Schedule

In the second half of the Forged in Fire Summer Games, three smiths remain, eager to win the Damascus metal and $15,000. However, the challenges are far from over as they must forge the Greek Xiphos sword, from start to finish, in one round.

Four smiths get rolling when they are tasked with making canister Damascus from tubes. After a couple of intense rounds in the forge, two competitors head back to their home forges to recreate a deadly and unique Indian weapon: the vajra-mushti.

Four smiths are in for a twist when they are tasked with forging signature blades from either a large suspension cable or thin piano wire. After two intense rounds that come down to the wire, two return home to recreate the legendary Sword of Saladin.

Four smiths must rely on their math skills to determine the amount of steel needed to make their signatures blades. After a couple of calculating rounds, two smiths return home to build the intricate M1905 Springfield Bayonet.

The bladesmiths must transform a steel "train spring" into a weapon of their choosing. Only two competitors will move on and are given just five days to forge a legendary Viking Battle Axe.

For this week's challenge the competitors create their signature blade by using the Hada technique--a traditional process that involves forging multiple layers of steel together.

Sunken ships filled with priceless cargo. Lost cities of gold. Ancient temples concealing untold riches. There's something about these hidden treasures that captures the human imagination. But are lost treasures merely the stuff of legend?

Throughout history, many have sought the lost Ark of the Covenant. How could such a coveted religious artifact just disappear? And is it possible that the Ark could actually be found?

Throughout history many have searched for the secret to everlasting life, but so far, it's eluded them. But is it possible to cheat death and live forever?

Ancient ruins fascinate us, and some archaeological finds are so baffling that they challenge everything we know about the past. Will we ever learn the truth about these mysterious ruins? Or will they continue to present more questions than answers?

It might be the world's most mysterious book: a medieval manuscript filled with unidentifiable drawings, written in a secret language so complex that even the world's best code breakers can't crack it. What is the Voynich Manuscript?

When the infant son of an aviation legend is snatched from his crib at home, it ignites a media firestorm. After a nationwide manhunt, the supposed culprit is brought to justice. But did authorities get the right man?

A cryptic journal sparks an unprecedented investigation into whether a UFO crashed at Roswell, NM in 1947.

The philosopher Biggie Smalls once said, mo money, mo problems--and no problem has loomed larger for history's crazy rich than how to keep themselves--and their multi-million dollar homes--safe and secure.

We expect homes of rich people to be nice. We expect the homes of extremely rich people to be remarkable. As for these three crazy rich ancients? They built palaces that are literally some of the largest, most luxurious buildings ever.

Gold has always been the ultimate status symbol. It's beautiful, virtually indestructible, and above all, incredibly rare. For these ancient figures, acquiring--and spending--huge stockpiles of gold was an all-consuming passion.

These ancients realized they were destined to spend more time in the tomb than the throne room and spent big to build luxurious final resting places for themselves and their loved ones.

The hunt begins to heat up when the Miners in Nevada use a smoke gun to find another entrance to this dangerous tunnel system. In New Mexico, the Villescas family has to use some crossbow ingenuity to find their way into a sketchy mine.

After a few hits and misses, the Dillman family seek answers in the mysterious Weeping Cave, where they look underwater for evidence of the Aztecs.

While prepping for a diver to explore the bottom of 10-X, Rick and Marty Lagina arrange to send an ROV camera down the shaft, which reveals evidence that could threaten their entire operation.

Rick Lagina, Jack Begley and Dave Blankenship are looking for the missing H.O. stone a mysterious carved stone that was part of a larger boulder on the north shore that searchers blew up in the 1800's wrongly believing there might be treasure beneath it.

Andy and Paul travel to Nevada, and investigate Mt. Wilson, a property once owned by Robert Bigelow and thought to contain mysterious tunnels that lead to a buried UFO.

Marty Lagina and Matty Blake travel to Kansas City, Missouri, to assist river-boat enthusiast David Hawley as he searches for two 19th century wrecks loaded with lost riches and American history.