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Season 5, Episode 8

Mysteries of the Dead Sea Scrolls

Josh Gates travels to the Holy Land to dig in with an archaeologist who has recently discovered new Dead Sea Scrolls. Josh also sees cutting-edge technology restore scroll fragments in a way that could change how we read the Bible.

Season 5, Episode 9

Treasure of the Copper Scroll

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.

Season 5, Episode 10

Woolly Mammoth

Josh Gates treks through Canada, Korea and Siberia in search of DNA to clone the woolly mammoth and then treks deep into Siberia where priceless mammoth bones are mined out of the permafrost.

Season 5, Episode 11

Hunt for the Yeti

Josh Gates' quest takes him from the frozen slopes of Mount Everest to the isolated forests of Bhutan, where he uses bait to force a more personal encounter with the creature and capture some of his best evidence yet.

Season 5, Episode 12

Vikings

Josh Gates investigates how a group of Norse tribesman gained power in medieval Europe and traces the Vikings' westward expansion to find out if they landed in the United States.

Season 5, Episode 13

Mysteries of Bermuda Triangle

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.

Season 5, Episode 14

Revealing the Triangle

In the conclusion of his epic investigation, Josh Gates uses cutting-edge technology to investigate the Triangle's most infamous shipwreck and lost flights.

Season 5, Episode 15

Revealing Our Ancient Ancestors

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?

Season 5, Episode 16

Viking Secrets

Josh Gates investigates how a group of Norse tribesman gained power in medieval Europe.

Season 5, Episode 17

Vikings in America

Josh Gates traces the Vikings' westward expansion to find out if they landed in the United States.

Season 5, Episode 18

Nazi Secrets Revealed

Josh Gates goes underground and underwater in Austria to expose the last secrets of the Third Reich.

Season 5, Episode 19

Nazis in Argentina

Josh Gates investigates Nazi secrets and theories about Adolf Hitler's "true" fate in Argentina.

Season 5, Episode 20

The Ark of the Covenant

Josh Gates follows in the footsteps of Indiana Jones as he searches for an iconic biblical relic.

Season 5, Episode 21

Mysteries of Jesus

Josh Gates journeys to the Holy Land to discover where Jesus Christ was actually born. It's a mystery of biblical proportions and the investigation leads to potentially explosive revelations that may change our understanding of Jesus' origin story.

Season 5, Episode 22

Digging Into D-Day Part 1

Josh Gates touches down in France's 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 that's been buried for 75 years.

Season 5, Episode 23

Digging Into D-Day Part 2

Part two of Josh Gates' trip to France's Normandy continues to follow his investigation of battles on land, air and sea. The expedition reveals a Nazi threat greater than ever imagined, including a massive German bunker complex.

Season 5, Episode 24

The Real Robin Hood

Josh Gates crisscrosses the English countryside in search of the real Robin Hood.

Season 5, Episode 25

The Quest for King Arthur

Josh Gates scours England, Wales and Scotland to find evidence of a real King Arthur.

Season 5, Episode 26

The Legend of Jesse James

Josh Gates journeys across the American Midwest in search of the legendary loot of Jesse James. Along the way, he debunks Jesse James myths, rappels off a cliff on Wichita Mountain and follows treasure hunters into Buzzards Roost.

Season 5, Episode 27

Butch Cassidy's Lost Loot

Josh Gates immerses himself in Wild West lore on a quest to find Butch Cassidy's missing money.

Season 5, Episode 28

Egypt's Lost Queens

In the second installment of an epic two-part investigation, Josh continues his journey through Egypt to uncover the secrets, and possibly the final resting place, of ancient history's most powerful women rulers -- Nefertiti and Cleopatra.

Season 5, Episode 29

Lost Tomb of the Mummy

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.

Season 5, Episode 30

Mystery of Dead Mountain

Braving the sub-zero conditions of Siberia, Josh Gates investigates one of the strangest and most brutal cold cases: the Dyatlov Pass Incident. Nine Soviet hikers died suspiciously. Sixty years later, no one knows how or why.

Season 5, Episode 31

Siberia's Coldest Case

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 hikers' last steps. A big discovery could finally solve the mystery.

Season 5, Episode 32

Mystery of Dead Mountain

Braving the sub-zero conditions of Siberia, Josh Gates investigates one of the strangest and most brutal cold cases: the Dyatlov Pass Incident. Nine Soviet hikers died suspiciously. Sixty years later, no one knows how or why.

Season 5, Episode 33

Siberia's Coldest Case

Josh Gates concludes his in-depth investigation of the Dyatlov Pass Incident. Taking on Dead Mountain's brutal conditions, Josh and two investigators re-trace the last steps of the hikers. A big discovery could finally solve the mystery.

Season 5, Episode 34

Code To Gold

Josh Gates scours the Virginia backcountry in search of the legendary Thomas Beale treasure, worth millions today. With encrypted codes hiding its whereabouts, he takes a detour to Philadelphia to uncover missing pieces to the puzzle.

Season 5, Episode 35

Finding Fenn's Fortune

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.

Season 5, Episode 36

The Secret

Josh Gates is on a nationwide 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.

Season 5, Episode 37

The Secret Solved

Breaking news forces Josh Gates to race across the globe. One of the wickedly hard puzzles of The Secret, a case Josh has been chasing for years, might have been solved. He's been crisscrossing the US to track it down, but this solve is in Josh's hometown.

Season 5, Episode 39

Kalahari Desert's Lost City

Josh travels to the Kalahari Desert in southern Africa to look for a fabled lost city. On the journey, he traverses rough desert terrain, encounters wild animals, rafts down rapids and flies in an open-air helicopter.

Season 5, Episode 40

UFOs Over England

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."

Season 5, Episode 41

Roswell Revealed

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.

Season 5, Episode 42

America's Lost WWII Hero

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.

Season 5, Episode 43

Search for the Megashark

As he prepares for Shark Week 2020, Josh Gates plunges into the mystery of the megalodon. He travels to Mexico and South Africa to dive into shark-infested waters and search for fossilized megalodon teeth to find out what happened to the Mighty Meg.

Season 5, Episode 44

Lost Gold of Scotland

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.

Season 5, Episode 45

Captain Morgan's Lost Gold

Josh Gates dives into the Lajas Reef in search of treasure chests on the sunken flagship of the legendary pirate Captain Henry Morgan. His journey takes him to Panama City, where he visits a modern marvel -- the Panama Canal.

Season 5, Episode 46

Cracking the D.B. Cooper Case

Josh sets off on an expedition to crack the mystery behind the perpetrator of the only unsolved plane hijacking in US history. Picking up where the FBI left off, he discovers new clues and theories in the Pacific Northwest.

Season 5, Episode 47

Temple of Doom

Josh Gates travels to the remote and landmine-riddled jungles of Cambodia to investigate the lost city of the Khmer Empire and search for a mystical relic that over 1,000 years ago gave its God king the power to incinerate his enemies.

Season 5, Episode 48

England's Vanished Crown Jewels

Josh Gates goes on a quest to find the legendary lost treasure of King John. He explores the deadly marshlands of England to find the despised king's crown jewels, which were swept away in a freak tidal surge in the 13th century.

Season 5, Episode 49

Secrets of Shangri-La

Josh travels to the remote Mustang region of Nepal to explore the legendary Sky Caves. He and his team visit three different cave sites, each of which provide clues to the location of Shangri-La, the fabled heaven on earth.

Season 5, Episode 50

Hunting Vampires

Josh Gates scours Eastern Europe to confront both the ancient origins and modern legacy of the vampire legend.

Season 5, Episode 51

Ghost Ship of the Great Lakes

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."

Season 5, Episode 52

Gold Rush of the Atlantic

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.

Season 5, Episode 53

The Fortune of the Buzzard

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.

Season 5, Episode 54

D.B. Cooper Hijacking Mystery

There is only one unsolved plane hijacking in US history, and Josh Gates has determined to crack the case. Picking up where the FBI left off, he discovers new clues and theories in the Pacific Northwest.

Season 5, Episode 57

The Lost Tomb of Attila the Hun

Josh Gates travels to Hungary to join three separate archaeological 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.

Season 5, Episode 58

Holy Truths

Josh Gates journeys to the Holy Land to learn the truth about where Jesus Christ was actually born. He finds experts and historians who use state-of-the-art technology to finally unravel this mystery, revealing that it may not have happened as we thought.

Season 5, Episode 59

Holy Land Mystery

Josh Gates uses cutting-edge technology in the Holy Land to restore Dead Sea Scroll fragments with the archeologist who found them.

Season 5, Episode 60

Jordanian Treasures

Josh Gates follows new leads to the Jordanian desert in search of an ancient treasure after finding riddles etched into the Dead Sea Scrolls.

Season 5, Episode 65

Norse Power

Josh Gates journeys from Denmark to the remote island of Iceland during his investigation of how a group of Norse tribesmen gained power in medieval Europe.

Season 5, Episode 66

Viking Explorers

Josh Gates investigates whether the Vikings landed in the United States more than 500 years before any other Europeans. To settle the claim, he traces their westward expansion from Iceland to Greenland and into what would become the United States.

Season 5, Episode 67

Hitler's Fate

Josh Gates uncovers secret Nazi hideouts in Argentina and investigates what may be the most shocking conspiracy theory of all -- Adolf Hitler's "true" fate.

Season 5, Episode 68

Missing WWII WASP

World War II hero Gertrude "Tommy" Tompkins of the Women Air Force Service Pilots went missing when her P-51 Mustang crashed. Josh Gates explores joins search teams using cutting-edge technology to bring the lost hero home.

Season 5, Episode 69

Mystic Monument

Josh Gates travels to Great Britain to explore the origins of Stonehenge. There he finds an unexpected network of monuments that could have inspired one of history's most mystical locations.

Season 5, Episode 70

Lost Tomb From the Lookout

Josh Gates lands in the ancient Mayan city of El Mirador to look for the lost tomb of the Snake Kings -- a mysterious ruling dynasty.

Season 5, Episode 71

Final Resting Place of Kings

Josh continues his exploration of the Mayan city of El Mirador. He digs into the possible burial of the mysterious Snake Kings and uncovers secrets behind an ancient city's fall.

Season 5, Episode 72

Normandy Revealed

Josh investigates the battles on land, air and sea in the historic city of Normandy. He reveals a horrific Nazi threat and unearths an enormous German bunker complex that's been hidden for 75 years.

Season 5, Episode 73

Roman Empire Treasures

Josh Gates searches Italy for one of History's richest treasures -- relics looted from the Roman Empire and buried with Visigoth king Alaric.