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America Unearthed
America Unearthed

America Unearthed

—America is full of archaeological secrets buried in the earth. In this series, forensic geologist Scott Wolter -- considered a real-life Indiana Jones by some -- travels across the country to uncover some of the hidden treasures and to reveal the history associated with them, discovering in the process that there is a lot Americans don't know about the country's past, and the history that people do know may not always tell the whole story. Ancient symbols, religious relics and other artifacts that Wolter unearths indicate that various civilizations have left their mark on the nation.
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Season 311 of 13 Episodes

  • An man, from Alabama, contacts Scott Wolter about a land claim supposedly signed by Davy Crockett nearly 20 years after his death.

  • Looking at the legend that tells of a terrifying giant with a 7-clawed hand who left his mark on a massive rock; This rock is sacred to Cherokee people; Others say the symbols aren't Native.

  • Scott Wolter receives a strange package that may point to Montezuma's legendary treasure hidden in southern Utah; Scott prepares to explore a haunted underwater chamber that may hold the gold as well as the secrets of the Aztecs.

  • In 1874, Lt. Col. George sent Custer on a scouting mission to the Black Hills area; he reportedly discovered gold there; this sparked off a gold rush of settlers flooding the sacred Native American lands.

  • Records show that John Jacob Astor may have gotten his start from a lost treasure; Scott goes to the east coast where he puts together clues from Boston, New York, and Maine.

  • Remnants of the Berkeley Hills Walls, a massive stone wall that spans a distance of over fifty miles; the wall segments go up to six feet high in some places and are made of tightly fit limestone boulders.

  • Scott Wolter investigates a 3000-pound boulder hidden inside the Chicago History Museum's secret storage location.

  • Scott ventures to New York City after learning that an ancient Egyptian obelisk located in Central Park is undergoing restorations.

  • Bigfoot skeptic Scott Wolter heads to his home state of Minnesota to investigate whether the beast is real.

  • Forensic Geologist Scott Wolter goes back to his roots, gathering new evidence to support the theory that some members of the Knights Templar came to America after escaping death on Friday, October 13th, 1307.

  • Forensic geologist Scott Wolter finds shocking new secrets and sites linking the Knights Templar to cryptic symbols he is confident represent a connection to Jesus' rumored bloodline.
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America is full of archaeological secrets buried in the earth. In this series, forensic geologist Scott Wolter -- considered a real-life Indiana Jones by some -- travels across the country to uncover some of the hidden treasures and to reveal the history associated with them, discovering in the process that there is a lot Americans don't know about the country's past, and the history that people do know may not always tell the whole story. Ancient symbols, religious relics and other artifacts that Wolter unearths indicate that various civilizations have left their mark on the nation.

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