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Expedition Unknown: Season 1

12 episodes Premiered Jan 8, 2015 Updated Jul 25, 2026

Expedition Unknown is a documentary television series that premiered in 2015. The show features Josh Gates, an archaeologist, as he investigates unsolved legends and immerses himself in different cultures to understand the world from their perspective. Gates' adventures take him to various locations around the world, including Fiji and Panama, where he searches for historical artifacts and evidence. The series is a 6

Season overview

Expedition Unknown is a documentary television series that premiered in 2015. The show features Josh Gates, an archaeologist, as he investigates unsolved legends and immerses himself in different cultures to understand the world from their perspective. Gates' adventures take him to various locations around the world, including Fiji and Panama, where he searches for historical artifacts and evidence. The series is a 60-minute documentary that blends mystery, adventure, and reality elements. Expedition Unknown is a television series that airs on the Discovery Channel.

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Episodes

S1·E1

Amelia Earhart

Jan 8, 2015 · 60 min

In the 2-hour season premiere of Expedition Unknown, adventurer Josh Gates hunts down new evidence on the disappearance of Amelia Earhart. He treks to uncharted tribal lands in Pap

S1·E2

Temple of Doom

Jan 15, 2015 · 60 min

Josh travels to the remote and land-mine-riddled jungles of Cambodia to investigate the lost city of the Khmer Empire and search for a mystical relic that gave its god king the pow

S1·E3

World's 8th Wonder

Jan 22, 2015 · 60 min

Josh is on the trail of Russia’s missing Amber Panels, priceless pieces of art stolen by the Nazis during WWII. After starting in St. Petersburg, Russia, and getting exposed to the

S1·E4

The Legend of Jesse James

Jan 29, 2015 · 60 min

Josh tries putting the legend of Jesse James' missing gold to rest, as he searches the American Midwest, searching for the treasure.

S1·E5

City of Gold

Feb 5, 2015 · 60 min

Josh Gates travels through Peru in search for the legendary Incan lost city of Paititi. His journey takes him from the historic Cusco, to the heights of Machu Picchu, and finally i

S1·E6

Viking Sunstone

Feb 12, 2015 · 60 min

Josh travels to England and Norway to unlock the secrets of the Viking sunstone, a mystic crystal the Vikings used to conquer the seas. Before testing it, he explores a crypt in a

S1·E7

Captain Morgan's Lost Gold

Feb 19, 2015 · 60 min

Josh joins archaeologists in Panama as they search for the Satisfaction, the sunken flagship of legendary pirate Captain Henry Morgan. But first he must understand the man behind t

S1·E8

Code to Gold

Feb 26, 2015 · 60 min

Josh scours the Virginia backcountry in search of the legendary Thomas Beale treasure, which would be worth millions today. Since encrypted codes are hiding its whereabouts, Josh t

S1·E9

Mayan Apocalypse

Mar 5, 2015 · 60 min

While investigating the fall of the remarkable Mayan Empire, Josh unearths human skulls and ancient Mayan sacrificial altars in the caverns underneath the jungles and ruins of Mexi

S1·E10

Secrets of the Nazca

Mar 19, 2015 · 60 min

Josh travels to Peru to investigate the giant geoglyphs drawn into the earth by the ancient Nazca tribes and while studying newly found lines joining a Nazca psychadelic ritual, Jo

S1·E11

Samurai Sword of Power

Mar 26, 2015 · 60 min

Josh searches for the missing mystical Honjo sword in Japan in ancient shrines hidden in the mountains and underground tunnels.