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Secrets Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
5 Episodes 2013 - 2013
Episode 1
Jesus' Wife
Mon, May 5, 201445 mins
This 1600 year-old scripture - 8 lines of ancient Coptic script - has the line "Jesus said, 'my wife'." Could the fragment be a modern-day forgery, or does it add to the growing body of evidence that suggests Mary Magdalene could have been Jesus's wife, and an early leader of the church?
Episode 2
The Vinland Map
Sun, Sep 1, 201348 mins
Secrets looks at the Vinland Map which was supposedly created fifty years before Columbus. The map clearly features the coast of North America. If it is real, it shows that Europeans knew about North America in the years before Columbus. Experts try to determine whether the map is real.
Episode 3
The Turin Shroud
Sun, Aug 4, 201346 mins
The Shroud of Turin. Is it the burial cloth of Jesus Christ? A work of art? Or the greatest prank ever pulled? The Vatican itself refuses to take an official position on its authenticity, and with limited access to the cloth for testing, there's seemingly no way for scientists to end the debate. Or is there? Join four experts as they explore four radically different theories, using groundbreaking research and archeological expertise. Their one goal: to decode a treasure that has been revered, rejected, and argued about for more than 600 years.
Episode 4
Death Cult of the Sphinx
Sun, Aug 11, 201345 mins
Archeologists search for and interpret tiny clues to determine the origin of the Sphinx and who it represents.
Episode 5
El Dorado
Sun, Aug 18, 201346 mins
A ten-inch golden statue discovered in a cave near Bogota may be the key to the greatest treasure never found: El Dorado. For centuries, rumors of a "Lost City of Gold" attracted explorers and fortune hunters to the Colombian Andes in search of riches. Now, after 500 years of futility and bloodshed, investigators try to finish the job, using the found statue, a beautiful model of a golden raft, as their guide. See legend and fact collide as we apply forensic techniques and decipher ancient documents to uncover the truth behind the myth.
