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Myth Hunters reveals true stories of quests seeking legendary objects – hordes of lost Spanish gold, the Temple of Solomon, the body of King Arthur, the relics of Joan of Arc; objects that offer their

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    Myth Hunters Season 2 Episode 4 - The Legend of Kruger's Millions
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - The Legend of Kruger's Millions

    S2:E4

    South African councillor Athol Stark searches for missing gold buried during the Boer Wars with help from a Zulu family.

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  2. Myth Hunters Season 3 Episode 11 - The Search For Machu Picchu
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - The Search For Machu Picchu

    S3:E11

    In 1911, Hiram Bingham was a young scholar specialising in modern Latin American history at Yale University. He was 36-years-old, married to Alfreda Mitchell, an heiress to the Tiffany diamond empire, they had six children and lived in a thirty-roomed mansion on top of a hill. Bingham was a man who seemed to have all the comforts of life, but he was restless and driven. During a field trip to Peru in 1909, he was invited by his guide to see an ancient Inca site high up in the Andes Mountains. This set him on a path that would change his life forever. Bingham learned how in the sixteenth century, the great Inca Empire fled from the ferocious onslaught of Spanish Conquistadors and built a last stronghold deep inside the Amazon jungle. A place they named Vilcabamba. There, they made their final stand against their ruthless enemy, but with their death, the memory of where this last refuge was, disappeared.

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  3. Myth Hunters Season 1 Episode 3 - The Hunt for Pirate Treasure
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - The Hunt for Pirate Treasure

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    Richard Knight has traveled the world as an actor, entertainer and odd-job man. But then the story of Captain Kidd's pirate treasure wouldn't let him go. He discovered marked maps in Kidd's estate and located the probable treasure island: Hon Tre Lon. However, this belonged to communist Vietnam. Knight and his partner Fred Graham were caught trespassing and arrested. After 14 months, Knight was finally released after a ransom was paid. However, he did not give up hope for the treasure.

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  4. Myth Hunters Season 1 Episode 5 - The Missing Eighth Wonder of the World
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - The Missing Eighth Wonder of the World

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    For many it is the eighth wonder of the world: the Amber Room. Frederick I gave it to the Russian tsar in 1716, in 1941 the Germans stole it and brought it to Konigsberg, today's Kaliningrad. At the end of the war, the Amber Room disappeared without a trace - the starting signal for the greatest treasure hunt of the 20th century. For many years, the Soviet secret police and the Stasi directed the search. Finally, in 2002, a German company financed a replica that can be seen today in St. Petersburg's Summer Palace. But the search for the original continues.

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  5. Myth Hunters Season 1 Episode 8 - The Hunt for the Book of Spells
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - The Hunt for the Book of Spells

    S1:E8

    According to legend, the Egyptian god Thoth gave the Book of Thoth to the people. With its help, the future can be predicted. The Greeks incorporated a version of the book into their culture, the Christians rejected it as pagan. In the 17th century it supposedly influenced Freemasons, in the 18th century tarot card readers. Finally, in the 20th century, the flower power movement of the 1960s was based on its content. But since the actual book has not yet been found, it is doubtful that it ever really existed.

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  6. Myth Hunters Season 1 Episode 10 - The Nazis and the Book of Power
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #6 - The Nazis and the Book of Power

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    In 1944, Heinrich Himmler sent SS soldiers to Italy to search for a missing document. It is the oldest version of the work Germania, which Tacitus wrote in 98 BC. The book describes a noble and pure human race, the descendants of which the Nazis saw themselves as. With the work, Himmler wanted to prove that the Germans descended from superhumans, who the Nazis called Aryans. For this task, Himmler put together a special unit called Ahnenerbe to locate the missing manuscript.

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  7. Myth Hunters Season 2 Episode 1 - The Nazi Hunt for Atlantis
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - The Nazi Hunt for Atlantis

    S2:E1

    Nazi military commander Heinrich Himmler's search for an Aryan race he believed came from the mythical underwater city of Atlantis. He claimed that while the city was lost under the sea, its inhabitants had fled to the Himalayas. However, the search for evidence to prove the theory would ultimately harm his peace of mind.

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  8. Myth Hunters Season 3 Episode 1 - The Man Who Found The Maya
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - The Man Who Found The Maya

    S3:E1

    19th-century explorers John L Stephens and Frederick Catherwood altered our view of the Maya civilisation and uncovered great wonders such as this El Castillo (Kukulkan) pyramid, Mexico. Stephens even bought the Mayan city of Copan for $50 with the mis-guided intention of moving it along the river to US museums. The Mayans were one of the greatest civilisations of all time, building incredible structures without the use of metal tools, horses or carts. Even with these constraints, their buildings are as large as, if not larger than, some of the astounding Egyptian wonders.

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  9. Myth Hunters Season 3 Episode 5 - The Lost Ship of the Mojave Desert
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #9 - The Lost Ship of the Mojave Desert

    S3:E5

    A desert in California is said to hold something truly astonishing. According to the myth, somewhere in the Mojave Desert is a ship wreck with a precious cargo. In 1870 Charley Clusker, a Mexican War veteran, seasoned traveller and California Gold Rush prospector, would risk everything to find the legendary Lost Ship of the Mojave Desert. His search would cross one of the harshest environments on earth. But only around 10 miles from the ship's reported location Charley found himself in mortal danger. Despite narrowly escaping with his life Charley was determined to find the ship and set out into the desert once again. This time he ran out of food and water. After days in the desert with nothing to drink he was close to death. Just as he was about to turn back a second time something on the horizon caught his eye - a mighty Spanish galleon. Although he was desperate to get the ship Charley had no choice but to return to town.

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  10. Myth Hunters Season 1 Episode 4 - The Real King Solomon's Mines
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - The Real King Solomon's Mines

    S1:E4

    The biblical King Solomon was famous for his wisdom, women, and wealth. The Queen of Sheba gave him gold from the mysterious land of Ophir. For thousands of years, adventurers and explorers sought the source of gold, King Solomon's mines. German explorer Karl Mauch believed he had found Ophir deep in the heart of South Africa. While archaeological excavations in the early 20th century proved otherwise, his discovery of an ancient site proved to be one of Africa's most important archaeological discoveries. King Solomon's mines remain lost.

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  11. Myth Hunters Season 1 Episode 6 - The Lost Sword of the Samurai
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - The Lost Sword of the Samurai

    S1:E6

    The Honjo Masamune is perhaps Japan's most legendary sword, but no one knows where it is. Forged in the 13th century, it became the ceremonial sword of the Tokugawa samurai dynasty for 250 years. Since 1868 it was passed on from one generation to the next, but after the Second World War it disappeared. It may have been melted down undetected in occupied Japan, but experts believe it may have made its way to the United States as a souvenir. Today it would be worth millions and collectors hope that the lost sword of the samurai will one day be found.

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  12. Myth Hunters Season 1 Episode 7 - Himmler and the Holy Grail
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - Himmler and the Holy Grail

    S1:E7

    For centuries, the Holy Grail has been regarded as a holy relic that brings life-force and its location have repeatedly given rise to a wide range of myths. In 1935 the writer Otto Rahn was ordered to Berlin and met Heinrich Himmler there. The Reichsfuhrer-SS commissioned Rahn to search for the Holy Grail. It was to be exhibited in Wewelsburg, used by the SS, which Himmler wanted to make his Camelot. Rahn traversed all of Europe in search of the Grail, but in the end he had to pay for his search with his life.

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  13. Myth Hunters Season 1 Episode 13 - The Quest for the True Cross
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - The Quest for the True Cross

    S1:E13

    In the 1990s, German historian Michael Hesemann examined one of the most important Christian relics: the Titulus Crucis. The small piece of wood is said to have hung on the cross of Jesus and made known his name. But is it real or a medieval fake? Hesemann traveled across Europe and the Middle East to trace the history of this piece of wood, said to be 2000 years old. Eventually he confirmed the authenticity of the relic, but according to an examination using the scientifically approved C-14 method, it is a fake.

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  14. Myth Hunters Season 2 Episode 2 - The Lost Spanish Galleon
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - The Lost Spanish Galleon

    S2:E2

    The story of Indiana-born treasure hunter Mel Fisher, who spent much of his life hunting for sunken Spanish treasure galleons off the coast of Florida. In 1985 he made the headlines after locating the 1622 wreck of the Spanish galleon Nuestra Senora de Atocha. However, his successes came at a high personal cost.

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  15. Myth Hunters Season 3 Episode 6 - The Chalice Of Valencia
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - The Chalice Of Valencia

    S3:E6

    While on holiday in Spain researching a book, American author and writer Janice Bennett, found herself looking at an exhibit in the cathedral in Valencia, which was claimed to be the Holy Grail. Although initially unimpressed she decided to find out more and her subsequent research took her on an exciting voyage of discovery, from first century Jerusalem to 21st century Spain. By tracing the history of this relic and examining all the supporting evidence, she has concluded that it could well be what claims believe it to be. The power and symbolism of the Quest for the Holy Grail has had a huge impact on western culture for centuries, and this programme sets out to understand what within biblical tradition and emerging Christianity was meant by the grail, and how historic events, myth and the Middle Ages turned it into something completely different.

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  16. Myth Hunters Season 3 Episode 7 - The Pirate Treasure Of Cocos Island
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #16 - The Pirate Treasure Of Cocos Island

    S3:E7

    A quest for buried treasure allegedly hidden on an island near Costa Rica is undertaken by a German adventurer in the late 19th century, which eventually went on to influence the novel Treasure Island.

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  17. Myth Hunters Season 3 Episode 8 - The Quest For Camelot
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #17 - The Quest For Camelot

    S3:E8

    This week’s episode turns to King Arthur who according to legend was Britain's greatest king. He led his Knights of the Round Table from Camelot, a vast, spectacular castle built on a hill, and was supposed to have bravely fought AngloSaxon invaders and united the country. But there's very little evidence he reallyexisted. In the 1960's a team of archaeologists, led by Leslie Alcock, set out to prove the myth was real. After five summers digging where tradition had the location Camelot to be, a hill just off the A303 in South Cadbury, Somerset they discovered Dark Age fortifications dated exactly to the time King Arthur was supposed to have lived, and a great hall, suitable for a King or leader of some kind. Proof, they believed, that Arthur, or someone very like him existed.

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  18. Myth Hunters Season 1 Episode 1 - Hitler and the Spear of Destiny
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #18 - Hitler and the Spear of Destiny

    S1:E1

    The armies of Nazi Germany crossed the border with Austria, but when Hitler arrived in Vienna just 2 days later, the very first thing he did was to go to the Hofburg museum to lay claim to what appeared to be a simple Roman spear head. This spear head was something that Hitler had apparently coveted ever since he had first nurtured ambitions to become the ruler of a new German Reich. After the end of the Second World War, the lance was lost. Walter Horn, a US Army lieutenant who had fled Germany, went in search of the Holy Lance.

    Director:Ned Parker
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  19. Myth Hunters Season 1 Episode 2 - The Quest for Noah's Ark
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #19 - The Quest for Noah's Ark

    S1:E2

    For 2000 years, adventurers have been searching for the ship that, according to the Bible, saved Noah, his family and the animals from the great flood that God wanted to use to wipe out evil from the earth. In the last 50 years, the American creationists in particular have taken over the search. They believe that finding the Ark on Mount Ararat in eastern Turkey would be the ultimate proof that the theory of evolution is wrong and that every word of the Bible is true. The documentary accompanies three of these creationists on their perilous expeditions.

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  20. Myth Hunters Season 2 Episode 6 - The Hunt for the Garden of Eden
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #20 - The Hunt for the Garden of Eden

    S2:E6

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  21. Myth Hunters Season 2 Episode 7 - The Lost Library of Ivan the Terrible
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #21 - The Lost Library of Ivan the Terrible

    S2:E7

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  22. Myth Hunters Season 2 Episode 9 - The Relics of Joan of Arc
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #22 - The Relics of Joan of Arc

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  23. Myth Hunters Season 2 Episode 10 - The Quest for the Labyrinth
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #23 - The Quest for the Labyrinth

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  24. Myth Hunters Season 2 Episode 11 - The Lost Jewels of Helen of Troy
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #24 - The Lost Jewels of Helen of Troy

    S2:E11

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  25. Myth Hunters Season 2 Episode 12 - The Secret of the Copper Dead Sea Scroll
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #25 - The Secret of the Copper Dead Sea Scroll

    S2:E12

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Legend of Kruger's Millions" is the best rated episode of "Myth Hunters". It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 12/14/2013. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Search For Machu Picchu".