Season 2

Season 2 (2025)

Episodes: 8

Star Cast: Fern Riddell , Karen Bellinger , Tony McMahon , Mark Altaweel ,



Episodes List

Ep.1 Mary Magdalene: First Apostle

Air Date: 2025-03-04

The story of Mary Magdalene, who traveled with Jesus as one of his followers, witnessed Christ's crucifixion and the first witness to the Resurrection. She is known in some Christian traditions as the 'apostle to the apostles'.

Ep.2 Tutankhamun: Lifting the Curse

Air Date: 2025-03-11

Lifting curses apparently linked to the Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun claimed to cause bad luck, illness or death.

Ep.3 The Incas: A Sudden Fall

Air Date: 2025-03-18

In 1532, Spanish conquistadors encountered the advanced Inca Empire, known for its vast road network, suspension bridges and Machu Picchu.

Ep.4 Noah's Ark: The Endless Quest

Air Date: 2025-03-25

Explorers claim to have found Noah's Ark on Mount Ararat, but is it myth or historical truth?

Ep.5 Ramses II: The Greatest Pharaoh

Air Date: 2025-04-01

The life and times of King Ramses II, who oversaw the construction of more monuments and sired more children than any other Egyptian king.

Ep.6 The Ten Plagues: A Greek Curse?

Air Date: 2025-04-08

The 10 plagues of Egypt, which saw water turning to blood, frogs, lice, flies, livestock pestilence, boils, hail, locusts, darkness and the killing of firstborn children. As detailed in the Bible, they were sent by God to convince Pharaoh to free the Israelites.

Ep.7 El Dorado: Gold, Guns & Greed

Air Date: 2025-04-15

Dr. Fern Riddell and Dr. Karen Bellinger examine the historic belief by some Europeans in the 16th and 17th centuries, that somewhere in the New World is a place of immense wealth known as El Dorado. Many explorers were led on fruitless treks into the rainforests and mountains of South America, in search of this lost city of gold.

Ep.8 Rome: Fall or Pushed?

Air Date: 2025-04-22

Dr. Fern Riddell and Dr. Karen Bellinger examine the reasons for the apparent rapid collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the fifth century, specifically from 476AD. Did it fall, or was it pushed?