Seasons & episodes
S2 · E11Kalahari Desert's Lost City 2016-01-27 · 60 min
Gates searches for a lost city in the Kalahari Desert in Africa. First discovered by circus pioneer The Great Farini in 1885, he supposedly came across the ruins of a lost city half buried in the scorching sands. Those who followed in his footsteps came up empty-handed and claimed it a hoax, while even some vanished. Today, a modern explorer launched an all new expedition which Gates joins.
S2 · E12Yamashita's Gold 2016-02-10 · 60 min
Gates searches for Yamashita's Gold, millions of dollars in Southeast Asian gold and jewels that was looted by Japan and covertly transported to the Philippines under the direction of Japanese general Tomoyuki Yamashita during World War II. The fortune was hidden by gangsters, military generals, and a secret organization in tunnels and caves somewhere in the conquered country. But the treasure was lost when the Allies won the war, until a treasure hunter found part of it in 1970 and has been searching for it ever since.
S2 · E13Columbus: Legend or Liar? 2016-02-17 · 60 min
Josh embarks on a journey around the world to uncover mysteries about Christopher Columbus. First, Josh looks for Columbus' legendary ship, the Santa Maria, and later ventures to find the real remains of the explorer. This episode is a condensed special using footage from 2 previous episodes of Expedition Unknown about Christopher Columbus. S02E07 - Secrets of Christopher Columbus - December 2, 2015 S02E08 - Columbus Unearthed - December 9, 2015
S2 · E14Searching for Shangri-La 2016-03-02 · 60 min
Gates searches high in the Himalayas for Shangri-La. He learns of its legend as a hidden utopia. In the most remote reaches of Nepal near the border of Tibet is an area known as the Mustang, an area that's been closed off to the outside world and the passage of time. But now Josh and his fellow archaeologists have been granted access to explore it. He finds out secrets hiding inside its sky caves, man-made chambers carved into cliff walls.
S2 · E15Shangri-La Found 2016-03-09 · 60 min
After learning about the ancient Buddhist realm of Shambhala in Kathmandu and exploring the skycaves, Gates continues his search for the real Shangri-La. This time, he discovers a rock tower used for human burials and filled with bones dating back to 800 A.D. Next, he travels to Lo Manthang for another day of investigation in the Martzon area to climb a cave system called Pumamba, which is linked to the legend. Then he heads to Chuusang, a remote cave monastery that has never been excavated before.
S2 · E16Lost Mexican City 2016-06-01 · 60 min
Josh searches for the mysterious civilization of Teotihuacan, a lost empire left behind in Mexico with soaring pyramids dedicated to the gods, imposing temples, and a treasure trove of cryptic art. He seeks answers on who these indigenous people were, finds out their secrets that have been buried for 2,000 years, and what they left behind.
S2 · E17Incan King's Mummy 2016-06-08 · 60 min
Josh searches for the lost mummy of Atahualpa, the last great king of the Incan empire, hidden high in the Andes Mountains and in the jungles and highlands of Ecuador. His reign ended when Spanish Conquistador Francisco Pizarro murdered him and brought the Inca civilization to an end. But the emperor obtained great power and wealth, even in death. His body was mummified in a sacred ritual to give him supernatural sway over the world of the living. Then, his body vanished. Archaeologists have been searching ever since.
S2 · E18Nazi Gold Train 2016-06-15 · 60 min
Josh exposes Nazi secrets as he searches for the lost fortune of war criminal Adolf Hitler's billions in gold, art and relics stolen on his orders by the Nazis to suport his doomsday weapon during World War II. They also built networks of hidden tunnels and bunkers. Today, archaeologists use modern technology to recover treasure and excavate the underground legacy of the Third Reich. On his journey, Josh joins them, first finding answers in Germany, identifying gold in a Nazi train hidden inside a mountain in Poland. Then, in Austria, he explores a subterranean facility to a top secret lab to build a war machine.
S2 · E19Hitler's Atomic Secrets 2016-06-22 · 60 min
The search for Nazi secrets and their stolen gold continues in the darkest corners of history; both underground and underwater. This time, Josh dives for relics of Nazi foreign minister Joachim Von Ribbontrop who dumped his family's entire fortune into the dark and deep waters of Lake Fuschlsee in the Austrian Alps. In order to learn if the Nazis where building an atomic bomb, he starts his quest for answers in Hitler's hometown of Linz. Then, he stops at the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp memorial in Sankt Georgen an der Gusen to pay his respects to the hundreds of thousands who perished here. He also explores 25 miles of tunnel under the Bergkristall complex, the largest secret underground facility ever built. It was designed by SS General Hans Kammler to oversee the Nazis nuclear project.
S3 · E1Plummer's Gold 2016-11-02 · 60 min
Josh Gates sets off for gold rush country to search for the lost fortune of a notorious Montana sheriff. During his investigation, Josh explores hidden cave systems and blows open a mine that's been sealed for over a century.
S3 · E2The Lost Tomb of Attila the Hun 2016-11-09 · 60 min
Josh Gates 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.
S3 · E3The Vanished Empire 2016-11-16 · 60 min
Josh travels to Greece to explore Europe's first superpower and how it disappeared on the Mediterranean island of Crete.
S3 · E4The Lost Colony of Roanoke 2016-11-23 · 60 min
Josh Gates joins leading archeologists as they investigate America's first missing-persons case, The Lost Colony of Roanoke. Following newly discovered clues, he'll reach new heights as he digs for answers to this over 400-year-old mystery.
S3 · E5Cloning the Woolly Mammoth 2016-12-28 · 60 min
One of the most iconic creatures of the Ice Age, the Woolly Mammoth, has gone extinct and Josh and a team search for enough DNA to clone a woolly mammoth.
S3 · E6Journey to the Ice Age 2017-01-04 · 60 min
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.
S3 · E7Cracking the D.B. Cooper Case 2017-01-11 · 60 min
Josh Gates sets off on an expedition to crack the mystery behind the perpetrator of the only unsolved plane hijacking in U.S. history.
S3 · E8Lasseter's Gold 2017-01-18 · 60 min
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.
S3 · E9Tracking Tasmania's Tiger 2017-01-25 · 60 min
Josh Gates ventures to Australia's island state of Tasmania to investigate sightings of the supposedly extinct Thylacine, also known as the Tasmanian Tiger.
S3 · E10Captain Kidd's Treasure 2017-02-22 · 60 min
Josh Gates 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.
S3 · E11Africa's Cursed Lake of Gold 2017-03-01 · 60 min
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.
S3 · E12The Ark of the Covenant 2017-03-08 · 60 min
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.
S3 · E13England's Vanished Crown Jewels 2017-03-15 · 60 min
Gates tries to find the lost treasure of King John. He explores the marshlands of England to find the king's crown jewels, which were swept away in a freak tidal surge in the 13th century.
S3 · E14Corsica's Nazi Treasure 2017-03-22 · 60 min
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. The search brings Gates to never-explored underground lakes and undersea relics of World War II.
S3 · E15Italy's Barbarian Booty 2017-05-31 · 60 min
To find the plundered riches of the Roman Empire, Gates looks for the tomb of the Visigoth king Alaric in Italy. The hunt extends from the capital of Rome to the southern city of Cosenza, where the mayor is spearheading an effort to find the tomb.