the legendary creature holds with the Nepalese people. Extra Finds: enhanced re-broadcasts of popular Expedition Unknown episodes featuring pop-up trivia, behind-the-scenes insights, deleted scenes, and fan tweets
Josh Gates treks north of the Arctic Circle to search for the DNA of the long-extinct woolly mammoth. The hunt takes him to a mile-wide sinkhole in the Siberian permafrost as well as a black market mining camp where tusk hunters dig for mammoth ivory.
Expedition Unknown has gone on incredible adventures, but the revelations don't stop when the cameras turn off. Josh Gates revisits his most exciting discoveries and reveals new developments in this one-hour special.
After three seasons of traveling the globe in pursuit of excitement and discovery, Josh Gates counts down his top 10 greatest adventures -- and misadventures. He also shares a rare glimpse behind the scenes and never-before-seen moments.
Josh Gates shares his favorite moments from season three that didn't make the final cut, including never-before-seen footage, expanded scenes and more.
Extra Finds: enhanced re-broadcasts of popular Expedition Unknown episodes featuring pop-up trivia, behind-the-scenes insights, deleted scenes, and fan tweets
Josh Gates ventures into the mysterious cloud forests of Ecuador's remote central highlands in search of the all-powerful mummy of the last Inca king, Atahualpa. Extra Finds: enhanced re-broadcasts of popular Expedition Unknown episodes featuring pop-up trivia, behind-the-scenes insights, deleted scenes, and fan tweets
Josh travels to the Philippines searching for Yamashita's Gold, a treasure that has been hidden since World War II; when the cave he's exploring quickly fills with water, he must escape with a piece of history before he's trapped. Extra Finds: enhanced re-broadcasts of popular Expedition Unknown episodes featuring pop-up trivia, behind-the-scenes insights, deleted scenes, and fan tweets
Extra Finds: enhanced re-broadcasts of popular Expedition Unknown episodes featuring pop-up trivia, behind-the-scenes insights, deleted scenes, and fan tweets
Josh Gates travels the coast of Florida and to the newly opened country of Cuba in search of sunken treasure from a fleet of Spanish ships sunk in 1715. Extra Finds: enhanced re-broadcasts of popular Expedition Unknown episodes featuring pop-up trivia, behind-the-scenes insights, deleted scenes, and fan tweets
Josh Gates travels across the USA, giving contestants a chance to win up to $500 as they test their knowledge about the country's greatest explorers and most notorious outlaws.
From infamous kings to legendary thieves and notorious pirates, Josh Gates jumps over the pond to test British contestants on their own rich history for the chance to win $500.
From the Mayans of the Yucatan Peninsula to a civilization that disappeared so suddenly they have no name, Josh Gates travels to Texas to quiz contestants on empires that vanished from history for a chance to win cold, hard cash.
Josh Gates takes his quiz show to the Old West with trivia questions about historic treasures that have never been found -- at least not yet! Josh has a cash prize for his clever contestants plus a big bonus for those playing along from home: never-before televised footage from his own treasure hunts...all in this episode of Global Game Show: Hidden Treasures!
Part 1 of a special 4 part mini season. A once-in-a-lifetime visit to NASA; evidence of aliens in Chile; a UFO video captured by the military; the largest telescope on Earth. A panel consisting of Josh and his crew discuss the information and events from the first part of the "Hunt For Extraterrestrials" mini-series.
Part 1 of 4 After Show specials. A panel consisting of Josh and his crew discuss the information and events from the first part of the "Hunt For Extraterrestrials" mini-series.
Part 2 of a special 4 part mini season. Josh's journey continues on remote Easter Island, where ancient alien theorists believe extraterrestrials visited a millennia ago. Then, he goes to the site of a recent meteorite strike in Zimbabwe that could prove life on Earth began in outer space.
Part 2 of 4 After Show specials. The hour-long episode will revisit Gates' journey in a candid, behind-the-scenes forum, as Gates and his team dig deeper into their astounding findings, further analyze key evidence and reveal never-before-seen footage from the expedition.
Part 3 of a special 4 part mini season. The hunt for alien life continues in Zimbabwe, where Josh interviews witnesses from one of the largest UFO sightings in modern history. Then, in England, he investigates the infamous case that has become known as "Europe's Roswell."
Part 3 of 4 After Show specials. The hour-long episode will revisit Gates' journey in a candid, behind-the-scenes forum, as Gates and his team dig deeper into their astounding findings, further analyze key evidence and reveal never-before-seen footage from the expedition.
Part 4 of a special 4 part mini season. Josh's epic search for extraterrestrial life comes to a close in the USA, where a legendary investigation team brings him to a hot case in Arkansas. Then, he visits with a researcher who may have new information on the mother of all UFOs.
Part 4 of 4 After Show specials. The hour-long episode will revisit Gates' journey in a candid, behind-the-scenes forum, as Gates and his team dig deeper into their astounding findings, further analyze key evidence and reveal never-before-seen footage from the expedition.
Josh Gates takes a break from his travels to show a few of his favorite people, places, experiences and eats from his many expeditions. He also shares never-before-aired footage and his most meaningful moments between him and his crew.
Josh Gates reveals footage of six legends from around the world. Later, he finds pieces of evidence to determine if they are fact or fiction.
Josh Gates tries out a lot of new things while filming: new techniques, skills and even new foods - with varying degrees of success. Now, he shares his best victories and biggest blunders, along with never-televised bonus footage.
Josh chats with his crew and special guests about his two-part investigation into the great women of ancient Egypt; the round table discussion features never-before-seen footage, behind-the-scenes moments and new revelations.
Josh and his team dig deeper into their findings regarding Nefertiti and Cleopatra, while analyzing key evidence and revealing never-before-seen footage from the expedition to Egypt.
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 -- a bonus look at footage that never aired in the original Expedition Unknown episodes.
"Pyramid of Legends" After show with experts and crew. Josh Gates and his crew reconvene at "Expedition Unknown" headquarters to delve deeper into the investigation of the lost Maya city of El Mirador and the tomb of the Snake Kings.
From submerged treasures to lost civilizations, Josh Gates quizzes his contestants on sunken mysteries from all over the world.
Josh Gates and his crew reconvene at "Expedition Unknown" headquarters to delve deeper into the investigation of the lost Maya city of El Mirador and the tomb of the Snake Kings.
Josh Gates goes on a globe-trotting quest to test people's knowledge on the Nazis and their secrets for a chance to win a huge cash prize.
Josh Gates sets out on a globe-trotting investigation to find out how the Vikings became so powerful. He also explores the possibility that these fearsome warriors sailed to the United States over 500 years before any other European.
Josh Gates shares hilarious bonus moments from his season four adventures -- from the good and the bad to the downright weird.
Josh Gates seeks out contestants to test their knowledge of unlucky adventurers who fell victims to brutal curses. The contestants could win big cash -- or tempt fate and go home with nothing at all in this round of Global Game Show.
Seeking evidence of the afterlife, Josh Gates enters an ancient Roman "Gate to Hell" that still claims victims. In New York, a medical doctor shows how consciousness survives death. In California, a medium shocks Josh with a message from beyond.
Part 1 of 4 After Show specials. Behind-the-scenes secrets direct from HQ are featured, including a spiritual medium who speaks with the dead, unseen footage from Josh's Gate to Hell dive, and a medical doctor who claims evidence of an afterlife.
Josh talks with Dr. Deepak Chopra about reincarnation, explores a path to Islamic paradise, and faces a man possessed by an evil spirit.
Part 2 of 4 After Show specials. Josh shares exclusive footage from an actual exorcism along with real-life exorcist Brother Carlos Oliviera. Josh undergoes a past-life regression through hypnosis and reveals incredible details of a former life at sea.
From ancient tombs to the latest bio-technology, humans have always been obsessed with cheating death.Josh visits a tribe in Indonesia where people live with mummies, and a cryonics lab in Russia at the cutting edge of freezing humans for the future.
Part 3 of 4 After Show specials. Josh shares a footage and insights into his journey to the brink of the afterlife after drinking a mysterious drug concocted by Amazonian shamans. Also, Josh meets the leader of a movement attempting to beat death through technology.
A shaman in the Amazon takes Josh on an ayahuasca trip to the brink of the Afterlife. A team of investigators lead Josh into one of the world's most haunted places.
Part 4 of 4 After Show specials. Josh reveals exclusive footage and personal insights from his hunt for ghosts with a team of investigators on board the RMS Queen Mary. After his life-changing experience with Ayhuasca, Josh gives his verdict on his own brushes with the afterlife.
Josh traces the Vikings' westward expansion from the volcanic landscape of Iceland to Greenland and North America; he strives to determine if they landed in the United States more than 500 years before any other Europeans. Extra Finds: enhanced re-broadcasts of popular Expedition Unknown episodes featuring pop-up trivia, behind-the-scenes insights, deleted scenes, and fan tweets
Josh goes Down Under to search along Australia's infamous Shipwreck Coast for the missing Mahogany Ship; confirming the vessel's existence could rewrite Australia's history. Extra Finds: enhanced re-broadcasts of popular Expedition Unknown episodes featuring pop-up trivia, behind-the-scenes insights, deleted scenes, and fan tweets
Josh investigates the theft of one of the most iconic pieces of Hollywood memorabilia of all time -- the ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in the 1939 classic movie, The Wizard of Oz. Extra Finds: enhanced re-broadcasts of popular Expedition Unknown episodes featuring pop-up trivia, behind-the-scenes insights, deleted scenes, and fan tweets
Josh Gates and his cameraman, Evan B. Stone, count down their top ten close calls and strange situations, featuring bonus, behind the scenes footage from Expedition Unknown's investigations.
Josh Gates hits the streets of Las Vegas, NV, to quiz contestants about some of the world's greatest architectural and engineering achievements.
Josh Gates challenges contestants on all things from the spirit world for a chance to win some real world cash.
Josh Gates offers up the show's biggest cash prizes yet at the Highland Games in Scotland. The stakes are high as Josh tests his contestants' knowledge, then competes with them in a game of physical skill for a chance at a whopping $1,000.
Josh Gates quizzes clever contestants about all sorts of animals, living and extinct, for the chance to win $500.
Josh Gates pushes into new territory as he challenges contestants around the world with trivia about history's greatest explorers.
It's a challenge of biblical proportions as Josh Gates quizzes contestants on their knowledge of one of the most influential religious figures in the world.
Josh Gates offers up a big bundle of cash as he challenges contestants on their knowledge of the planet's most spectacular sites.
Money will be flowing like rum as Josh Gates quizzes travelers across the globe about the scoundrels of the seas -- pirates, privateers and buccaneers. The contestants' swashbuckling knowledge could land them $500 in loot.
Discovery will go live from Egypt with ‘EXPEDITION UNKNOWN: EGYPT LIVE,’ a special 2-hour event airing “Live to Both Coasts” that will take viewers through a network of underground tombs and open a sealed, ancient sarcophagus for the very first time.
Josh Gates dives into the Lajas Reef in search of treasure chests on the sunken flagship of the legendary pirate Captain Henry Morgan; he heads to Louisiana to uncover the mystery of real-life buccaneer Jean Laffite.
Josh Gates treks up the Andes and into the Peruvian rainforest to find a mythical city of gold; he ventures into the mysterious cloud forests of Ecuador in search of the all-powerful mummy of the last Inca king.
Josh Gates uncovers secret Nazi hideouts and investigates theories about Adolf Hitler's true fate in Argentina; he goes on the hunt for the hidden treasure of Nazi general Erwin Rommel.
Josh Gates scours the Virginia backcountry in search of the legendary Thomas Beale treasure; he sets out for gold-rush country to hunt for the lost fortune of a notorious Montana sheriff.
Explorer Josh Gates is diving into shark infested waters to investigate one of the ocean's greatest mysteries what drove the sixty foot long Megalodon shark to extinction?
Josh Gates and his crew gather, along with archaeologists Dr Oren Gutfeld, to unravel more of the mysteries of the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Josh Gates and his expedition team reconvene once more to dig deeper into their search for the treasure of the Copper Scroll, and reveal more discoveries and exclusive, never-before-seen footage.
Josh Gates heads to an active dig site in Egypt, where he joins famous archaeologist Dr. Zahi Hawass on the cusp of an incredible discovery: the mummy of an ancient High Priest.
At EXU Headquarters, Josh Gates is joined by historian Gary Sterne and military veteran Captain Dale Dye to analyze unseen footage, unravel new insights, and dig into more secrets of D-Day.
Josh Gates and Expedition X investigators Jessica Chobot and Phil Torres dig into unseen footage captured in their investigations into disappearance of Northwest Flight 2501 and the Mothman.
Alongside fellow paleontologists and shark experts, Josh Gates dives into shark-infested waters to find out what happened to the mighty Megalodon. *This is a re-run of the episode "Expedition Unknown: Megalodon" (s00e110) just with a different name.*
Josh Gates and the Expedition X team gather to discuss their Cambodian adventure, and Josh goes in depth on his African trip to investigate the origins of humanity.
Josh Gates and the Expedition X team are joined by Ghost Nation's Jason Hawes to delve into strange occurrences on The Island Of The Dolls. Josh continues his look at the first humans with a hands-on demonstration of tool making.
Josh Gates digs into the night's Expedition Unknown and Expedition X, including never-before-seen footage from the X team’s trip into Mammoth Caves and in-depth interviews with guest expert investigators about Josh's search for Boudica's lost treasure.
Josh Gates and the Expedition X team present new evidence of extraterrestrials from their investigation in Mount Adams, Washington. Then, Josh and his crew dive deeper into the hunt for the Buzzard's hidden pirate treasure.
Josh Gates and the Expedition X team review ghostly evidence and never-before-aired footage from the jungles of Brazil. Then, Josh and his crew delve into theories of what causes so many mysterious occurrences in the Bermuda Triangle.
The search for Christopher Columbus continues with finding his missing remains. Gates follows his five-century voyage across two continents to search for his final resting place believed to be at Columbus Lighthouse in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic or at Cathedral of Saint Mary of the See in Seville, Spain, both countries laying claim to his bones.
Josh visits Portugal and Haiti to discover whether Christopher Columbus was history's greatest hero or villain. He also hopes to find the remnants of Columbus' legendary flagship, the Santa Maria.
Armed with a degree in archaeology, a quick wit and a hunger for adventure, Josh Gates investigates the latest developments in each unsolved legend before embarking on a fully immersive exploration. To separate fact from fiction, Gates inserts himself in different cultures to understand the world as they do. Whether he's trekking through Fiji in search of Amelia Earhart's remains or diving the deep seas of Panama to locate Captain Morgan's pirate ship, Gates' authentic roughshod adventures lead him one step closer to finding the truth.
In the 2-hour season premiere of Expedition Unknown, adventurer Josh Gates hunts down new evidence on the disappearance of Amelia Earhart. He treks to uncharted tribal lands in Papua New Guinea and ends his journey in Fiji, hoping to uncover the pilot’s remains.
Josh travels to the remote and land-mine-riddled jungles of Cambodia to investigate the lost city of the Khmer Empire and search for a mystical relic that gave its god king the power to incinerate his enemies more than 1,000 years ago.
Josh is on the trail of Russia’s missing Amber Panels, priceless pieces of art stolen by the Nazis during WWII. After starting in St. Petersburg, Russia, and getting exposed to the local culture, Josh makes a brief pit stop in Berlin to marvel at the city’s amazing turnaround since the end of the Cold War.
Josh tries putting the legend of Jesse James' missing gold to rest, as he searches the American Midwest, searching for the treasure.
Josh Gates travels through Peru in search for the legendary Incan lost city of Paititi. His journey takes him from the historic Cusco, to the heights of Machu Picchu, and finally into the Amazon's dark and mysterious jungles.
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.
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.
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.
While investigating the fall of the remarkable Mayan Empire, Josh unearths human skulls and ancient Mayan sacrificial altars in the caverns underneath the jungles and ruins of Mexico.
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.
Josh searches for the missing mystical Honjo sword in Japan in ancient shrines hidden in the mountains and underground tunnels.
The ancient cursed Golden Bell of King Dhammazedi.
Leaving no stone unturned, Josh Gates' adventures take him around the globe as he immerses himself in the core locales linked to each tale. From excavating ruins in search of the real Robin Hood to sailing the high seas investigating Christopher Columbus and exploring Nepal's "sky caves" for Shangri La, Gates' archaeological background and ubiquitous sense of humor generate a new take on age-old stories.
In the Season 2 premiere, Josh scours the United Kingdom to find the real-life King Arthur.
Josh Gates journeys into the heart of Mongolia in search of the fabled lost tomb of Genghis Khan.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Gates searches for a lost city in the Kalahari Desert in Africa. First discovered by circus pioneer The Great Farini in 1885, he supposedly came across the ruins of a lost city half buried in the scorching sands. Those who followed in his footsteps came up empty-handed and claimed it a hoax, while even some vanished. Today, a modern explorer launched an all new expedition which Gates joins.
Gates searches for Yamashita's Gold, millions of dollars in Southeast Asian gold and jewels that was looted by Japan and covertly transported to the Philippines under the direction of Japanese general Tomoyuki Yamashita during World War II. The fortune was hidden by gangsters, military generals, and a secret organization in tunnels and caves somewhere in the conquered country. But the treasure was lost when the Allies won the war, until a treasure hunter found part of it in 1970 and has been searching for it ever since.
Josh embarks on a journey around the world to uncover mysteries about Christopher Columbus. First, Josh looks for Columbus' legendary ship, the Santa Maria, and later ventures to find the real remains of the explorer. This episode is a condensed special using footage from 2 previous episodes of Expedition Unknown about Christopher Columbus. S02E07 - Secrets of Christopher Columbus - December 2, 2015 S02E08 - Columbus Unearthed - December 9, 2015
Gates searches high in the Himalayas for Shangri-La. He learns of its legend as a hidden utopia. In the most remote reaches of Nepal near the border of Tibet is an area known as the Mustang, an area that's been closed off to the outside world and the passage of time. But now Josh and his fellow archaeologists have been granted access to explore it. He finds out secrets hiding inside its sky caves, man-made chambers carved into cliff walls.
After learning about the ancient Buddhist realm of Shambhala in Kathmandu and exploring the skycaves, Gates continues his search for the real Shangri-La. This time, he discovers a rock tower used for human burials and filled with bones dating back to 800 A.D. Next, he travels to Lo Manthang for another day of investigation in the Martzon area to climb a cave system called Pumamba, which is linked to the legend. Then he heads to Chuusang, a remote cave monastery that has never been excavated before.
Josh searches for the mysterious civilization of Teotihuacan, a lost empire left behind in Mexico with soaring pyramids dedicated to the gods, imposing temples, and a treasure trove of cryptic art. He seeks answers on who these indigenous people were, finds out their secrets that have been buried for 2,000 years, and what they left behind.
Josh searches for the lost mummy of Atahualpa, the last great king of the Incan empire, hidden high in the Andes Mountains and in the jungles and highlands of Ecuador. His reign ended when Spanish Conquistador Francisco Pizarro murdered him and brought the Inca civilization to an end. But the emperor obtained great power and wealth, even in death. His body was mummified in a sacred ritual to give him supernatural sway over the world of the living. Then, his body vanished. Archaeologists have been searching ever since.
Josh exposes Nazi secrets as he searches for the lost fortune of war criminal Adolf Hitler's billions in gold, art and relics stolen on his orders by the Nazis to suport his doomsday weapon during World War II. They also built networks of hidden tunnels and bunkers. Today, archaeologists use modern technology to recover treasure and excavate the underground legacy of the Third Reich. On his journey, Josh joins them, first finding answers in Germany, identifying gold in a Nazi train hidden inside a mountain in Poland. Then, in Austria, he explores a subterranean facility to a top secret lab to build a war machine.
The search for Nazi secrets and their stolen gold continues in the darkest corners of history; both underground and underwater. This time, Josh dives for relics of Nazi foreign minister Joachim Von Ribbontrop who dumped his family's entire fortune into the dark and deep waters of Lake Fuschlsee in the Austrian Alps. In order to learn if the Nazis where building an atomic bomb, he starts his quest for answers in Hitler's hometown of Linz. Then, he stops at the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp memorial in Sankt Georgen an der Gusen to pay his respects to the hundreds of thousands who perished here. He also explores 25 miles of tunnel under the Bergkristall complex, the largest secret underground facility ever built. It was designed by SS General Hans Kammler to oversee the Nazis nuclear project.
The third season takes on such lingering questions as: Who was D.B. Cooper and what became of him? Is Captain Kidd's lost treasure still out there waiting to be found? Where is Attila the Hun's tomb? From excavating ruins and jumping out of planes to diving for treasure in the deep seas, Josh Gates goes on sixteen thrilling expeditions and they are some of his biggest adventures yet.
Josh Gates sets off for gold rush country to search for the lost fortune of a notorious Montana sheriff. During his investigation, Josh explores hidden cave systems and blows open a mine that's been sealed for over a century.
Josh Gates travels to Hungary to join three separate archeological teams looking for the lost tomb of Attila the Hun. Legends and ancient texts lead the search from the bottom of the Danube to the mountain forests just outside of Budapest.
Josh travels to Greece to explore Europe's first superpower and how it disappeared on the Mediterranean island of Crete.
Josh Gates joins leading archeologists as they investigate America's first missing-persons case, The Lost Colony of Roanoke. Following newly discovered clues, he'll reach new heights as he digs for answers to this over 400-year-old mystery.
One of the most iconic creatures of the Ice Age, the Woolly Mammoth, has gone extinct and Josh and a team search for enough DNA to clone a woolly mammoth.
Josh retrieves bone samples from the massive Batagay crater and gets DNA results to find out if the woolly mammoth will walk the earth again.
Josh Gates sets off on an expedition to crack the mystery behind the perpetrator of the only unsolved plane hijacking in U.S. history.
Josh Gates sets off deep into the Australian Outback, following the footsteps of legendary explorer Harold Lasseter, who claims to have found a vast field of gold.
Josh Gates ventures to Australia's island state of Tasmania to investigate sightings of the supposedly extinct Thylacine, also known as the Tasmanian Tiger.
Josh Gates retraces the footsteps of the legendary Captain Kidd in the hopes of finding his buried treasure; from the East Coast to the Caribbean, the search takes him to a real pirate shipwreck and to the island hideout of the notorious buccaneer.
Josh Gates journeys to the wilds of Namibia to embark on a treacherously deep dive in Lake Otjikoto for a long lost World War I treasure.
Josh Gates follows in the footsteps of Indiana Jones as he searches in Israel and Ethiopia for the lost Ark of the Covenant, the sacred relic said to contain the Ten Commandments and possess extraordinary powers.
Gates tries to find the lost treasure of King John. He explores the marshlands of England to find the king's crown jewels, which were swept away in a freak tidal surge in the 13th century.
Gates hunts for the hidden treasure of Erwin Rommel, a Nazi general who plundered the wealth of North Africa as his tank corps fled the continent. The search brings Gates to never-explored underground lakes and undersea relics of World War II.
To find the plundered riches of the Roman Empire, Gates looks for the tomb of the Visigoth king Alaric in Italy. The hunt extends from the capital of Rome to the southern city of Cosenza, where the mayor is spearheading an effort to find the tomb.
Gates travels to India in search of Dwarka, a mythical kingdom swallowed by the ocean. To find evidence that the golden city is real, Gates dives into the Arabian Sea and visits a dig site.
Gates travels down to the coast of Florida and to Cuba in search of a sunken treasure from a fleet of Spanish ships that were sunk in 1715; the hunt takes him deep into the Atlantic and the National Archives of Cuba.
This time, Josh Gates' insatiable curiosity and appetite for adventure leads him to destinations around the world, uncovering the truth behind more illustrious legends and fascinating lore. With access to the latest research and scientific technology, Gates tackles twelve all-new expeditions, including: the history of the mighty Vikings; the mystery of Stonehenge; the lost tombs of the Mayan Snake Kings; the search for a ship trapped in the dunes of Australia; a quest for the true identity of Nefertiti; and the hunt for twelve buried treasure boxes hidden right here in America.
From Denmark and Iceland to the United States and Canada, Josh Gates treads into Viking territory in an effort to unlock answers to their most enduring secrets, including how they attained and sustained their power and how far they really traveled.
Josh traces the Vikings' westward expansion from the volcanic landscape of Iceland to a mysterious settlement in Greenland; he aims to find out if the Vikings landed in the United States more than 500 years before any other Europeans.
Josh travels to his ancestral home of Great Britain to explore the origins of Stonehenge. From high in the air to deep under the sea, he finds an unexpected network of monuments that could have inspired one of history's most mystical locations.
Josh travels across the United States to find the treasures featured in the cryptic 1982 book "The Secret"; Josh meets with members of the book's cult following, who each think they are on the verge of locating one of the 10 remaining treasures.
Josh immerses himself in Wild West lore on a quest to find Butch Cassidy's missing money; he traces the iconic outlaw's footsteps through Colorado, Utah and Nevada, eventually learning he may have to find the man himself to locate the lost loot.
Josh travels through the jungles of Ecuador to explore the watery depths of Tayos Cave for a legendary set of metal plates believed to be created by an advanced ancient civilization.
Josh journeys through the land of the Nile to uncover the buried secrets of three of the most powerful and elusive women in ancient Egypt -- Hatshepsut, Nefertiti and Cleopatra.
Josh Gates continues his journey through Egypt to unearth the secrets and possibly the final resting places of Nefertiti and Cleopatra.
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.
Josh Gates attempts to uncover a treasure left behind by the Aquarian Foundation, an isolated, insidious cult led by the notorious leader known as Brother XII.
From a long-lost city hidden in the vast jungles of Guatemala to the hunt for a stolen pair of the iconic (and priceless) ruby slippers from The Wizard of Oz, avid explorer Josh Gates sets out across the globe to investigate the greatest mysteries of all time. The series kicks off its Discovery debut with a two-part quest to the lost-city of El Mirador deep in the Guatemalan rainforest.
Archaeologist Dr. Richard Hansen joins Josh and his team to venture deep into the Guatemalan rainforest to find the hidden tombs of the mysterious Snake Kings in the ancient Mayan city of El Mirador.
Josh concludes his investigation into the mysterious Maya city of El Mirador, from the possible burial of the elusive Snake Kings to uncovering the secrets behind the fall of one of history's greatest ancient cities.
Josh ventures to Argentina, where many Nazi SS officers escaped to after World War II.
Josh ventures to the American south to uncover the mystery of real-life buccaneer Jean Laffite and the location of his hidden treasure.
Josh goes down under to search along Australia's infamous Shipwreck Coast for the missing Mahogany Ship.
Josh investigates the theft of one of the most iconic pieces of Hollywood memorabilia of all time — the ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in the 1939 classic movie, The Wizard of Oz.
In an extended episode with new footage, Profiles in History CEO Joe Maddalena and Josh Gates assist in the recovery of stolen ruby slippers from the movie, "The Wizard of Oz." Investigators have been searching for them ever since they were stolen from the Judy Garland Museum in 2005.
Josh Gates journeys across the globe to investigate into the spirit world and answer mankind's greatest unsolved mystery: Where do we go when we die? From a ghost hunt at one of the most haunted places on earth to getting a firsthand glimpse of the afterlife with ancient medicine, Josh will put it all on the line for a glance of what's beyond this life.
Seeking evidence of the afterlife, Josh Gates enters an ancient Roman "Gate to Hell" that still claims victims. A medical doctor demonstrates how consciousness survives death, and a gifted medium shocks Josh with a message from beyond the grave.
To crack the code of reincarnation, Josh seeks out expert Dr. Deepak Chopra, who advises him to investigate the phenomenon firsthand in India. He explores an Islamic path to paradise in Turkey and faces a man possessed by an evil spirit.
From ancient tombs to the latest bio-technology, humans have always been obsessed with cheating death. Josh visits a tribe in Indonesia where people live with mummies and a Russian cryonics lab at the cutting edge of freezing humans for the future.
They say you only live once, but can we return from the abyss? In the Amazon, Josh meets a shaman who takes him on a trip to the brink of the afterlife. Then a team of investigators guide him into one of the most haunted places on Earth.
Ardent explorer and adventurer, Josh Gates has traveled to the ends of the earth investigating the greatest legends in history. Now, he's back with his most daring adventures yet. From following in the footsteps of the real Indiana Jones to learn the truth behind the fabled Crystal Skull of Doom, to diving the Great Lakes in search of the Holy Grail of lost American shipwrecks, The Griffon, Josh takes viewers on exhilarating expeditions around the world. An epic 2-hour event live from Egypt kicks off the new season.
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.
Josh Gates ventures into the former Third Reich in search of an elusive Nazi fortune hidden with a code allegedly created by Hitler's private secretary, and embedded into a piece of sheet music.
Josh Gates searches land and sea for the lost fortune of legendary pirate Sir Francis Drake. Joining treasure hunters and maritime archaeologists, Josh hunts for a lost cache of Spanish gold and the remains of Drake himself.
Josh Gates dives into a mystery below South America's Lake Titicaca. During the investigation, Josh discovers multiple structures of the ancient Tiwanaku people, including ruins hidden in the lake's depths, dubbed "The Atlantis of the Andes".
Hunting for a lost cache of gold, Josh Gates heads to the Scottish Highlands. His search focuses on a huge gold reserve hidden after the Jacobite Uprising of 1745 and never recovered. Josh joins treasure hunters chasing a new lead across the Highlands.
Josh Gates tackles an enduring maritime mystery, the first ship to be lost in the Great Lakes, the Griffon. Using a state of the art two-man submersible, Josh dives in to find a ship so elusive it's known as "The Holy Grail of Shipwrecks."
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.
Josh Gates explores the case of lost World War II hero Gertrude "Tommy" Tompkins of the Women Air Force Service Pilots, who went missing when her P-51 Mustang crashed. Josh joins search teams using cutting-edge technology to bring the lost hero home.
Josh Gates stalks prey that has eluded capture for 25 years, the Golden Owl. A book of riddles gives cryptic clues to where the Owl statuette, worth half a million dollars, is hidden. Josh joins treasure hunters using new leads to chase the fortune.
Josh Gates travels to the Holy Land to unearth the mystery of the Dead Sea Scrolls with an archaeologist who has discovered new ones; Josh sees cutting-edge technology restore scroll fragments in a way that could change how people read the Bible.
Josh Gates investigates a unique Dead Sea Scroll etched with riddles that could lead to an ancient treasure. Following new leads, Josh treks into the punishing Jordanian desert in search of the potential fortune.
Josh Gates searches land and sea for the lost fortune of legendary pirate Sir Francis Drake; joining treasure hunters and maritime archaeologists, Josh hunts for a lost cache of Spanish gold and the remains of Drake himself.
Braving sub-zero conditions of Siberia, Josh Gates investigates the Dyatlov Pass incident, during which nine hikers died under suspicious circumstances in 1959.
Josh Gates concludes his in-depth investigation of the Dyatlov Pass incident; taking on Dead Mountain's brutal conditions, Josh and two investigators retrace the last steps of the hikers; a big discovery could finally solve the mystery.
Josh Gates sets sail for Florida chasing the long-lost treasure of Jose Gaspar. Josh joins marine archaeologists and treasure hunters working to crack the mysteries of the pirate's life so they can find the riches he left behind.
In Puerto Rico, Josh Gates explores caves and treks through dense jungles in search of the chupacabra; working with a wildlife biologist, a veterinarian and an investigator, Josh explores a recent wave of attacks to separate fact from fiction.
Josh Gates heads to an active dig site in Egypt, where he joins famous archaeologist Dr. Zahi Hawass on the cusp of an incredible discovery: the mummy of an ancient High Priest.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Josh Gates cuts another expedition short to return to his hometown of Boston and pursue the strongest lead in decades for a 40 year old treasure hunt dubbed: The Secret. Following the amazing solve of a Boston puzzle maker could lead him to the very prize he has sought himself for years.
Josh Gates touches down in Normandy to investigate battles on land, air, and sea. The expedition reveals a Nazi threat greater than ever imagined, unearthing a massive German bunker complex buried for 75 years.
Josh Gates investigates the most mysterious airline disaster in American history -- searching for why Northwest Flight 2501 vanished, taking the lives of all 58 people on board.
In this expansive, two-part investigation, Josh Gates travels the globe attempting to solve the most fundamental mystery of all -- humanity's origins. How did we survive to the modern day? And what does that mean for our future?
Josh Gates travels to Africa to get up close and personal with a distant relative and scale dangerous cliffs all to answer one question: Where did humans come from?
Searching across England, Josh Gates unearths a cache of ancient treasure as he chases the legend of Queen Boudica, the legendary Celtic queen who nearly defeated the invading Roman army 2,000 years ago.
Josh Gates takes on the Indian Ocean's punishing waters as he chases the lost treasure of Olivier Levasseur, AKA "The Buzzard," rumored to be worth more than a billion dollars.
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.
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?
Josh joins the hunt for John Dillinger's fortune that's never been found.
A three-man crew of Navy pilots training for World War 2 crashed into the Pacific Ocean 75 years ago. Josh Gates teams up with Project Recover on a daring mission to find their plane and bring closure for the three souls who have never been found.
With brand-new evidence Josh looks to finally crack the DB Cooper case, America's only unsolved skyjacking. A deathbed confession and cutting-edge forensics have Josh hot on the trail of the $200,000 ransom that's never been recovered.
Josh Gates treks deep into Colombia's deadly jungle to unravel the El Dorado myth and retrace the steps of Spanish conquistadors. Josh meets with the tribe who inspired the legend of a city of gold and unearths their treasure in a surprising location.
The hunt for El Dorado is Josh's most grueling journey ever and one of the crew tumbles into a raging river. When cutting-edge aerial scans reveal a lost city, they push into the jungle to uncover El Dorado and the gold that comes with it.
Josh dives the Atlantic in search of millions in lost coins sunk with America's Titanic. In 1838, a steamship carrying some of America's wealthiest citizens exploded off the Carolina coast. New sonar scans may lead to the wreckage and the lost fortune.
With word of an urgent lead, Josh jets to Poland to join in the opening of a secret Nazi tunnel system dug into a dormant volcano. Josh helps a local team tear away a stone wall built by the Germans in the last days of World War II.
Josh Gates hunts for Third Reich secrets as he searches for stolen art in a flooded tunnel complex, tries to decode an officer's diary pointing to tons of plundered Nazi gold and visits the ruins of a city burned to ashes in the final days of WWII.
Josh Gates heads to the Wild West in search of the hidden loot heisted by infamous lawmen turned criminals, the Dalton Gang. Re-tracing the Gang's last steps and investigating their final, deadly shoot-out, Josh chases a fortune worth millions today.
Josh Gates goes on a worldwide search for aviation's most famous lost plane. Just before Lindbergh made history, two rivals attempted a Paris to New York transatlantic flight. Chasing new clues, Josh scours two continents to find the lost "White Bird."
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.
Josh Gates hunts the lost fortune of infamous bootlegger Dutch Schultz.
Tackling the most famous prison break of all time, Josh retraces the 1962 Alcatraz escape. New leads take Josh from San Francisco to the jungles of Brazil where he finds witnesses and evidence that re-write the FBI's version of the story.
With breakthrough discoveries in Egypt, Josh races to join an active dig of 4000-year-old tombs. Josh gains exclusive access and uncovers mummies and treasure that could solve the mysterious collapse of ancient Egypt's Old Kingdom.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Josh Gates travels to the deserts of Sudan to dive the flooded pyramid tomb of a king. The murky water provides zero visibility, and the pyramid is at risk of collapse -- but the dive could unlock the mystery of a civilization that once conquered Egypt.
The conclusion to Josh Gates' dive into a Kush king's flooded pyramid tomb; Josh scales a mountain to learn how the Kingdom of Kush conquered Egypt and braves the murky waters for one more dive to find the king's mummified remains.
Josh travels to the Holy Land to find a lost city where Jesus performed many miracles and is also home to three apostles. While investigating competing sites that claim to be the lost city, Josh reveals an inscription that hasn't been seen in 1,400 years.
Risking life and limb, Josh finds treasure from the greatest score in pirate history. The most feared pirate of his time, Henry Avery stole a fortune worth more than $100 million today. Josh leaps into the frigid North Atlantic to recover Avery’s riches.
Diving into Lake Superior, Josh has brand-new intel that may finally solve a 100-year-old mystery: the resting place of two WW1 minesweepers. On their way to combat German mines in the Atlantic, the warships sank and took the lives of 79 sailors.
Plunging hundreds of feet below ground, Josh explores Spain's treacherous La Garma cave system and finds a floor littered with human remains more than 1,000 years old; Josh's deep dive is a quest for scientific proof of Spain's legendary King Pelayo.
Pushing into remote jungles, Josh investigates one of the 20th century's biggest heists - looting of Cambodian statues worth hundreds of millions; Josh rappels into a crumbling pyramid and digs up a treasure trove of missing monuments.
A clandestine meeting with a Cambodian looter puts Josh on the trail of multi-million-dollar stolen monuments; Josh dives into a murky moat, where he unearths a priceless lost statue and a missing piece of a national treasure.
Josh investigates America's daring response to Pearl Harbor, which destroyed a vital Japanese base in the South Pacific. Using brand-new intel, Josh dives in with Project Recover to find 40 planes and 200 American heroes lost in Operation Hailstone.
Josh dives deep into the Navy's heroic Pearl Harbor counterattack, uncovering an eyewitness who shares vivid details of American soldiers' executions. New intel leads to a discovery that changes history -- the first US plane ever found from this battle.
Trekking deep into Mexico's narco-controlled jungles, Josh hunts for the last Mayan stronghold to ward off the Spanish conquistadors; he joins an expedition braving snakes, spiders and jaguars to uncover the legendary Sac Balam.
Hot on the trail of a massive stolen fortune, Josh chases the treasure of the infamous Spanish pirate Amaro Pargo. An exhaustive hunt of Pargo's stomping grounds in the Canary Islands leads Josh beneath an active volcano to dive for the pirate's hoard.
Tracking America's most infamous couple, Josh teams up with a former FBI agent to scour a legendary Bonnie and Clyde hideout. Then Josh hits the road on a 700-mile trip through the heartland to the site of the outlaw duo's most notorious shootout.
Josh helps recover the richest stash of lost treasure in the Americas; deploying cutting-edge technology and an armada of boats, the team dives the Caribbean to bring coins and jewels from the legendary Spanish galleon Maravillas to the surface.
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.
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.
Josh hunts history's greatest treasure, the tomb of Alexander the Great.
The search for Alexander's remains and fortune extends to four countries.
In Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Josh hunts riches stolen by British loyalists, the Doan Gang, during the American Revolution.
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.
Josh searches for wreckage of a bomber that helped defeat the Nazis.
Josh dives the waters off Tanzania to find a lost city and its riches.
Josh dives the Ivory Coast in search of 18 US servicewomen lost in WWII.
With unprecedented access, Josh digs in front of Petra's treasury; searching for clues to the mysterious civilization that created one of the new Seven Wonders of the World, Josh rappels a seven-story cliff face to perform a high-tech scan.
Rewriting history, Josh helps discover a tomb at Petra's iconic Treasury; the twelve skeletons inside may belong to a royal family of Petra; state-of-the-art tech could finally decipher the charred fragments of ancient scrolls.
Josh braves Puerto Rico's choppy seas to find a missing plane. The crash of Pan Am's Clipper Endeavor changed commercial aviation forever. Josh and the team fight violent storms in the Atlantic as they hunt for the plane 2,000 feet below.
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.
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.
In a search spanning continents, Josh chases the true history of St. Nicholas, the real-life saint who has become known as Santa Claus. Following clues from Turkey to Italy, Josh gathers DNA to try to identify the saint's missing remains.
Josh hunts for the truth about the Third Reich's Amerikabomber, a warplane designed to obliterate New York City; ruins of a mysterious Nazi underground city and long-lost weapons factories provide clues about Hitler's dream-killing machine.
Josh braves the African savanna to investigate the rampage of two lions who killed as many as 135 railroad workers in 1898; to prevent more bloodshed, Josh joins wildlife rangers tracking a pair of rogue lions who are on a modern-day killing spree.
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.
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.
Josh braves the South Carolina swamps to search for the lost treasure of the infamous Anne Bonny. The Pirate Queen used her wits, beauty and daring to steal millions in booty; and while recovering coins, Josh may have unearthed Anne's secret trading post.
Armed with a new eyewitness account and cutting-edge tech, Josh travels to Micronesia and dives the Pacific to find a lost P-47 Thunderbolt. Piloted by an American hero, it took part in a daring raid during the final days of World War II.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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