Myth Hunters

The armies of Nazi Germany crossed the border with Austria, but when Hitler arrived in Vienna just 2 days later, the very first thing he did was to go to the Hofburg museum to lay claim to what appeared to be a simple Roman spear head. This spear head was something that Hitler had apparently coveted ever since he had first nurtured ambitions to become the ruler of a new German Reich.

For 2000 years, seekers have hunted Noah's Ark, believed to save Earth from biblical flood wrath. US creationists seek it on Turkey's Mount Ararat, aiming to refute evolution. This documentary tracks three Christian explorers whose searches ended sadly.

Richard Knight, an actor and laborer, became obsessed with Captain Kidd's treasure. He found clues in old maps and located a potential site in Communist Vietnam's Hon Tre Lon. Despite risks, he and Fred Graham journeyed there, only to be captured.

King Solomon ruled Israel 3,000 years ago, famed for a visit from the Queen of Sheba. The quest for Solomon's gold spans millennia. Karl Mauch believed he found Ophir in southern Africa. Yet, the search for Solomon's true mines persists.

In 1941 the Germans looted one of the Soviet Union's most important art works, called the Amber Room. An extraordinary series of C18 amber screens worth millions of pounds and considered, by many, the 8th wonder of the world. It was taken to the Baltic city of Konigsberg. 4 years later at the end of the war, it had vanished. So began one of the greatest treasure hunts of the twentieth century.

The Honjo Masamune, Japan's greatest sword, vanished after WWII. Taken as a souvenir by a US Sergeant, it's now a legendary lost artifact sought by collectors worldwide.