Season 2
8 episodes · Mar 4, 2025
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- S2E1
Mary Magdalene: First Apostle
Mar 4, 202553mThe story of Mary Magdalene, who traveled with Jesus as one of his followers, witnessed Christ's crucifixion and the first witness to the Resurrection. She is known in some Christian traditions as the 'apostle to the apostles'.
- S2E2
Tutankhamun: Lifting the Curse
Mar 11, 202552mLifting curses apparently linked to the Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun claimed to cause bad luck, illness or death.
- S2E3
The Incas: A Sudden Fall
Mar 18, 202552mIn 1532, Spanish conquistadors encountered the advanced Inca Empire, known for its vast road network, suspension bridges and Machu Picchu.
- S2E4
Noah's Ark: The Endless Quest
Mar 25, 202548mExplorers claim to have found Noah's Ark on Mount Ararat, but is it myth or historical truth?
- S2E5
Ramses II: The Greatest Pharaoh
Apr 1, 2025The life and times of King Ramses II, who oversaw the construction of more monuments and sired more children than any other Egyptian king.
- S2E6
The Ten Plagues: A Greek Curse?
Apr 8, 2025The 10 plagues of Egypt, which saw water turning to blood, frogs, lice, flies, livestock pestilence, boils, hail, locusts, darkness and the killing of firstborn children. As detailed in the Bible, they were sent by God to convince Pharaoh to free the Israelites.
- S2E7
El Dorado: Gold, Guns & Greed
Apr 15, 2025Dr. Fern Riddell and Dr. Karen Bellinger examine the historic belief by some Europeans in the 16th and 17th centuries, that somewhere in the New World is a place of immense wealth known as El Dorado. Many explorers were led on fruitless treks into the rainforests and mountains of South America, in search of this lost city of gold.
- S2E8
Rome: Fall or Pushed?
Apr 22, 2025Dr. Fern Riddell and Dr. Karen Bellinger examine the reasons for the apparent rapid collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the fifth century, specifically from 476AD. Did it fall, or was it pushed?