CLOUDY SKIES ROLLED OVER TO YOU.
EXPLORING NEAR THE SURFACE OF A NEWLY DISCOVERED BURIAL SHAFT. WE MAY HAVE JUST FOUND A COUGH AND THAT’S THOUSANDS OF YEARS OLD.
I THINK THIS IS A THE WAS A SIGHT. YEAH. YEAH. THE OTHER END. YES. DOES AGE.
IS THAT? AWESOME. LOOKING FOR LOST CITIES, BURIED TREASURES, DIGGING UP SKELETONS. MY GOODNESS. JUST ANOTHER DAY ON THE JOB FOR EXPEDITION UNKNOWNS. JUST GATES AND JOSH JOINS US NOW. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. HOW ARE YOU? I’M JEALOUS, DUDE. I WANT TO BE STRAIGHT UP HONEST WITH YOU. THESE ADVENTURES AROUND THE WORLD DOING WHAT YOU DO. MY GOODNESS. BE HONEST WITH ME. YOU GOT YOU GOT TO HEAR THIS ALL THE TIME. YOU GOT TO FEEL A LITTLE LIKE, YOU KNOW, LIKE INDIANA JONES GOING ALL EXPEDITIONS AROUND THE WORLD RIGHT?
ABSOLUTELY. I MEAN, I CERTAINLY I’LL TAKE THE COMPARISON ONE OF MY HEROES, OF COURSE, INDIANA JONES. YEAH, IT IS A THRILL. WE GO ALL OVER THE WORLD. EXPEDITION UNKNOWN. TAKING OUR VIEWERS TO THESE INCREDIBLE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES WHERE WERE ON HAND FOR SOME REALLY REMARKABLE DISCOVERY. SO IT’S REALLY EXCITING.
THIS IS SO AMAZING YOUR LATEST ADVENTURE. I FIGURED THAT AFTER ALL, THESE ADVENTURES THAT KIND OF HARD TO KEEP TRACK OF THEM ALL. BUT WHAT WAS YOUR LATEST ADVENTURE AND WHAT DID YOU DO IN THAT ONE?
SO FOR THE SEASON PREMIERE, WE’RE GOING TO BE TAKING OUR VIEWERS ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT, OCTOBER 9TH TO THE CITY OF PETRA, THE ANCIENT CITY OF PETRA. FOLKS PROBABLY KNOW THIS PLACE BECAUSE IT WAS FEATURED IN INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE AS FINAL RESTING PLACE OF THE HOLY GRAIL. AND IT IS THIS INCREDIBLY ICONIC BUILDING KNOWN AS THE TREASURY BUILDING. AND IT’S ONE OF THE NEW 7 WONDERS OF THE WORLD. WE’RE GOING TO BE THERE WITH ARCHAEOLOGISTS X BENEATH THIS BUILDING. SO DIGGING BENEATH THE WORLD, WONDER TO SEE WHAT’S UNDERNEATH IT AND MAKING A REALLY REMARKABLE DISCOVERY BENEATH THE TREASURY. THAT IS UNBELIEVABLE. YOU KNOW, NOW, YOU KNOW, THAT’S THE BIG SIDE. LOVE THE SHOW, BUT NO CIGAR.
THE FIRST FEW TIMES YOU ARE DOING SOMETHING LIKE THIS. WAS IT DIFFICULT TO GET ACCESS CERTAIN PLACES AND TO CONVINCE PEOPLE NOT ON THE DID. I KNOW WHAT I’M DOING. THIS IS THIS IS ME.
YEAH. I MEAN, LOOK OF A BIG PART OF THE SHOW DEPENDS UPON THE COOPERATION RIGHT OF INCREDIBLE PARTNERS AROUND THE WORLD. SO WE WOULDN’T BEEN ABLE TO WORK AT PETRA IF IT WEREN’T FOR OUR FRIENDS AT THE AMERICAN CENTER OF RESEARCH IN JORDAN WITH ARCHAEOLOGISTS, PIERS PAUL CHRISTMAN, WHO ARE JOINING ON THIS DIG AND WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF JORDAN ITSELF. YEAH. AND SO THESE KIND OF EXCAVATIONS, HIGH-PROFILE PLACES, YOU REALLY NEED THOSE PARTNERSHIPS IN PLACE BECAUSE OTHERWISE IT JUST DOESN’T HAPPEN.
IT’S A SILLY QUESTION OR MAYBE IT’S NOT. I DON’T KNOW WHAT KIND TOOLS USE IN PLACES LIKE THIS. AND WHAT DO YOU KNOW IN ADVANCE THE TOOLS THAT YOU’RE GONNA NEED VERSUS SOMETIMES WE NEED SOMETHING DIFFERENT HERE? NOT WHAT WE EXPECTED.
WELL, YOU KNOW, THAT’S WHAT’S SO FUNNY ABOUT ARCHEOLOGY. IT REALLY RUNS THE GAMUT. I MEAN, THEY ARE USING PICKAXES AND SHOVELS THAT LOOK LIKE THEY’RE FROM THE OLD WEST AND THEY’RE USING INCREDIBLE STATE-OF-THE-ART 21ST CENTURY TECHNOLOGY LIKE A LIGHT ARE LASER SCANNING GROUND PENETRATING RADAR, PHOTOGRAPHIC TREE, SCANS, THINGS LIKE THAT. SO ARCHEOLOGY IS ONE OF THESE INCREDIBLE SCIENCES WHERE ITS HIGH TECH AND LOW TECH AT THE SAME TIME, YOU CAN’T ESCAPE THE FACT THAT YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE TO DIG SOME HOLES SO THERE’S A LOT OF SHOVELS OUT THERE’S A LOT OF DIGGING THAT HAS TO BE DONE. GIVE ME A LITTLE BACKGROUND THAT HOW YOU GET STARTED DOING SOMETHING LIKE THIS BECAUSE EVERY LITTLE KIDS LIKE MAN, THEY WOULD LOVE TO DO TO WATCH INDIANA JONES, UNLIKE WHAT HOW DID YOU GET SO LUCKY WHERE THIS ACTUALLY ENDED UP BEING WHAT YOU DO?
I MEAN, I DON’T KNOW THAT I HAVE THE ANSWER TO HOW I GOT SO LUCKY. I DEFINITELY FEEL LUCKY. BUT LOOK, I GREW UP LOVING THINGS LIKE INDIANA JONES, LIKE THE GOONIES. THOSE KIND OF THAT MATTERS. AND I WENT TO SCHOOL FOR ARCHEOLOGY. SO HAD A REAL INTEREST IN PERFORMING AND STORYTELLING IN ACTING. AND SO IT TOOK A LONG TIME FOR ME TO REALIZE, HEY, MAYBE I SHOULD COMBINE THESE INTERESTS COMBINED THIS INTEREST WITH STORYTELLING AND THIS INTEREST IN ARCHEOLOGY. AND I GOT REALLY FORTUNATE THAT I’VE BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT. AND NOW IT’S IT REALLY IS THE THRILL OF A LIFETIME TO TAKE OUR VIEWERS AROUND THE WORLD AND EXPOSE THEM TO AWESOME ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES TO AMAZING. CAN YOU PICK ONE LOCATION?
AS YOUR FAVORITE WAS THAT LIKE ASKING, WHICH WAS YOUR FAVORITE KID TYPE OF QUESTION? I DON’T KNOW.
I MEAN, LOOK, THERE ARE THERE ARE PLACES IN THE WORLD THAT I LOVE TO WORK. WE’VE MADE NUMBER OF GREAT SHOWS. AND IN EGYPT EGYPT IS IS JUST SUCH A REMARKABLE SYMBOLS. SO TO DIG IN THESE EGYPTIAN TOMBS IS IS AMAZING. BUT I HAVE TO SAY THE SEASON PREMIERE IN PATRICK PETRA IS ONE OF THOSE PLACES. IT IS THIS INCREDIBLE JAW-DROPPING. WELL, HIDDEN CITY OUT IN THE CANYONS OF JORDAN. AND IT REALLY DOESN’T DISAPPOINT. IT’S IT’S IT WAS AN INDIANA JONES FOR A REASON. IT IS A SHOWSTOPPER PLACE. I HAVE AN IDEA. ONE OF THE EPISODES CAN BE EXPEDITION UNKNOWN.
BRING IN ANCHOR FROM SAN DIEGO’S NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE AS YOUR SIDEKICK BECAUSE INDIANA JONES ALWAYS HAD A SIDE KICK. WE DIDN’T KNOW WHAT HE’S DOING, MUMBLING AND FUMBLING ITS WAY. SO THAT COULD BE ME. AND YOU CAN BE THE EXPERT AND I CAN BE THE GUY MESSING EVERYTHING UP.
THAT SOUNDS GOOD. I MEAN, THE PAY IS HORRIBLE. THE FOOD IS MORE. YOU KNOW WHAT? I’M USED TO ALL THAT. IT’S ALL YOU ARE THE MAN JOSH GATE. WHAT A PLEASURE SPEAKING WITH YOU CONTINUED SUCCESS. WE LOOK FORWARD TO WATCHING THE SHOW EXPEDITION UNKNOWN. THANKS, JOSH.
