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Tom's Guide
17-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Tom's Guide
How to watch 'Expedition Unknown' season 15 online from anywhere
The intrepid Josh Gates is back for more adventures to the lesser explored areas of history, with a new batch of episodes from his long running "Expedition Unknown" series. This article has all the details you need to watch "Expedition Unknown" season 15 online and from anywhere with a VPN. Season 15 of "Expedition Unknown" premieres on Wednesday, June 18 at 9 p.m. ET/PT.• U.S. — Watch on Discovery via Sling TV or Hulu + Live TV (FREE trial)• CAN — Discovery• Watch anywhere — try NordVPN 100% risk-free Nobody can accuse Gates of being a one-trick pony. This latest run of episodes is set to cover subjects as diverse as Adolf Hitler and African lions, to pirates, the Wild West and the remote swamps of South Carolina. "Every year, we try to set a new bar for adventure, archaeology, and action," he says, "and I think these may be our biggest expeditions yet." The season 15 premiere is titled "Hitler's Amerikabomber" and explores the German dictator's obsession with developing a long-range airplane he thought could win him World War II. The series then heads to the savannahs of Kenya to investigate the man-eating lions who ravaged their population in the late 19th century. Much like Gates himself, we're leaving no stone unturned — here's everything you need to watch "Expedition Unknown" season 15 online and stream episodes from wherever you are in the world. "Expedition Unknown" goes out on Discovery in the U.S. on Wednesdays at 9 p.m.. The season 15 premiere is on Wednesday, June 18. If you already have Discovery as part of your cable package then you're ready to go. For cord-cutters, one option is Sling TV. Its Sling Blue plan is priced from $45.99/month (half price for the first month) and it comes with more than 30 channels including the Discovery Channel. Alternatively, "Expedition Unknown" fans can stream Discovery with Hulu + Live TV's 3-day free trial. The channel's own Discovery+ offers another way to watch, with plans starting from $5.99/month and a 7-day free trial. Episodes are also available the day after airing on HBO's Max platform. Max prices start at $9.99 per month. You'll need Sling TV's Blue package to watch this series, starting from $45.99/month. The plan comes with 30-plus channels, including the Discovery Channel, SYFY, USA, FX and TNT. New subscribers get their first month for half price. Grab a Hulu + Live TV 3-day FREE trial now. With no-hassle setup, no hidden fees, and unlimited DVR, Hulu + Live TV gives you the best movies, shows, and sports along with 100 live TV channels. Plans costs from $82.99/month after the 3-day free trial. Away from home at the moment and blocked from watching "Expedition Unknown" on your usual streaming service? You can still watch new episodes of "Expedition Unknown" season 15 thanks to the wonders of a VPN (Virtual Private Network). The software allows your devices to appear to be back in your home country regardless of where in the world you are. Ideal when you're away on vacation or on business. Our favorite is NordVPN. It's the best on the market right now.: Get up to 70% off NordVPN with this deal There's a good reason you've heard of NordVPN. We specialize in testing and reviewing VPN services and NordVPN is the one we rate best. It's outstanding at unblocking streaming services, it's fast and it has top-level security features too. With over 7,000 servers, across 115+ countries, and at a great price too, it's easy to recommend. For a limited time, new subscribers in the U.S. and Canada can get a free Amazon gift card worth up to $50 on selected plans. Using a VPN is incredibly simple. 1. Install the VPN of your choice. As we've said, NordVPN is our favorite. 2. Choose the location you wish to connect to in the VPN app. For instance, if you're overseas and want to view an American service, you'd select a U.S. server from the list. 3. Sit back and enjoy the show. Head to your usual streaming platform and stream "Expedition Unknown" as if you were back at home. Just like south of the border, "Expedition Unknown" season 15 will go out on Discovery in Canada. The episode schedule is the same, too, with episodes at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Wednesdays from June 18. To watch online, Discovery+ plans start from CA$5.99/month. Not in Canada at the moment? Signing up to NordVPN will help you access Discovery+ and watch "Expedition Unknown" online when you're overseas. 'Expedition Unknown' usually airs on DMAX and the Discovery+ streaming service in the U.K. However, at the time of writing, no announcement has been made as to when season 15 will begin showing. Visiting from the U.S. and can't wait to watch? You can use a VPN to watch as if you were back in the States. "Expedition Unknown" goes out on Discovery in Australia, too. Unfortunately, no premiere date for season 15 has yet been announced. Remember, if you're traveling Down Under from the U.S. and want to watch on Sling TV or Hulu + TV, purchasing a VPN will allow you to watch "Expedition Unknown" online as normal. We test and review VPN services in the context of legal recreational uses. For example: 1. Accessing a service from another country (subject to the terms and conditions of that service). 2. Protecting your online security and strengthening your online privacy when abroad. We do not support or condone the illegal or malicious use of VPN services. Consuming pirated content that is paid-for is neither endorsed nor approved by Future Publishing.
Yahoo
12-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
OceanGate's Titan Submersible Was Almost Featured on 'Expedition Unknown' in 2021
"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Josh Gates, host of Discovery Channel's Expedition Unknown, is no stranger to danger. Since its premiere in 2015 on the Travel Channel, Gates has been traversing the planet, exploring remote jungles, ancient ruins, and yes, deep-sea wrecks. Some of the most dangerous places he's ventured include the hazardous waters of Myanmar's Irrawaddy River and surviving fields of landmines in Cambodia. However, one of his most harrowing experiences remained unseen until just weeks ago. In the HBO documentary Implosion: The Titanic Sub Disaster, Gates visited OceanGate's testing facilities in Washington state to take a test dive on the Titan in Puget Sound with the intent of filming a second segment on another dive down to the Titanic wreckage site. But everything went wrong on that visit. As Rush walked Gates through OceanGate's hangar, Gates described him in the present day interview as a 'car salesman,' remarking that he had a rehearsed answer for everything. But that wasn't the case when they were underwater. Even though the submersible didn't even go more than a few feet under Puget Sound, accompanied by a diver equipped with full scuba apparatus, Rush lost control of the submersible's computers, and he struggled to provide any concrete answers to either Gates or his team members, instead just scribbling around on a piece of paper. And for anyone who has watched years and years of Expedition Unknown, viewers saw something they had never seen before: Gates's face looked ashen. 'Stockton seemed completely unaware of how bad this dive had gone from our perspective,' he says. The submersible returned to the surface within a few minutes, but Gates appeared to have made up his mind about the entire venture already. Before the dive, Gates made an offhand comment to Rush about how being sealed into the submersible from the outside was a bit concerning, delivering the line with a nervous laugh that seemed meant to lighten the mood. Rush laughed too and replied, 'Yes, you're my prisoner.' In that moment, during the 2021 recording, Gates glanced toward the camera, his expression uneasy. 'Stockton just didn't see, even psychologically, the need for a way out of this sub,' Gates says. Longtime viewers of Expedition Unknown watching the documentary were likely wondering why they didn't remember this episode or immediately trying to find it online. There's a reason why they didn't remember it: The episode never aired. Gates says he recognized the implications of making a promotional documentary about Rush and OceanGate. 'So I made the really difficult decision to call up the president of the network and to fall on my sword and say, 'I'm really sorry. I know that money's been spent here. I know that this is something that was a big deal for you to sign off on, and I appreciate the opportunity, but we shouldn't do this. This is a mistake, something bad is going to happen here,'' Gates says. On June 18, 2023, the Titan submersible, operated by OceanGate Expeditions, imploded during a dive to the Titanic wreck site in the North Atlantic, killing all five aboard, including Rush. The vessel lost communication approximately 1 hour and 45 minutes into its descent. After a five-day international search, debris was found about 1,600 feet from the Titanic's bow, confirming the implosion. Investigations revealed that Titan's unconventional carbon-fiber hull had faced prior safety concerns, and the submersible lacked independent certification. The U.S. Coast Guard continues to investigate the incident. You Might Also Like 12 Weekend Getaway Spas For Every Type of Occasion 13 Beauty Tools to Up Your At-Home Facial Game
USA Today
12-06-2025
- Science
- USA Today
Archeologists discover 2,500-year-old Midas dynasty tomb in Turkey
Archeologists discover 2,500-year-old Midas dynasty tomb in Turkey Show Caption Hide Caption Archeologists uncover skeletons in 'Indiana Jones' filming location 'Expedition Unknown' host Josh Gates joined the excavation of a tomb beneath Petra that is estimated to be at least 2,000 years old. A 2,500-year-old royal tomb has been discovered by archeologists at the site of an ancient city in Turkey. After four months of excavations, Penn Museum and Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University archeologists discovered a well-preserved royal tomb chamber that dates back to 8th century BCE (800 to 701 BCE). The tomb's roof was collapsed, but objects inside remained intact, including bronze vessels used during banquets, iron rods, a pair of large bronze cauldrons and assorted smaller bronze cauldrons, jugs and bowls, according to a news release. The tomb was discovered at the archeological site of Gordion, the capital of the Phrygian kingdom, which controlled much of Asia Minor during the first millennium BCE, Gordion Excavation Director C. Brian Rose said in a news release. Gordion is located in northwest Turkey, about 60 miles southwest of Turkey's capital Ankara. At one time, Gordion was ruled by King Midas, famously known for his "golden touch." Archeologists believe that the newly-discovered tomb may have belonged to a member of the Midas dynasty. Iron Age archaeological find: British 'bling' from 2,000 years ago included horse harnesses Archeologists used magnetic prospection technology to find the tomb, a news release states. This geophysical method uses variations in Earth's magnetic field to identify objects below the surface, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. To archeologists' surprise, the tomb indicated a cremated burial. Up until this latest excavation, researchers believed the first cremation to occur in Gordion was more than 100 years later. Vessels inside the tomb also featured textiles adhered to their exterior, which indicate that textiles were an important industry in Gordion, Rose said in a news release. 3,000-year-old Mayan city unearthed: Why it's named 'The Grandparents' The tomb was located near and appeared like the Midas Mound tomb, which is believed to have housed the body of King Midas' father. The Gordion site has proved fruitful for archeologists for 75 years, since Penn Museum began leading excavations there in 1950. Previous excavations included the oldest wooden building in the world, dating back to 740 BCE. Others include the earliest colored stone mosaics found in Gordion, the best-preserved citadel gate of the first millennium and a gilded ivory sphinx of the 6th century BCE, according to a news release. Greta Cross is a national trending reporter at USA TODAY. Story idea? Email her at gcross@
Yahoo
06-06-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Titan Sub Disaster: Discovery Documentary Shows Wendy Rush Reacting To Fatal ‘Bang'
Newly released video footage captured when OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush's wife reacted in real-time to the Titan submersible's fatal implosion last year. Stockton and his wife both have long, storied family histories in America, which were under speculation before the submarine went viral for killing its five passengers last year. The submarine lacked many of the qualifications, certifications, and even respected design systems that previous deep-water subs all had in their pockets. From the start, even the most vocal in the deep-sea diving industry, like renowned filmmaker James Cameron, were rightfully worried about OceanGate's missions. Stockton's wife, Wendy, the daughter of the couple who founded the Macy's department store, can be seen shockingly aware in the recently released video that something went wrong on the 'Titan's' final, deadly dive. The chilling footage, obtained by the U.S. Coast Guard and featured in the Discovery documentary Implosion: The Titanic Sub Disaster, shows Wendy seated in front of a computer on the 'mother ship,' or launching ship of the submarine above, as the sub descended toward the Titanic's wreckage nearly 4,000 feet below on June 18, 2023. Stockton took on the job, alongside the OceanGate team, of continuing to put tourists on the faulty submarine. One documentary team even went on a short dive with the Titan and Stockton before the host of Expedition Unknown, Josh Gates, had to call his channel's executive and beg that the media team be pulled from such a liability of an assignment. In lamens terms, the submarine was already cracked in the main hull and showed signs of its weakness to even the most untrained eyes – like TV hosts. According to the newly released footage, Wendy can be seen suddenly reacting to a loud sound: the very moment the sub's carbon-fiber hull catastrophically failed, killing all five people aboard instantly. In response, she can be seen calmly asking two other OceanGate staff in the video, 'What was that bang?' At the time, the Titan was at a depth of about 3,300 meters, where the immense underwater pressure left no survivors and almost immediately killed all aboard, as confirmed by The victims included Stockton Rush, British explorer Hamish Harding, renowned French diver Paul Henri Nargeolet, and British-Pakistani businessman Shahzada Dawood with his 19-year-old son, Suleman. Suleman, at his age and lack of deep diving experience, had no reason to be on the submarine, but Stockton had decided that it was fine even in the unregulated vessel. The submarine was manned by modified PlayStation controllers, something Stockton previously bragged to the media about, per CBS News. While the tragedy officially began with the implosion, the Coast Guard's investigation revealed a dangerous flaw—delamination (a breakdown of the main hull's carbon fiber)—had been detected as early as 2022. Despite repeated warnings from engineers and fellow deep-sea explorers, OceanGate pressed forward with risky expeditions, pushing their unconventional carbon-fiber design that had never been properly certified. As seen in the documentary, the carbon fiber design had failed on previous dives, emitting loud bangs to all onboard. This forced Stockton and OceanGate to completely redesign a similar submarine, which also failed. The carbon fiber wasn't the only weird engineering choice. OceanGate also chose to build a submarine that, in the most simple of ways, mismatched previous submarine designs that successfully reached those dangerous depths. Instead of the widely accepted, in terms of modern deep-sea diving experts, a teardrop-shaped vessel that barely holds one or two passengers, Stockton demanded that his design resemble the stereotypical 'log in the water' design to carry more passengers. More unregulated passengers in an unregulated submarine started to raise concerns among many industry experts before its final tragic implosion. James Cameron's deep-sea submarine, which reached the deepest depths of the ocean floor, was shaped like that raindrop design. His successful dives can be seen in his 2014 film DeepSea Challenge. Cameron has publicly told many media outlets that Stockton and OceanGate were a red flag even before the tragic accident. After the disaster, OceanGate ceased operations and pledged cooperation with the United States Coast Guard investigation. Some engineers and 'dive experts' are now testifying to the Coast Guard about how they understood that Stockton was losing his mind and that the submarine was destined to fail. Some employees claimed to the documentary team that Stockton fired them when voicing concerns or that they were anxious about voicing concerns about retaining their jobs at OceanGate.
Daily Mirror
04-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Archaeologists 'find Jesus' Holy Grail' under iconic Indiana Jones location
Archaeologists believe they have found the Holy Grail chalice beneath the iconic Jordanian Treasury, the incredible building used as the temple in the Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade In a twist straight out of a Hollywood script, archaeologists have stumbled upon what they believe to be the Holy Grail beneath Jordan's iconic Al Khazneh, the very site that featured in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. The Daily Mail reports that beneath the breathtaking facade of Petra's Treasury, a tomb containing 12 skeletons and various artifacts, including a chalice reminiscent of the legendary Holy Grail, was uncovered. This astonishing discovery echoes the adventures of Indiana Jones in the 1989 film where Harrison Ford's character unearths remarkable treasures, with Sean Connery by his side. Dr Pearce Paul Creasman from the American Center of Research (ACOR) and television explorer Josh Gates of The Discovery Channel were the brains behind this extraordinary find. Their work could illuminate the history of the Nabataeans, the advanced Arab people who constructed the architectural wonder. An episode of 'Expedition Unknown' on The Discovery Channel captured Gates' thrill at the "hugely rare discovery" set against one of the globe's most renowned structures, reports the Mirror US. Gates expressed his awe, saying: "Even in front of one of the most famous buildings in the are still huge discoveries to be made." The ACOR was given the nod by Jordanian officials to dig beneath the iconic Treasury in Petra, leading to some astonishing finds. Digging efforts captured by Expedition Unknown in August last year unearthed a dozen intact skeletons and a treasure trove of artifacts including bronze, iron, and ceramics. Due to Petra's changing flood patterns and humidity, several skeletons were discovered with mould on them. Among the relics was a chalice eerily reminiscent of the famed Holy Grail, an observation noted by Gates: "It really was this awesome moment of history imitating art." Previous excavations in 2003 had already hinted at hidden secrets when two tombs were discovered under Al-Khazneh's left flank, prompting Dr. Creasman and his team to suspect more treasures lay hidden. Ground-penetrating radar, which uses electromagnetic wave pulses to peep underground, revealed what could be unseen chambers flanking Al-Khazneh. The Holy Grail, the subject of numerous myths, legends, and Hollywood hits, traces its origin back to Jesus Christ's Last Supper, believed to have been used for sharing His blood. The chalice has evolved from its religious and mythical origins to become a symbol of immortal life in many narratives, extending its influence into a cultural phenomenon, capturing the imagination in an array of blockbuster movies. This was sparked off in Arthurian legends where the Holy Grail was frequently portrayed as a magical object with divine powers.
