S1 E1 • American Maya Secrets

Geologist and adventurer Scott Wolter explores a government-restricted site, and makes a startling discovery connecting the ancient Mayans with rural Georgia.

Première diffusion : 21 décembre 2012

S1 E2 • Medieval Desert Mystery

Scott Wolter investigates a burial site in the mountains of Arizona, only to discover it may belong to a medieval Englishman.

Première diffusion : 28 décembre 2012

S1 E3 • Great Lakes Copper Heist

Scientific testing connects a prehistoric Bronze Age civilization with the mysterious disappearance of vast amounts of copper from Lake Superior.

Première diffusion : 4 janvier 2013

S1 E4 • Giants in Minnesota

Geologist Scott Wolter visits a Minnesota farmer who wants to investigate the possible existence of bones from a giant he unearthed in his yard. The bones raise the question of whether Vikings could have traveled all the way to America.

Première diffusion : 11 janvier 2013

S1 E5 • A Deadly Sacrifice

A man shows up at Scott Wolter s lab with a 500-pound discovery. In the flatbed of his truck is a large boulder he pulled from the Arkansas River, inscribed with a mysterious bull symbol. Wolter s investigation into who carved the stone and for what ritualistic purpose ultimately reveals a connection between the ancient Egyptian cult of the Apis bull, the mysterious religion known as Mithraism and a party of pre-Columbian explorers to Oklahoma s panhandle. In the end, carvings in a cave in America s Heartland shed light on an ancient connection that could prove a group of religious outcasts made it to America in pre-Columbian times.

Première diffusion : 18 janvier 2013

S1 E6 • Stonehenge in America

Geologist Scott Wolter has reason to believe America has its very own Stonehenge in New Hampshire. With the help of a young man who discovered an amazing connection between America s Stonehenge and Stonehenge in England, Wolter explores the possibility that the ancient Phoenicians are connected to both of these megalithic sites. At America's Stonehenge, he uncovers many clues, including a sacrificial table and a mysterious message carved on a stone in ancient script that helps advance this provocative theory. He also discovers both sites are accurate astronomical calendars and that alignments with the heavens are incorporated into their design.

Première diffusion : 25 janvier 2013

S1 E7 • Mystery of Roanoke

In the late 1500s, years before Jamestown, the English sought to create their first settlement in America at Roanoke. A party of 119 colonists came over and settled but ultimately vanished. The fate of the Lost Colony of Roanoke has eluded archaeologists, historians and North Carolina locals, but as forensic geologist Scott Wolter discovers, a series of 48 stone clues that have been largely ignored and considered frauds may in fact hold the answer to America s oldest cold case.

Première diffusion : 1 février 2013

S1 E8 • Chamber Hunting

There are 800 very old, very mysterious, man-made stone sites in the Northeastern part of the United States. Forensic geologist Scott Wolter heads to rural Pennsylvania to investigate one of them--a meticulously crafted stone chamber buried underground in the woods. When he realizes it may have been a ritual bath chamber for a secret society, he embarks on a quest for answers as to who built, when and why.

Première diffusion : 8 février 2013

S1 E9 • Motive for Murder

After his famous expedition to map the American West with William Clark, Meriwether Lewis recorded details of the adventure in a journal and intended to publish it. Before he could, he was shot and killed in an inn on the Natchez Trace. His death has been classified as a suicide, but as forensic geologist Scott Wolter discovers, there s reason to think he may not have killed himself. As Wolter investigates the death of America s most famous explorer he uncovers details that suggest President Jefferson himself may have had ulterior motives for the Lewis and Clark expedition that have never made it into the history books and may have led to his violent death.

Première diffusion : 15 février 2013

S1 E10 • The Desert Cross

Heading to Tucson, Arizona with his son Grant, Wolter is eager to investigate a mysterious cache of crosses, swords and other relics pulled from the desert in the 1920s. One sword has a date--800 AD--written in Latin, which would suggest a group of Europeans was in the American Southwest hundreds of years before Columbus made it to America. Wolter's investigation is particularly important for one man--the grandson of the man who helped discover the items. The investigation could determine whether the artifacts are part of an elaborate hoax or part of a find that could change history.

Première diffusion : 22 février 2013

S1 E11 • Tracking the Templars

An investigation into a mysterious symbol often seen on ancient artifacts may finally be solved, potentially connecting the Knights of Templar and modern Freemasons and even revealing what and where the elusive Holy Grail is.

Première diffusion : 1 mars 2013

S1 E12 • America's Oldest Secret

Scott explores a mysterious tower in Newport, R.I.

Première diffusion : 8 mars 2013

S1 E13 • Hunt for the Holy Grail

A treasure hunter takes Scott Wolter on an edge-of-your-seat journey to find one of the most sought-after artifacts of all time.

Première diffusion : 15 mars 2013