Discovery's "Into the Unknown with Josh Bernstein" Monday, Aug. 18

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Discovery Channels Into the Unknown with Josh Bernstein isloaded with ancient riddles and addresses modern day issues withinternational explorer and host, Josh Bernstein.



Bernstein has 20 years of wilderness survival experience andenvironmental advocacy under his belt. Since 1997, he has servedas president & CEO of BOSS, the Boulder Outdoor SurvivalSchool, the oldest and largest survival school in the world.
Into the Unknown with Josh Bernstein premieres this Monday,August 18 at 10 pm ET/PT on Discovery Channel.
Bernsteins voracious appetite for adventure and knowledge takesviewers to the deepest reaches of planet earth as he explores theworlds hidden treasures, mysteries and natural wonders. Among hismany accomplishments, Bernstein is a professional photographer andan active member of The Explorers Club, The Royal GeographicalSociety, and The American Museum of Natural History. His trainedeye finds and brings the worlds mysteries and natural phenomenonto the screen.
Whether it is the secret mummification rituals of Papua New Guineato exploring the ancient wealth and wonder of Timbuktu, Bernsteinalso analyzes issues such as radical theories regarding unprovokedelephant attacks in East Africa, and explaining the real lifestylesof gladiators in the Roman Empire.
Bernstein is game for all of it; no location is too remote; noculture too exotic.
If there ever was a host that embodied the Discovery brand, itsJosh, said Discovery President and General Manager John Ford. Hehas that same insatiable curiosity and zest for knowledge that ourviewers share. The series is a complete 360˚ immersion ofadventure and surprise.
When not traveling, New York native Bernstein lives between a yurt(a circular structure with a fabric cover, wood frame, radialrafters, central compression ring and a framed door) in SouthernUtah and an apartment in New York City.
From Discovery Channel: Episode Guide
" In the past, the Anga people of Papua New Guinea revered theirancestors so deeply that they mummified their dead and refused tobury them. But this ritual hasnt been performed in over ahalf-century and the skills of this ancient rite may soon be lostforever. In a race against time, Josh lives with one of the mostprimitive tribes on Earth and becomes one of the first Westernersto ever witness their secret mummification process.
" A deadly conflict between elephants and humans is escalatingacross Africa. Josh goes on the trail of elephants that areattacking and killing humans in record numbers to find out whythese gentle giants have turned into killers and to investigate acompelling new theory that claims to know the answer.
" For millennia people have assumed that because we live on Earth,life must have started here. But scientists are now seriouslyconsidering that life may have come here from Mars, havingnavigated the hazards of deep space to take up residence on Earth. Josh gains access to places only NASA scientists are typicallyallowed on his quest through the American West for the true story.
" The Roman Gladiator participated in history's most deadly sport,but does the Hollywood portrayal of Gladiators bear any resemblanceto the truth? Were they slaves or celebrities? What was theirtraining and everyday home life like? Josh travels the former RomanEmpire from Italy to Turkey to Tunisia to find out.
" For seven centuries the fierce Chachapoya tribe ruled themountains of northern Peru from their hilltop fortress&then, in the1500s, the tribe suddenly vanished from history. Josh goes deepinto the Peruvian Andes by foot and by horse to investigate how oneof South Americas deadliest tribes could have disappeared in aninstant.
" In 14th century Africa, a legend that Timbuktu was a City ofGold began to spread across the world  travel with Josh acrossWest Africa, into the Sahara desert, and to the famous city itselfon a quest to find the gold of legend and determine if the myth wasever really true.
" Did the flood of Genesis really happen? Was there an actual arkor a man called Noah? Josh travels throughout Armenia, Israel,Sicily and Cyprus to investigate a compelling new theory about thetruth behind this extraordinary story.
" How did one man almost destroy one of the greatest empires onearth? Josh is on a quest across Lower and Upper Egypt to explorehow the heretical Pharaoh Akhenaten left his son, King Tut, with acountry and a dynasty that was on the verge of destruction.

Josh Bernstein is also single and looking for Ms. Right: