Mysteries Of The Bible: Unlocked (2016) - Season 2 Episodes and Ratings

How did our current alphabet evolve? Perhaps from adaptations of Egyptian hierogylphics? How did the symbols become associated with sounds? Travel from Toronto to Serabit El Kadim in Egypt as we look for answers to how we got to our 26 letter alphabet.

There are literally hundreds of food references in the Bible, but the Bible lists ingredients … not recipes. Learn how to make olive oil as they did in ancient times and find out more about the meat, grains and beans eaten in biblical times and how they were prepared.

There is new evidence to suggest that the cross was used as a symbol of Christianity far earlier than the time of Constantine. Excavations in Herculaneum and Bethsaida tell a new story about the adoption of the cross as a representation of faith.

Around 733 B.C., ten of the twelve tribes of Israel were conquered and exiled by the Assyrian Empire. Where did the Gadarenes of Gadara go when they were exiled? Can we trace them through to the 21st Century in Europe?

Is there any archeological proof for the tradition that Christ carried his cross and stopped in certain locations on the way to Calvary? We follow The Stations Of The Cross to find out what traces may remain in present-day Jerusalem.