NOVA
Season 27 Episode 17 - Lost Tribes of Israel
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.
Episodes in Season 27
Fall of the Leaning Tower
55 min
Time Travel
55 min
The Killer's Trail
55 min
Island of the Spirits
55 min
Decoding Nazi Secrets
55 min
Voyage of Doom
55 min
Electric Heart
55 min
Tales from the Hive
55 min
Lost on Everest
55 min
Secrets of Lost Empires: Medieval Siege (1)
55 min
Diamond Deception
55 min
Secrets of Lost Empires: Pharaoh's Obelisk (2)
55 min
Trillion Dollar Bet
55 min
Secrets of Lost Empires: Easter Island (3)
55 min
Mystery of the First Americans
55 min
Secrets of Lost Empires: Roman Bath (4)
55 min
Lost Tribes of Israel
55 min
Secrets of Lost Empires: China Bridge (5)
55 min
What's Up with the Weather?
55 min
Stationed in the Stars
55 min
The Vikings
55 min
