Name: The Holy Grail
Released: 2005-02-14

Digging for the Truth

S1 · E5 — The Holy Grail

S1:E5 · The Holy Grail

Episodes

13 episodes in this season

Who Built Egypt's Pyramids?

60 min

Nefertiti: The Mummy Returns

60 min

Pompeii Secrets Revealed

60 min

Hunt for the Lost Ark

60 min

Now Playing

The Holy Grail

60 min

The Iceman Cometh

60 min

Quest for King Solomon's Gold

60 min

Passage to the Maya Underworld

60 min

The Lost Tribe of Israel

60 min

E10

Secrets of the Nazca Lines

60 min

E11

The Search for El Dorado

60 min

E12

Giants of Easter Island

60 min

E13

Mystery of the Anasazi

60 min

Digging for the Truth

TV Series

20051h8.1

DocumentaryMystery

Now playing

The Holy Grail

Season 1 · Episode 5 · Feb 14, 2005

For all its fame, the Holy Grail remains shrouded in mystery. What exactly was it? Could it have survived to this day? Why has it inspired so many treasure seekers? To Christians, it is the holiest of objects, the cup from which Jesus drank at the Last Supper, also believed to be the chalice that Joseph of Arimathea used to catch Christ's blood as he died on the cross. Though now thought of as a goblet, the actual word ""grail"" comes to us from the Latin word gradalis--a flat dish or shallow vessel brought to the table during various courses of a meal. The story itself did not originate until medieval times, when it helped inflame the Crusaders' quest. Host and adventurer Josh Bernstein follows the Grail's trail from Holy Land to medieval French castles to a dark chapter in the Nazi saga, when Hitler financed a search for the Grail to unite a secret society of knights. On the way, Josh learns its true meaning and power.

More details

Digging for the Truth

TV Series

20051h8.1

DocumentaryMystery

Now playing

The Holy Grail

Season 1 · Episode 5 · Feb 14, 2005

More details