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The Ark of the Covenant, the ten plagues of Egypt,
the parting of the Red Sea, the great flood and Noah’s Ark. These
are just some of the most famous stories written in the Bible. But
were they real?
In this special Lenten season
presentation dubbed Riddles of the Bible, National Geographic, with
the help of biblical archaeologists, religious scholars, geologists,
forensic astronomers, paleo-entomologists, meteorologists,
biologists, physicists, seismologists, and volcanologists set out to
scour the globe for the most elusive and controversial goal in
biblical research: to find out whether or not the stories of the
Bible are based on real events.
Lost Cities (April 2, 6 p.m.)
investigates one of the most infamous stories in the Bible—a tale
of two cities gone bad—Sodom and Gomorrah, destroyed as God’s
retribution for scandalous sin. Then, centuries after God does away
with Sodom and Gomorrah, He sides with Joshua to conquer another
misbehaving city—Jericho. Are these Bible stories fact or moral
fable? Biblical scholars and scientists look to archaeological and
geological evidence to uncover the mysteries of the Lost Cities.
(Replays on April 3 at 5 a.m. and April 9 at 9 a.m.)
The Hunt for the Ark of the
Covenant (April 3, 6 p.m.) takes NGC viewers on an epic scholarly
journey around the world, in search of the truth behind one of the
most coveted artifacts of the Bible—the Lost Ark. (Replays on
April 4 at 5 a.m. and April 10 at 9 a.m.)
The Secrets of Revelation (April
4, 6 p.m.) tells of a new theory that all the prophecies mentioned
in the book of Revelations—the Battle of Armageddon, the Four
Horsemen of the Apocalypse, and the Beast whose number is 666—have
already come true. (Replays on April 5 at 5 a.m. and April 11 at 9
a.m.)
Exodus Revealed (April 5, 6 p.m.)
features a scientific investigation of the ten plagues of Egypt and
the parting of the Red Sea to determine if the biblical story of
Exodus really happened. (Replays on April 6 at 5 a.m. and April 12
at 9 a.m.)
Search for Noah (April 6, 6 p.m.)
will recreate, using computer generated images based on new
scientific evidence, the gigantic ancient flood which Noah, his
family and a handful of animals avoided using a great wooden boat.
(Replays on April 7 at 5 a.m. and April 13 at 9 a.m.)
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