The Naked Archaeologist


The Naked Archaeologist is a television series on VisionTV in Canada and History International in the US, that was produced and hosted by the Emmy Award–winning journalist Simcha Jacobovici. There is also an Israeli version, broadcast on Channel 8, that was co-hosted by Avri Gilad. The show examines biblical stories and tries to find proof for them by exploring the Holy Land looking for archaeological evidence, personal inferences, deductions, and interviews with scholars and experts.
Subsequent to its original run on VisionTV, it was picked up in the U.S. by The History Channel and its sister network, History International.
The third and final season aired on Vision TV starting from March 22, 2010, and subsequently on History International from November 8, 2010.

Episodes

Season 1 (2005)

  1. "Delilah's People"
  2. "Who Invented the Alphabet?"
  3. "Jerusalem & The Black Prince"
  4. "What Killed Herod?"
  5. "Real or Fake?"
  6. "Fame & Forgery?"
  7. "Accidental Archaeology"
  8. "Biblical Food"
  9. "Jesus: The Early Years"
  10. "John the Baptist"
  11. "True Blue" concerning tekhelet
  12. "Return of the Hilazon"
  13. "Last Man Standing"
  14. "Crucifixion"
  15. "King David"
  16. "Jezebel: Bible Bad Girl"
  17. "The Oldest Leper"
  18. "Joshua"
  19. "Masada"
  20. "Who Wrote the Dead Sea Scrolls?"
  21. "Holy Hot Spot"
  22. "Biblical Epicentre - Temple Mount"
  23. "The Mother of Archaeology - St. Helena"
  24. "Who Wrote the Bible?"
  25. "Where is Mount Sinai?"
  26. "The Real Mount Sinai"

    Season 2 (2008)

  27. "The Would-be Messiah"
  28. "The Search for St. Peter"
  29. "A Nabatean By Any Other Name"
  30. "Chasing the Temple Booty – Part One"
  31. "Chasing the Temple Booty – Part Two"
  32. "The Legacy of King Solomon – Part 1"
  33. "The Legacy of King Solomon – Part 2"
  34. "Decoding Ezekiel's Vision"
  35. "Jewish Rome"
  36. "The Giants of Genesis"
  37. "All in the Family"
  38. "The Curse of the Macabee Tomb "
  39. "The Search for King David's Harp "
  40. "Hangin' with Judas "
  41. "The Miracle Workers of Galilee"
  42. "The Collector"
  43. "Cleanliness is Next to Godliness"
  44. "What Happened to the JC Bunch? Part 1"
  45. "What Happened to the JC Bunch? Part 2: Tracking the Tribe"
  46. "What Happened to the JC Bunch? Part 3: The Early Christian Underground"
  47. "Babes, Brothels and Baths"
  48. "The Beloved Disciple"
  49. "Who Were the Danites"
  50. "Coat of Many Colors"
  51. "Bilaam: The Story of a Talking Donkey"
  52. "Holy Threads"

    Season 3 (2010)

  53. "Moses vs Akhenaten"
  54. "Ancient Glass"
  55. "Biblical Beauty Secrets"
  56. "The Bath That Changed History"
  57. "The Hairy Show"
  58. "Rebuilding the Temple"
  59. "Gone Fishing"
  60. "Naked Letters"
  61. "Lilith: Queen of the Night"
  62. "Bethsaida and the Cross"
  63. "Queen Esther and Purim"
  64. "Apostles & Spies, Part 1"
  65. "Apostles & Spies, Part 2"

    Awards