Lost Tribes of Israel
Episode 17 · 2000-02-22
- Documentary
Episode overview
At the heart of Jewish tradition lies the haunting mystery of the Lost Tribes of Israel. Ever since their defeat and banishment by the Assyrians in 722 BC., the Lost Tribes fate has inspired countless claims to Jewish ancestry by groups scattered on every continent. But now, surprisingly, new advances in genetics are dispelling myth and fantasy, and raising a curtain on the forgotten reality of the dispersal that happened so many centuries ago. This story will follow the first attempt to use the new tests to investigate a seemingly improbable African candidate for a Lost Tribe. It will dramatize a scientific quest that leads from the gene labs of London to the remote bush country of Zimbabwe and the lunar-like desert wilderness of southern Yemen.
55 minutes
Season 27 episodes
1. Fall of the Leaning Tower1999-10-05
2. Time Travel1999-10-12
3. The Killer's Trail1999-10-19
4. Island of the Spirits1999-11-02
5. Decoding Nazi Secrets1999-11-09
6. Voyage of Doom1999-11-23
7. Electric Heart1999-12-21
8. Tales from the Hive2000-01-04
9. Lost on Everest2000-01-18
10. Secrets of Lost Empires: Medieval Siege (1)2000-02-01
11. Diamond Deception2000-02-01
12. Secrets of Lost Empires: Pharaoh's Obelisk (2)2000-02-08
13. Trillion Dollar Bet2000-02-08
14. Secrets of Lost Empires: Easter Island (3)2000-02-15
15. Mystery of the First Americans2000-02-15
16. Secrets of Lost Empires: Roman Bath (4)2000-02-22
17. Lost Tribes of Israel2000-02-22
18. Secrets of Lost Empires: China Bridge (5)2000-02-29
19. What's Up with the Weather?2000-04-18
20. Stationed in the Stars2000-04-25
21. The Vikings2000-05-09
