The Real Sin City: Sodom and Gomorrah

The Bible says that God destroyed the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah as punishment for their wicked ways. But is there any evidence that such a thing actually happened? Josh Bernstein travels to the Near East to follow clues from the Scriptures. In modern-day Jordan, nestled near the Dead Sea, two sister cities reveal archaeological evidence of a great destruction. And on a nearby mountain is a strange "Pillar of Salt." Could these be the fabled cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, and if so, can the tools of modern-day archeology reconstruct what happened in those fateful days before these cities were laid to waste?

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The Real Queen of Sheba

Traveling back through time along the ancient incense trails of the Near and Middle East, Josh Bernstein seeks to unearth the real story behind the legends of the mysterious Queen of Sheba. He explores underground churches and ruined temples in northern Ethiopia, and journeys into the volatile tribal deserts of Yemen, where he must first earn the trust of machine gun-toting Bedouin tribesmen before he can explore a forgotten city named for the Bible's most famous queen.

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Lost Treasures of Petra (Digging for the Truth)

The "red-rose" city of Petra stands as one of the most glorious and mysterious archaeological sites on earth. Created over 2,500 years ago, the ornate Petra cityscape was literally carved into the rose-colored walls of Jordan's Shara Mountains. The builders of Petra, the Nabataeans, were thought to be some of the wealthiest people ever to inhabit the Middle East, but they, along with their riches, simply vanished. What was Petra and could the Arabian site be still hiding precious treasure? Josh Bernstein examines Petra's only surviving parchment manuscript, and goes underneath the ancient "Treasury" in search of hidden riches.

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Secrets of the Nazca Lines (Digging for the Truth, History Channel)

Etched into the driest desert in the world, the mysterious lines and figures of Nazca in Southern Peru are invisible from the ground. Thought to have been made by the Nazca people, who flourished between 200 BC and 600 AD, in fact, these huge drawings were not discovered until the 1930s - and only then by commercial airline pilots who happened to over-fly them. Ever since, they have intrigued the world. Who built them, and why? Host, explorer, and survival expert Josh Bernstein takes on the secrets of the Nazca Lines, while flying microlites and powered paragliders, clambering through thousand-year old irrigation tunnels, and even recreating rituals with contemporary Native Americans.

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