Chatty Host Who Makes Archaeology Glamorous

[heyitsmonk]

I've never heard of this show before ... has anyone seen it?

Original Article: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/06/arts/television/06dig.html?ex=1139461200&en=04f7eebc026b06b3&ei=5070

An Ivy-League educated guy who

Comments

[florimell]

I was reading this entire article, wondering if they would interview a REAL archaeologist. As I got closer to the bottom without seeing anything, I started to get a little irritated. Thank goodness for those two paragraphs. At the bottom, I might add, but there nonetheless

[glamwhorebunni]

"But Josh Bernstein, the chatty, photogenic host of "Digging for the Truth" on the History Channel could be the best thing for archaeology's image since Harrison Ford cocked his hat and starred in "Raiders of the Lost Ark.""

What about Lara Croft? ;)

Or Dr Daniel Jackson of Stargate?

[gaidheil1974]

Daniel Jackson is my hero. :D

[twilight2000]

OoOh -- mine as well -- and I might add, LOVE the icon! :>

[gaidheil1974]

Merci. Yours is quite pretty as well. :)

[melsmarsh]

I haven't seen it, but one of my lj friends will not miss an episode.

[slightlymish]

It's a bad show, but he's a hottie, I'm not gonna lie

[hobbitblue]

Does Time Team still get shown in the US? That's made archeology a popular thing here in the UK, and without the presenters (Tony Robinson) and experts (various real-life archaeologists from universities around the UK) needing to scramble through ancient tombs or battle dangerous beasties. They just jump carefully in and out of trenches and enthuse a lot about scruffy bits of pot and the odd floor tile or bone tool, and it works.

[gaidheil1974]

Now, I've never seen it air over here. I was told about it by a Brit friend and I downloaded a bit, got addicted and grabbed all I could find. Which is quite a bit, actually.