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s17e08 · 2026-08-20
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Expedition Unknown
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In the hit series Expedition Unknown, Travel Channel's witty explorer Josh Gates seeks answers to some of the world's most captivating unsolved stories and legends. Gates is on a mission to find the truth behind each iconic legend, digging through years of historical evidence, facts and myths. Leaving no stone unturned, his adventures take him around the globe as he immerses himself in the core locales linked to each tale. From excavating ruins in search of the real Robin Hood to sailing the high seas investigating Christopher Columbus and exploring Nepal's "sky caves" for Shangri La, Gates' archaeological background and ubiquitous sense of humor generate a new take on age-old stories.
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21 this season · 173 totals03e01 Plummer's Gold 2016-11-03 01:00
Plummer's Gold
Josh Gates heads to Montana, the Gold Rush territory to search for the missing fortune of notorious Old West sheriff, Henry Plummer.
s03e02 The Lost Tomb of Attila the Hun 2016-11-10 02:00
The Lost Tomb of Attila the Hun
Josh travels to Hungary to join three separate archeological teams looking for the lost tomb of Attila the Hun; legends and ancient texts lead the search from the bottom of the Danube to the mountain forests just outside of Budapest.
s03e03 The Vanished Empire 2016-11-17 02:00
The Vanished Empire
Josh travels to Greece to explore Europe's first superpower and how it disappeared on the Mediterranean island of Crete.
s03e04 The Lost Colony of Roanoke 2016-11-24 02:00
The Lost Colony of Roanoke
America's first missing-persons case, the Lost Colony of Roanoke, is investigated with newly discovered clues.
s03e05 Cloning the Woolly Mammoth 2016-12-29 02:00
Cloning the Woolly Mammoth
One of the most iconic creatures of the Ice Age, the Woolly Mammoth, has gone extinct and Joash and the team search for enough DNA to clone a woolly mammoth.
s03e06 Journey to the Ice Age 2017-01-05 02:00
Journey to the Ice Age
Josh retrieves bone samples from the massive Batagay crater and gets DNA results to find out if the woolly mammoth will walk the earth again.
s03e07 Cracking the D.B. Cooper Case 2017-01-12 02:00
Cracking the D.B. Cooper Case
Josh Gates sets off on an expedition to crack the mystery behind the perpetrator of the only unsolved plane hijacking in U.S. history.
s03e08 Lasseter's Gold 2017-01-19 02:00
Lasseter's Gold
Josh Gates sets off deep into the Australian Outback, following the footsteps of legendary explorer Harold Lasseter, who claims to have found a vast field of gold.
s03e09 Tracking Tasmania's Tiger 2017-01-26 02:00
Tracking Tasmania's Tiger
Josh Gates ventures to Australia's island state of Tasmania to investigate sightings of the supposedly extinct Thylacine, also known as the Tasmanian Tiger.
s03e10 Captain Kidd's Treasure 2017-02-23 02:00
Captain Kidd's Treasure
Josh retraces the footsteps of the legendary Captain Kidd in the hopes of finding his buried treasure; from the East Coast to the Caribbean, the search takes him to a real pirate shipwreck and to the island hideout of the notorious buccaneer.
s03e11 Africa's Cursed Lake of Gold 2017-03-02 02:00
Africa's Cursed Lake of Gold
Josh Gates journeys to the wilds of Namibia to embark on a treacherously deep dive in Lake Otjikoto for a long lost World War I treasure.
s03e12 The Ark of the Covenant 2017-03-09 02:00
The Ark of the Covenant
Josh Gates follows in the footsteps of Indiana Jones as he searches in Israel and Ethiopia for the lost Ark of the Covenant, the sacred relic said to contain the Ten Commandments and possess extraordinary powers.
s03e13 England's Vanished Crown Jewels 2017-03-16 01:00
England's Vanished Crown Jewels
Josh Gates goes on a quest to find the legendary lost treasure of King John; exploring the deadly marshlands of England to find the despised king's crown jewels, which were swept away in a freak tidal surge in the 13th century.
s03e14 Corsica's Nazi Treasure 2017-03-23 01:00
Corsica's Nazi Treasure
Josh Gates hunts for the hidden treasure of Erwin Rommel, a Nazi general who plundered the wealth of North Africa as his tank corps fled the continent; never-explored underground lakes and undersea relics of World War II.
s03e15 Italy's Barbarian Booty 2017-06-01 01:00
Italy's Barbarian Booty
To find the plundered riches of the Roman Empire, Josh Gates must locate the tomb of the Visigoth king Alaric in Italy; the hunt extends from the capital of Rome to the southern city of Cosenza.
s03e16 India's Atlantis 2017-06-08 01:00
India's Atlantis
Josh Gates travels to India in search of Dwarka, a mythical kingdom swallowed by the ocean. To find find evidence that the golden city is real, Josh dives into the Arabian Sea and visits a dig site that could rewrite history.
s03e17 Lost Spanish Fortune, Found! 2017-06-15 01:00
Lost Spanish Fortune, Found!
Josh Gates travels down to the coast of Florida and to the recently opened Cuba in search of a sunken treasure from a fleet of Spanish ships that were sunk in 1715; the hunt takes in deep into the Atlantic and the National Archives of Cuba.