History's lens usually focuses on the monumental, but its perspective becomes drained of meaning if it loses sight of the human dimension of catastrophe. From this point of view, we examine God's testing of Noah's faith and what he endured to obey. Was his conscience tortured when the waters rose and he turned a deaf ear on those who must have begged him to board the Ark?

Nine hundred years ago, a Catholic Saint named Malachy was struck with a prophetic series of visions that predicted the identity of each future Pope. This ancient prophecy, buried within the Vatican for centuries, suggests that Pope Francis, the latest in the holy line which stretches back nearly 2,000 years, may be destined to be the last Pope. It's a warning of cataclysmic proportions, and one that experts believe is remarkably reinforced by some of the most famous writings and miraculous visions in all of Christianity, which may point to an imminent end to the papacy, a shattering of the Church as we know it, or worse, the apocalyptic end of days.

Timothy Smith, an antiquities expert, believes he's found an intricate code hidden within the world's oldest complete text of the Hebrew Bible. We explore whether the hidden code is real and if this could this be the actual word of God.

The existence and location of the Ark of the Covenant has remained one of the most enduring mysteries in archaeology. Professor Tudor Parfitt from London's School of Oriental and African Studies will reveal where he believes the Ark is. Parfitt is well-known for discovering that the Lemba tribe in Zimbabwe is one of the lost tribes of Israel. Follow this global quest-detective as he decodes ancient texts and pieces together clues. Ultimately he builds a picture of what he thinks the Ark looks like and where it is. The journey takes viewers through Israelite wars, Philistine shrines, Solomon's Temple and Africa to the final, critical clue which led Parfitt to its current location.

History's lens usually focuses on the monumental, but its perspective becomes drained of meaning if it loses sight of the human dimension of catastrophe. From this point of view, we examine God's testing of Noah's faith and what he endured to obey. Was his conscience tortured when the waters rose and he turned a deaf ear on those who must have begged him to board the Ark?

Nine hundred years ago, a Catholic Saint named Malachy was struck with a prophetic series of visions that predicted the identity of each future Pope. This ancient prophecy, buried within the Vatican for centuries, suggests that Pope Francis, the latest in the holy line which stretches back nearly 2,000 years, may be destined to be the last Pope. It's a warning of cataclysmic proportions, and one that experts believe is remarkably reinforced by some of the most famous writings and miraculous visions in all of Christianity, which may point to an imminent end to the papacy, a shattering of the Church as we know it, or worse, the apocalyptic end of days.

Timothy Smith, an antiquities expert, believes he's found an intricate code hidden within the world's oldest complete text of the Hebrew Bible. We explore whether the hidden code is real and if this could this be the actual word of God.

The existence and location of the Ark of the Covenant has remained one of the most enduring mysteries in archaeology. Professor Tudor Parfitt from London's School of Oriental and African Studies will reveal where he believes the Ark is. Parfitt is well-known for discovering that the Lemba tribe in Zimbabwe is one of the lost tribes of Israel. Follow this global quest-detective as he decodes ancient texts and pieces together clues. Ultimately he builds a picture of what he thinks the Ark looks like and where it is. The journey takes viewers through Israelite wars, Philistine shrines, Solomon's Temple and Africa to the final, critical clue which led Parfitt to its current location.

History's lens usually focuses on the monumental, but its perspective becomes drained of meaning if it loses sight of the human dimension of catastrophe. From this point of view, we examine God's testing of Noah's faith and what he endured to obey. Was his conscience tortured when the waters rose and he turned a deaf ear on those who must have begged him to board the Ark?

Nine hundred years ago, a Catholic Saint named Malachy was struck with a prophetic series of visions that predicted the identity of each future Pope. This ancient prophecy, buried within the Vatican for centuries, suggests that Pope Francis, the latest in the holy line which stretches back nearly 2,000 years, may be destined to be the last Pope. It's a warning of cataclysmic proportions, and one that experts believe is remarkably reinforced by some of the most famous writings and miraculous visions in all of Christianity, which may point to an imminent end to the papacy, a shattering of the Church as we know it, or worse, the apocalyptic end of days.

Timothy Smith, an antiquities expert, believes he's found an intricate code hidden within the world's oldest complete text of the Hebrew Bible. We explore whether the hidden code is real and if this could this be the actual word of God.

The existence and location of the Ark of the Covenant has remained one of the most enduring mysteries in archaeology. Professor Tudor Parfitt from London's School of Oriental and African Studies will reveal where he believes the Ark is. Parfitt is well-known for discovering that the Lemba tribe in Zimbabwe is one of the lost tribes of Israel. Follow this global quest-detective as he decodes ancient texts and pieces together clues. Ultimately he builds a picture of what he thinks the Ark looks like and where it is. The journey takes viewers through Israelite wars, Philistine shrines, Solomon's Temple and Africa to the final, critical clue which led Parfitt to its current location.