Chris Porter
Narrator
Ancient X-Files (2010)
Season 1
Ancient X Files travels around the world to solve some intriguing riddles. Each story is a piece of detective work by an expert trying to make sense of some puzzling ancient artefact, to find the truth behind some extraordinary legend, to discover the origins of a bizarre myth or to establish the authenticity of a venerated religious relic. This series explores the bits of archaeology and history which seem to defy explanation. Our experts are following chains of clues and putting theories to the test, in an effort to explain the unexplained. Ancient X Files investigates claims about the whereabouts of the lost Ark of the Covenant; attempts to establish the authenticity of a cup some believe to be the Holy Grail; tries to de-code the mysterious Phaistos disc; investigates a cloth which is believed to carry traces of the DNA of Jesus Christ; and deciphers an encrypted book of alchemy written by the great Sir Isaac Newton.
Released Sept. 27, 2010
Episode 45 min
10+
Genres: Documentary, History
Keywords: imdb.archaeology, tmdb.archeology, mdblist.has-trailer
Watch Providers: Disney Plus
Production Companies: Wag TV
Network: National Geographic
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English,
French
S1E1 - Holy Grail And The Minotaur
Hidden behind bullet proof glass, guarded by a mysterious order of knights, could this stone cup really be the legendary Holy Grail?
And the horrific, mythical monster, half man, half bull that devoured its human victims trapped inside a terrifying labyrinth. But could the blood-curdling legend of the Minotaur be linked to a real place?
Sept. 27, 2010, midnight
S1E2 - Blood Of Christ And Mystery Disc
Less famous then the Shroud of Turin could the Shroud of Oviedo actually be Christ's burial cloth? NGC traces the blood-stained relic to Israel in a quest to determine whether it holds Christ's DNA, and in a most chilling discovery finds that it contains no evidence of a father's DNA.
Later, a linguistic code cracker attempts to solve the riddle of one of the most mysterious ancient objects - the Phaistos Disc. The Phaistos Disc is a curious archaeological find, most likely dating from about 1700 BC. Its purpose and meaning, and even its original geographical place of manufacture, remain disputed, making it one of the most famous mysteries of archaeology. The Phaistos Disc was discovered in the basement of room XL-101 of the Minoan site of Phaistos. The site is near Hagia Triada on the south coast of Crete. Italian archaeologist Luigi Pernier recovered this remarkably intact disc about 15 cm. in diameter and uniformly just over 1 cm. thick, on July 3, 1908.
Sept. 27, 2010, midnight
S1E3 - Philosopher's Stone And The Lost Ark
Examining the medieval myth of the Philosopher's Stone, a Holy Grail-type relic which supposedly held the key to alchemy and immortality. Many noted alchemists and adventurers searched obsessively for the artefact hoping to learn its powerful secrets, a quest which allegedly drove some to madness and others to celestial encounters.
It's one of the most coveted artefacts of the Bible: a gold-encrusted chest containing the Ten Commandments. Can modern scholarship explain the awful powers of the Ark of the Covenant and tell us how it vanished and where it is today?
Jan. 24, 2011, midnight
S1E4 - Episode 4
None
Jan. 31, 2011, midnight
S1E5 - Episode 5
None
Feb. 7, 2011, midnight
S1E6 - Episode 6
None
Feb. 14, 2011, midnight
S1E7 - Episode 7
None
Feb. 21, 2011, midnight
S1E8 - Episode 8
None
Feb. 28, 2011, midnight
S1E9 - Episode 9
None
March 7, 2011, midnight
S1E10 - Episode 10
None
March 14, 2011, midnight
S1E11 - Episode 11
None
March 21, 2011, midnight
S1E12 - Episode 12
None
March 28, 2011, midnight
S1E13 - Episode 13
None
April 4, 2011, midnight
S1E14 - Episode 14
None
April 11, 2011, midnight
S1E15 - Episode 15
None
April 18, 2011, midnight
S1E16 - Episode 16
None
April 25, 2011, midnight
S1E17 - Episode 17
None
May 2, 2011, midnight
S1E18 - Episode 18
None
May 9, 2011, midnight
Network: National Geographic
Episode Runtime: 45 min.
Season Runtime: 1395 min.
Released: Sept. 27, 2010
Last Air Date: July 24, 2012, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-PG / 10+
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