Season
Season 4 Episode
- Season 1 Who Built Egypt's Pyramids?
- Season 1 Nefertiti: The Mummy Returns
- Season 1 Pompeii Secrets Revealed
- Season 1 Hunt for the Lost Ark
- Season 1 The Holy Grail
- Season 1 The Iceman Cometh
- Season 1 Quest for King Solomon's Gold
- Season 1 Passage to the Maya Underworld
- Season 1 The Lost Tribe of Israel
- Season 1 Secrets of the Nazca Lines
- Season 1 The Search for El Dorado
- Season 1 Giants of Easter Island
- Season 1 Mystery of the Anasazi
Digging for the Truth - Season 1 Episode 3 Pompeii Secrets Revealed
8.80 60 minutes In 79 AD, the volcano Vesuvius exploded in one of history's deadliest eruptions, burying the city of Pompeii and other Roman towns along the Bay of Naples beneath layers of ash and pumice. Pompeii was rediscovered in the 18th century, but only recently have archaeologists and volcanologists come to understand exactly how the eruption unfolded, and why it took the people of Pompeii almost entirely by surprise. Intrigued, host Josh Bernstein visits the Bay of Naples, and learns the entire area is built on ancient volcanic rock, some of it still steaming. He climbs the world's most active volcano--Stromboli--an island near Sicily, where ""fireworks"" from the mountain are a nightly entertainment. Back at Pompeii, he searches for clues that might have enlightened the Romans to the growing threat in their midst. And he literally plays with fire as he follows the story right into the heart of Vesuvius.
