About this season
Digging for the Truth was a History Channel television series. The first three seasons of the show focused on host Josh Bernstein, who journeyed on various explorations of historical icons and mysteries. Bernstein is the president and CEO of BOSS and has a degree in anthropology and psychology from Cornell University. The show airs every Monday night at 9:00 EST on the History Channel. The series premiered in January, 2005 and has since become the highest-rated series in the history of The History Channel, which was surprising given the previous show "Time Titans" from the production crew never made it past the pilot. The third season premiered on January 22, 2007, with a 2-hour special event on the quest for Atlantis. Bernstein announced on February 20, 2007, that he would be leaving The History Channel and Digging for the Truth, and would, as of April, join The Discovery Channel as an executive producer and host of a new prime-time series and specials. Hunter Ellis, host of Tactical to Practical and Man, Moment, Machine for The History Channel, then replaced Josh Bernstein as host.
Episodes (13)
1. The Real Temple of Doom
Aired 23 January 2006 • 60 min
Join Josh Bernstein as he ventures into the deep jungle of the Amazon to find out more information on the Chavin and whether or not they really had a "temple of doom."
2. America's Pyramids
10.0Aired 30 January 2006 • 60 min
Join Josh Bernstein as he travels North America in search of its own pyramids. The adventure turns dangerous when Josh suffers a severe allergic reaction to fire ants.
3. Stonehenge Secrets Revealed
Aired 6 February 2006 • 60 min
Join Josh Bernstein as he investigates the origins of the mysterious Stonehenge.
4. The Vikings: Voyage to America
Aired 13 February 2006 • 60 min
Join Josh Bernstein as he sails a Viking ship from Denmark to America and tries to determine for himself if the Vikings really beat Christopher Columbus to America.
5. Roanoke: The Lost Colony
Aired 20 February 2006 • 60 min
Join Josh Bernstein as he investigates the roots of England's first permanent colony, who three years after landing, vanished.
6. Cleopatra: The Last Pharaoh
Aired 27 February 2006 • 60 min
Join Josh Bernstein as he joins Zahi Hawass in the hunt for mummies from the time of Cleopatra's reign as they try to uncover more information on one of the very last Pharaohs.
7. City of the Gods
Aired 6 March 2006 • 60 min
Josh Bernstein explores Teotihuacán, the City of the Gods to learn of the people who lived there. During his time in the region, Josh rides in a hot-air balloon and even engages in an ancient local sport, which literally leaves him bruised.
8. The Real Queen of Sheba
Aired 13 March 2006 • 60 min
Josh travels to Ethiopia to find out whether or not there really was a Queen of Sheba, or if she was merely a legend.
9. Troy: Of Gods and Warriors
Aired 20 March 2006 • 60 min
Josh travels to Greece and Turkey in search of the legendary city of Troy. He ends up finding out that Homer's Iliad was more than merely a work of fiction.
10. The Da Vinci Code: Bloodlines
Aired 27 March 2006 • 60 min
Josh Bernstein searches for evidence behind the controversial theory laid out in Dan Brown's book, The Da Vinci Code.
11. Giants of Patagonia
Aired 3 April 2006 • 60 min
Josh Bernstein accompanies paleontologists, naturalists, and crypto-zoologists on a search to determine whether the ground sloth could be the source of the giants of Patagonia.
12. The Real Sin City: Sodom & Gomorrah
Aired 17 April 2006 • 60 min
Josh Bernstein follows the clues left in the Bible in hopes of finding the infamous cities of sin, Sodom and Gomorrah.
13. Lost Cities of the Amazon
Aired 24 April 2006 • 60 min
Josh Bernstein treks through thick overgrown regions of the Amazon rainforest on the trail of the legendary "Lost City of Z".