Secrets of the Bible

Tudor Parfitt is making the claim that he has found one of the Lost Tribes, a tribe of Black Jews living in Zimbabwe and South Africa called the Lemba, who can be traced back to the Jews of the Old Testament. If that weren’t incredible enough, he thinks that the Lemba may offer a crucial clue as to what happened to that most revered and precious of artefacts: the Lost Ark of the Covenant.

An archaeologist believes he’s found proof of the bloodiest episode in the Old Testament: the Battle of Jericho. The ancient site is still there today, but many archaeologists believe it was already derelict when the Bible says Joshua conquered Jericho. But some believe physical evidence excavated there proves that a thriving city was destroyed in 1400 BCE, making the Biblical account true.

On the way to the Promised Land, Moses delivers the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai. Many scholars believe they fled South East, and that Mount Sinai is a mountain on the Sinai Peninsula. But there is one man who thinks otherwise. He traces a new Exodus route, through the Arabian desert and to Mount Bedr, an active volcano in the wilderness of Saudi Arabia.

The Great Flood is the most apocalyptic story in the Old Testament, but no concrete evidence of it has ever been found. Now two oceanographers set out to solve the mystery. They discover that the Black Sea was once a much smaller lake, and believe that an advanced civilisation living on the banks of the lake were forced to flee. But can they find evidence on the sea floor to prove their case?

Historian and author Adrian Gilbert believes he has proved that the legendary Stone of Jacob is real, and he wants to test the stone to confirm its origins. But no one will let him. Just when he is about to give up the British government announce they are going to give the stone back to the Scottish people, who want to confirm its provenance. This is the moment Adrian Gilbert has been waiting for.

This is the incredible story of the Jehoash Tablet, a controversial religious artifact that surfaced in Israel and started the fraud trial of the century. Featuring millionaires and scholars, spies and detectives, this episode follows the real life plot twists through the investigation and sensational trial to determine the tablet’s authenticity.