Ancient Secrets of the Bible

An ancient wooden chest covered with beaten gold: Ancient myth or historical fact? Could the elaborate metalwork described in the Bible actually be completed by a tribe of refugees trundling through the desert? If the ark did exist, where is it now? A group of rabbis claim they found it in a 1981 excavation. A sect in Ethiopia says they have had it for centuries. If it does exist what is inside?

The triumph of David over Goliath -- an unlikely victory celebrated as a sign of God's strength...but did it really happen? Is it fact or legend? Was there a giant named Goliath and a real David? Did they in fact duel to the death? Could a shepherd's sling and small stone plucked from a brook kill such a mighty warrior? A surprising demonstration will amaze you!

A burning bush appears on a rocky hillside. A sign from God...or the hallucination of a sun struck shepherd? The waters part and nearly two million refugees surge across the Red Sea on a mysterious ridge of dry land - then watch a pursuing Egyptian army drown. Miracle or mirage? Discover the amazing truth!

Two stone tablets inscribed by the finger of God disappear. Where are they now? Lost in the dust of history or lying in a dark cavern beneath the original Temple Mount in Jerusalem? Have they been in Ethiopia for millennia as claimed by a group of Ethiopian Christians? Precisely where is the authentic Mount Sinai? A recent archaeological expedition raises questions with an explosive answer.

A global flood sends seas and rivers ripping over their banks. Torrents of rain cascade down. How is an untested wooden ship supposed to withstand the screaming winds and waves for an entire year? Absurd...or is it? How could Noah build such a huge ship? Did ancients have the technology? How could the ark hold all the animals? Startling new oceanographic tests point to inescapable conclusions.

Persia. China. Egypt. In more than 200 cultures around the globe, the same story surfaces. A massive flood. A large boat. Animals. A few select survivors. Coincidence or the ancient thread of a shared historical experience? Would 40 days and nights of rain cover the earth? Where did it all eventually go? Consider the shocking secrets unlocked by recent scientific findings and archaeological digs.

Can it be true? Does a giant wooden ark lie beneath ice on the crumbling north slope of Mount Ararat? An ark that has been seen and reported by dozens of reliable witnesses. What about the alleged missing photos of the ark? Truth or fiction? Decide for yourself, but not before you share the remarkable adventures of Ararat's explorers - documented in this episode.

He's one of the Bible's most colorful characters. Proud, impulsive, vengeful...but was he real? Could one man topple an entire Philistine temple? Kill a thousand enemies with the jawbone of a donkey? Could such a hero allow himself to be betrayed by Delilah? It depends. New architectural discoveries add a surprising twist to Samson's story.

Is it the burial cloth that covered Jesus in the tomb? A silent witness of the greatest event in history? Or is it a fraud? An elaborate hoax that has fooled millions for centuries? What secrets does it keep? Now evidence gathered from 44 scientific studies has been weighed--and the chilling truth can be told!

Two cities scorched into oblivion as fire and brimstone pour down from the sky...and only one man and his family escape the disaster. "Impossible," say critics. But recent archaeological digs say otherwise. See for yourself: Do ancient bones, pottery, and ashes sifted from stony ground south of the Dead Sea have a story to tell the world today?

Three men are thrust into a white-hot brick furnace. As hungry flames hide the condemned men, an angry crowd waits for screams...that never come. Instead Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego walk out--unharmed. Could anyone survive such an ordeal? How? A computer simulation walks you into the blistering furnace with the three prisoners...But will you walk back out...without the aid of a miracle?

A spiraling tower rises above the ancient city of Babylon until it is destroyed by God. Did it really exist? If so, how did its ruins vanish without a trace? What about the Bible's claim that all races and languages sprang from one remote area of Mesopotamia? Consider startling new evidence and the chilling news that the tower may again be under construction as prophesied thousands of years ago.

Jericho...One of the world's oldest and most mysterious cities. Could its fortress walls suddenly collapse at a mere trumpet blast? How could the rushing waters of the Jordan River miraculously stop flowing to give advancing Israelites an attack route to the city? Skeptics say no...But silent witnesses recently unearthed from ancient Jericho say otherwise.