Bible Uncovered

All Episodes 2009

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  • 2009-04-10T04:00:00Z
  • 1h
  • 8h (8 episodes)
  • United States
  • Documentary
A team of scientists joins forces with religious scholars to take a look at biblical tales of murder, miracles and mystery. The Bible is a repository for tales of miracles and divine interventions. But did any of the miraculous events described in this sacred book really happen as recorded?

8 episodes

Series Premiere

2009-04-10T04:00:00Z

1x01 Search for Noah

Series Premiere

1x01 Search for Noah

  • 2009-04-10T04:00:00Z1h

In Search for Noah, we consider the geological evidence for the Old Testament’s Great Flood. Could it have been the result of a comet hitting the Earth? We also use satellite imagery to search for the final resting place of Noah’s Ark.

2009-04-17T04:00:00Z

1x02 Hunt for the Ark

1x02 Hunt for the Ark

  • 2009-04-17T04:00:00Z1h

We ask whether this golden casket that contained the Ten Commandments really existed, and if so, whether there is any logical explanation for its mysterious disappearance. Was it really spirited away from Solomon’s Temple by the Knights Templar?

2009-04-24T04:00:00Z

1x03 Lost Cities

1x03 Lost Cities

  • 2009-04-24T04:00:00Z1h

Scientists investigate evidence for the existence of the two lost cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, allegedly destroyed in retribution for their wickedness

2009-05-01T04:00:00Z

1x04 Exodus

1x04 Exodus

  • 2009-05-01T04:00:00Z1h

Exodus revisits the story of Moses parting the Red Sea to save the Israelites from the Egyptian army, and searches for historical evidence of the ten plagues famously visited upon Egypt.

2009-05-08T04:00:00Z

1x05 Secret Code of Revelation

1x05 Secret Code of Revelation

  • 2009-05-08T04:00:00Z1h

Secret Code of Revelations dissects the final book of the Bible’s predictions of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, who traditionally symbolise pestilence, war, famine, and death, leading to the battle of Armageddon, and explains why millions of people believe that these apocalyptic prophesies are coming true today.

2009-05-15T04:00:00Z

1x06 Lost Kings of Israel

1x06 Lost Kings of Israel

  • 2009-05-15T04:00:00Z1h

Scientists and religious scholars search for evidence of the first kings of Israel to see if the Biblical figures were based on real people. David, according to the Bible, came to power after defeating Goliath and seizing Jerusalem, and his son Solomon built the first temple.

1x07 Cain and Abel: Brothers at War

  • 2009-05-22T04:00:00Z1h

This Bible story of sibling jealousy and murder has puzzled scholars for centuries. From Egyptian burial tombs to the mountaintops of Iran, archaeologists investigate a tale that impacts all of humanity. Both the Koran and the Old Testament offer tales of Cain and Abel, the sons of Adam and Eve. The men offered sacrifices to God, but when God favoured Abel, Cain was filled with jealousy and killed his brother. Did this event really happen?

2009-05-29T04:00:00Z

1x08 Dead Sea Scrolls Mystery

1x08 Dead Sea Scrolls Mystery

  • 2009-05-29T04:00:00Z1h

How the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls in 1947 changed religious scholars' understanding of the history of Christianity and Judaism.

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