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The Truth Behind (dup)

Season 2 2006 - 2010

  • 2009-09-12T02:00:00Z on National Geographic (US)
  • 30m
  • 5h 45m (11 episodes)
  • United States
  • Documentary
Myth or reality? Fact or fiction? The Truth Behind takes a forensic look at the world's most popular and enduring mysteries, from the "lost" city of Atlantis to the Loch Ness monster, UFOs to crystal skulls. Using the latest scientific technology, expert opinions, and ground-breaking experiments, this series explores the most fascinating and perplexing of unexplained phenomena, delving deep into the science behind the legends.

12 episodes

Season Premiere

2009-09-12T02:00:00Z

2x01 The Ark

Season Premiere

2x01 The Ark

  • 2009-09-12T02:00:00Z30m

Historical Fact or Biblical Fiction? Noahs Ark and the flood is one of the most controversial biblical disaster stories of all time. Millions of people believe the story literally; for others its clearly a myth. But a newly discovered ancient tablet and a strange structure high in the mountains of Eastern Turkey could change our understanding of the Ark forever. Using scientific technology and state of the art computer graphics we put the various theories to the test as we uncover the Truth Behind Noahs Ark.

2010-07-31T02:00:00Z

2x02 The Devil's Bible

2x02 The Devil's Bible

  • 2010-07-31T02:00:00Z30m

Allegedly made from the skins of 160 donkeys (and weighing 165 pounds), the Codex Gigas is the world’s largest and most mysterious medieval manuscript. It’s known as “the Devil’s Bible” due to a large illustration of the devil and because of the stories surrounding it.

2010-02-02T03:00:00Z

2x03 Crop Circles

2x03 Crop Circles

  • 2010-02-02T03:00:00Z30m

2009-06-22T02:00:00Z

2x04 The Bermuda Triangle

2x04 The Bermuda Triangle

  • 2009-06-22T02:00:00Z30m

Over many years, hundreds of ships and planes have disappeared in the area known as "The Bermuda Triangle". This documentary hears various theories as to why"

2007-03-12T02:00:00Z

2x05 The Dead Sea Scrolls

2x05 The Dead Sea Scrolls

  • 2007-03-12T02:00:00Z45m

Experts unravel the mystery of the Dead Sea Scrolls and explore theories about their creation, including the Church's 50-year embargo on their publication

2010-02-23T03:00:00Z

2x06 UFOs Over Phoenix

2x06 UFOs Over Phoenix

  • 2010-02-23T03:00:00Z30m

A team of scientists, physicists and engineers attempts to explain the appearance of bright balls of light over Nevada and Arizona in 1997.

2009-03-23T02:00:00Z

2x07 Secrets of the Druids

2x07 Secrets of the Druids

  • 2009-03-23T02:00:00Z30m

The Druids of Celtic Britain are remembered as mystical holy men, holding the secrets of nature. But ancient sources -- including Julius Caesar himself -- accused them of human sacrifice, even cannibalism. Now, new discoveries are uncovering the secrets of these Celtic pagan priests. Learn how a recent discovery of a cloaked man buried almost 2,000 years ago with mysterious metal rods has been linked with the Druids for the first time.

2010-03-02T03:00:00Z

2x08 Nasca Lines

2x08 Nasca Lines

  • 2010-03-02T03:00:00Z30m

A team of specialists travels to Peru's high desert to investigate the geoglyphs that form immense patterns, visible only from the air.

2006-03-23T03:00:00Z

2x09 The Lost Ark

2x09 The Lost Ark

  • 2006-03-23T03:00:00Z30m

It's one of the most coveted artifacts of the Bible: a gold-encrusted chest containing the Ten Commandments. Can modern scholarship explain the awful powers of the Ark of the Covenant and tell us how it vanished and where it is today?

2010-02-23T03:00:00Z

2x10 The Nevada Triangle

2x10 The Nevada Triangle

  • 2010-02-23T03:00:00Z30m

What does the mysterious disappearance of record-breaking aviator Steve Fossett have in common with Area 51? In September 2007, Fosset went missing somewhere over the Sierra Nevada mountain range, sparking the biggest peacetime search and rescue operation in the history of the United States. Over the ensuing days and weeks, reports would surface of dozens of other missing airplanes in a huge triangular area of California and Nevada. Could this mysterious region be another Bermuda Triangle?

2010-01-25T03:00:00Z

2x12 Bigfoot

2x12 Bigfoot

  • 2010-01-25T03:00:00Z30m

Sasquatch. The Wild Man. Bigfoot. Believers in the massive creature claim he's half man, half primate and roams the Pacific Northwest. Join a team of experts as they use advanced scientific analysis to investigate the phenomenon to reveal what's science, and what's science fiction. Follow along as we break down one of the most controversial pieces of evidence... a 40-year-old film that many believe is actual video of the apelike being.

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