Adolf Hitler coveted the Holy Lance - the spear used to pierce Jesus's side - and traced it to Vienna. Was it real or a copy? Find out here.
Creationist J Randall Price led an expedition to find Noah's Ark in 2009, using clues from the Bible. Discover the fruits of this remarkable quest.
In 1941, Germany looted the USSR's Amber Room, deemed by many to be the eighth wonder of the world. Its fate was a mystery - can it be found?
Many treasure-hunters have tried to locate the loot of prolific pirate William Kidd, who was executed for his crimes in 1699. Will it ever be found?
Investigating the legend of King Solomon's mine, which apparently contained gold from the mystical land of Ophir. How close are we to finding it?
Now worth millions of pounds, the Honjo Masamune is considered to be the greatest Japanese sword ever made. But where did it disappear to after WWII?
Heinrich Himmler, head of the Nazi SS, enlisted veteran Otto Skorzeny to help him find the elusive Aryan Holy Grail. Did they have any success? Find out.
The Book of Thoth was said to have been penned by the Egyptian god himself. Is there any truth behind the legend? We investigate the myth.
Edwardian explorer Percy Fawcett launched several expeditions into the uncharted Amazon, looking for the fabled city of El Dorado. Hear what he discovered.
Hear how Heinrich Himmler was set on obtaining the Annals, a book written by Roman historian Tacitus that apparently hinted at a German 'master race'.
Ron Wyatt believed the Ark of the Covenant lay beneath a holy site in Israel, where digging was forbidden - not that it stopped him. Hear what he found.
FA Mitchell-Hedges and daughter Anna claimed to have found a crystal skull in the 1940s. Did it really have predictive powers? Hear the truth today.
Excited historians believe they have traced a fragment of the cross on which Jesus died to a church in Rome. Is it the real deal? Find out today.
SS chief Heinrich Himmler sought out an Aryan race who had apparently lived in the fabled city of Atlantis. Hear how his hunt for the mythical panned out.
Farmer Mel Fisher spent years searching for a sunken Spanish galleon that was loaded with fabulous spoils - with tragic consequences. Hear about his story.
A dying Dutchman gives a young cowhand some cryptic clues about the existence of a rich gold mine in Arizona. Follow this gripping real-life treasure hunt.
Hear what happened when South African councillor Athol Stark teamed up with a Zulu family to locate missing gold bullion, buried during the Boer War.
Excavations under historic Glastonbury Abbey unearth a huge pit. Was this gigantic man's grave the final resting place of the fabled King Arthur?
Join maverick professor Juris Zarins on a quest of biblical size: to prove that the fabled Garden of Eden was a Sumerian paradise called Dilmun.
Russian archaeologist Ignatius Stelletskii devoted his entire life to locating Ivan the Terrible's library. But did it even exist? Find out.
In 1914, prospector Freddie Crystal claimed to have found a map that revealed the site of Montezuma's legendary lost treasure. But was the area cursed?
Forensic expert Philippe Charlier tries to uncover the truth behind the remains of France's most famous daughter: Joan of Arc. His findings are shocking.
Archaeologists attempt to pinpoint the location of the Labyrinth, a maze-like structure said to have held the fearsome Minotaur in Greek mythology.
Heinrich Schliemann claimed to have unearthed King Priam's treasure during his search for Troy in the 1870s. Hear the story of his intrepid quest.
Hear how the discovery of the Copper Scroll in 1952 led archaeologist John M Allegro on a hunt for silver and gold across 64 locations.
Learn more about the Japanese legend that tells of hidden gold in Mount Akagi, buried by shoguns in the 1800s to prevent it from falling into enemy hands.
Two amateur explorers discover the Maya civilization in the early 19th century.
Three ciphertexts originating from an 1885 pamphlet detailing treasure being buried by a man named Thomas J. Beale in a secret location in Bedford County, Virginia, in the 1820s.
A German journalist and a former Marine believe the Nazis may have hidden stolen gold in Austria's Lake Topiltz.
In France a tiny village has attracted treasure hunters for the last 70 years. At the end of the 19th Century, the Priest of Rennes-le-Chateau, Berenger Sauniere became fabulously rich. And nobody quite knows how.
According to myth, there is a ship wreck in the Mojave Desert with precious cargo, and in 1870 Charley Clusker risked everything to search for it.
American writer and historian Janice Bennett goes on a quest to prove the Holy Chalice of Valencia - a relic displayed within its cathedral for over 500 years - is the original cup of Christ used at the Last Supper.
German adventurer August Gissler spends nearly two decades searching for pirate treasure on Cocos Island.
According to legend, he was Britain's greatest king. His name was King Arthur. In the 1960's a team of archaeologists, led by the outstanding excavator of his day, Leslie Alcock, set out to prove the myth was real.
An amateur Filipino treasure hunter seeks gold stolen and hidden by the Japanese during World War II.
A map drawn by the only survivor of a doomed French expedition into the Rocky Mountains is believed to provide a clue to the location of a fortune in gold bullion.
The extraordinary story of Hiram Bingham's amazing discovery of one of the great wonders of the modern world, Machu Picchu.
This image of the 'Face of God' on a transparent cloth, seemingly not made by human hands.
At the turn of the 20th century, Dave Arnold, guided only by a cryptic old map, searches for buried treasure in Texas.
