I have been hooked on this adventure-archaeology series that explored ancient mysteries around the world currently showing on Starhub The History Channel 08 every Wednesday night. The first three seasons of the show focused on host Josh Bernstein, who journeyed on various explorations of historical icons and mysteries. Each episode typically deals with an event or subject in history that is not completely understood by modern historians. I have always been fascinated about anything related to history since i was in secondary school and remembers fondly how i used to look forward to history lessons in school and reading up lot of books about the World Wars and other historical events. Watching this series has revived my interest of the unknown and the past. I managed to find more informations about the series online.
"Digging For The Truth" series premiered with Josh Bernstein as host in January 2005 and quickly became the highest-rated series in the history of The History Channel. Season 3 premiered on 22January 2007, again setting a record for the network with the highest-rated series/season premiere to date (over 2.1 million viewers). The April 16, 2007 episode marked Bernstein's final appearance as host of Digging for the Truth. The series continued for a 4th season without Bernstein before it was removed from primetime and then cancelled. Bernstein went on to join the Discovery Channel as an executive producer and host of a new prime-time series and specials. The Discovery series -- called "Into the Unknown with Josh Bernstein" -- is scheduled to premiere on August, 18, 2008, and is expected to be just as adventurous and globe-trotting as Digging for the Truth, but with less of an archaeological focus. I can't wait to catch his new program on tv :>
I managed to find DVD sets of the series Season 1 and 2 from the library and can't wait to start watching! What a pity that Bernstein stopped hosting the show for season 4 as i really enjoy watching him trying to solve all those interesting mysteries and travelling all over the world in the search for the truth. He has also authored a book "Digging for the Truth: One Man's Epic Adventure Exploring the World's Greatest Archaeological Mysteries". I would definitely be borrowing the book from the library and can't wait to read more about his personal trials and challenges faced while making the series. Those interested in the series can borrow the DVD sets or book from the library.
(Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digging_for_the_truth)
(Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Bernstein)
(Source: http://archaeology.about.com/od/interviews/a/josh_bernstein.htm)
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