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| The Would-be Messiah |
One hundred years after Jesus was crucified, a warrior hailed by rabbis as the Jewish messiah led a massive rebellion against Roman occupation. Who was this would-be messiah? The Naked Archaeologist reveals the story of the rabbis' best-kept secret. |
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| The Search for St. Peter |
At the Vatican in Rome stands the most iconic Christian church in the world: St. Peter's Basilica. It is named for the one-time fisherman who became the bearded bouncer controlling the pearly gates of heaven. According to Christian tradition, St. Peter is buried deep in the catacombs underneath the basilica. But is there any archaeological proof? In this episode, the Naked Archaeologist traces the final footsteps of St. Peter. |
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| A Nabatean By Any Other Name |
What do a lost city, a forgotten empire, a deodorant and Moses all have in common? The Nabateans, an ancient and mysterious people, built the beautiful hidden city of Petra as the capital of their trading empire in the first century BCE. It was an empire founded on the trade in frankincense, which was used as, among other things, a deodorant. But who were the Nabateans? The Naked Archaeologist decides to find out, and along the way discovers a surprising link to Moses and the Exodus. |
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| Chasing the Temple Booty – Part One |
3,000 years ago, Jerusalem was home to King Solomon's Temple: for the Jews, the holiest temple in the entire world. It housed priceless treasures symbolizing communication between God and humankind – the Ark of the Covenant, a pair of silver trumpets, a bejewelled golden table and a massive golden menorah – along with billions of dollars worth of gold bricks. To control these objects was to control heaven, the seas and everything in between. But what happened to the temple and its treasure? In this episode, the Naked Archaeologist tracks the booty from Jerusalem to Rome. |
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| Chasing the Temple Booty – Part Two |
In this episode, the Naked Archaeologist continues his quest to find the treasure looted from the Temple in Jerusalem in 70CE. Exciting new clues lead him from Rome back to Jerusalem: Has a 2,000-year-old mystery been solved? |
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| The Giants of Genesis |
Genesis 6:4 says: "There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown." Who were these giants? In this episode, the Naked Archaeologist quests after Goliath of Gath, the mighty King Og and other towering figures from the Old Testament. |
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| All In The Family |
If the Bible was rated the way movies are, it wouldn’t even get close to a family rating. But even by that standard the story of Lot and his daughters is racy. Few people remember that Lot had a drunken fling with his daughters after his wife was killed as they all escaped from Sodom. But why is Lot venerated as a Saint. And more to the point, what were they doing in Sodom that was so bad it makes incest look good? The Naked Archaeologist is on a quest to find evidence of ancient Sodom, find out what really went on there and to find out if the story of Lot and his daughters is true. |
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| The Legacy of King Solomon Part 1 |
King Solomon has been the source of great debate in recent years: Was he, or wasn't he, a real historical figure? Taking clues from the Bible, the Naked Archaeologist attempts to separate fact from fiction and figure out what legacy King Solomon left behind. |
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| The Legacy of King Solomon Part 2 |
In part two, the Naked Archaeologist takes his investigation of King Solomon up a notch, and makes some amazing discoveries that just might prove that Solomon really was the King of Israel in the 10th Century BCE. |
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| Jewish Rome
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The Catacombs, the Vatican, the Churches--too much of the world Rome IS Christianity. But with the oldest European Jewish comminty in the world, is there another story under Rome? Starting in the historic streets of the Jewish Ghetto and ending in the rarely seen Jewish Catacombs, the Naked Archaeologist digs down to an older, deeper layer of Rome--one that predicts Christianity by centuries.
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