Not that there isn't enough interesting things in the actual show itself (running July 28th at 9pm EST) but here's some more interesting tidbits picked up by the Nat Geo research group.

There are 30,000 known antiquity sites in Israel and most of these are unguarded.

95% of all antiquities sold by antiquity dealers in Israel are either stolen or looted.

The most famous forger in history, Moses Shapira, convinced scholars that his objects were genuine by burying them in the ground, and then digging them up with the scholars present. Over a thousand of his forged artefacts were purchased by the British Museum.

Officially any archaeological object found in Israel after 1978 belongs to the State of Israel. Objects found before this can be bought and sold.

The Bible tells us that more than 30,000 people helped build the Temple of Solomon. They worked for one month on and two months off in shifts of 10,000 at a time.

After Jerusalem's destruction in 586 BC by the Babylonians, there has been no record of Ark of the Covenant. This has spawned countless adventure stories like Indiana Jones 'Raiders of the Lost Ark'.

The Jehoash Tablet broke in to two pieces while in possession of the police, who had confiscated it from Oded Golan. The Jehoash Tablet was reportedly offered to the Israel Museum for $4 million.

The Western Wall, better known as the Wailing Wall was part of the complex that housed the Second Temple; But the wall - all that remains - was not built until 20 BC by Herod the Great.