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    The First Artifact

Children & Family
24 
Jan 1, 1998
Diving in minisubs off the coast of North Carolina with famed treasure hunter Bill Robinson, the BION team digs up a shield belonging to the ancient order of the Knights of the Crusades. When a rival group of treasure hunters plots to take the Knight's treasure for themselves, Bill winds up in the hospital. When his oxygen tanks fail, and a planted chest of fake gold coins causes the BION team to be accused of fraud.

Full Episodes

Season 1, 12 episodes

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The Daruma Dolls,
Rip & Co. wing to Japan to investigate reports of a live Oni, the Japanese Demon. They discover that the Oni report is a cover-up for something even more fantastic: the discovery of the magical Daruma Dolls. Legend claims the “missing” dolls have been protected for over 400 hundred years by a Samurai. A wealthy collector, with his own private army, will stop at nothing to get them. The action and “ownership” of the Dolls goes back and forth until the final showdown amid the famous Log Ride of Hikkado. The Dolls are put in a museum, and the guardian Samurai leaves us wondering if he, or isn't, four hundred years old!
24m Jan 1, 1998
   
Wattam the Warriors Mask,
While diving around an old shipwreck, Rip and Samantha have their yacht stolen on the high seas by the modern pirates. After an exhausting moment in a life raft, they disembark in Papua, New Guinea and are captured by mountain pygmies.
24m Jan 1, 1998
   
Curse of the Pharoah’s Tomb,
Rip, Cyril, and Sam travel to Cairo, Egypt to investigate the case of a woman put in a coma by the Curse of King Tut, after trying to buy contraband artifacts from the dead Pharaoh's tomb. When Cyril finds a piece of a Tutankhamen fan, he has a friend analyze it. Meanwhile, a mysterious phone call leads Rip and Sam to the Valley of the Kings, where they are trapped in a tomb! Framed by the man in charge of Cairo antiquities, Mohammed Mahdi, Rip, and Sam escape by posing as mummies! When Cyril's friend is stricken with the same “curse”, Cyril discovers that an ancient mold is causing the coma symptoms.
24m Jan 1, 1998
   
The Vampire Kit,
When a young woman collapses in the town square of the Transylvanian town of Poenari, it is discovered she has a vampire bite on her neck! With everyone leaving town, the BION discover that a long-lost relative of Vlad Dracula has recently taken up residence in the old Count's castle.
24m Jan 1, 1998
   
Ghost of the Mystery House,
When Sam's Uncle Paul, a caretaker at The Winchester Mystery House in San Diego, starts seeing ghosts, she must defend his sanity to save his job. At the greatest ghost house on the continent, the BION team discovers dozens of staircases that lead nowhere, and hundreds of rooms with no doors, all built by Sarah Winchester.
24m Jan 1, 1998
   
The Lama's Skull,
Rip, Sam, and Cyril travel to China, to photograph “Llama's Skull”, an artifact said to protect all those “in his vision”. But when the skull goes missing, the HuNan temple is immediately reduced to rubble and everyone in town is suddenly getting sick!
24m Jan 1, 1998
   
The Golden Helmet of Ur,
When the Golden Helmet of Ur is stolen from the BION HQ, Rip, Cyril, and Sam follow its tracking device to Kuwait City, in the Middle East. There, Rip receives a mysterious message from Dun Inanna, an old friend of Robert Ripley's, that leads to him being stranded in the desert! Meanwhile, in the ruins of the ancient city of Ur, a ghost of the “Wandering King” commands the last Bedouin tribe to leave!
24m Jan 1, 1998
   
The Million Year Old Egg,
When Rip's old college professor, Dr. Sullivan, searching the Amazon for a million-year-old dinosaur egg, falls ill, the BION team rush to South America. The unexpected arrival of gruff Paul Hacken, a former fellow student of Rip's, has Sam and Cyril suspicious. His vision obscured by friendship, Rip leads the two faced Paul to an ancient temple deep in the rain forest, where they find Dr. Sullivan suffering from food poisoning.
24m Jan 1, 1998
   
Love's Many Charms,
When the two daughters of an old friend of Cyril's receive Turkish Love Charms, they are mysteriously swept away by Whirling Dervishes. Rip obtains a “real” love charm from a Gypsy Woman, who agrees to lead the team to the secret mountain top village of the Dervishes. There, while Sam and Cyril pose as buyers of charms, Rip attempts an escape with the two girls, only to be thwarted by the youngest sister, Turkan. Unable to marry her Dervish boyfriend ahead of her older sister Mahta, Turkan arranged the kidnapping and a double wedding! Rip's attempts to delay the wedding result in him taking the place of the missing groom.
24m Jan 1, 1998
   
And Now the Weather,
When the statue of the Toltec Raingod is stolen from a Global Warming conference in Mexico City, the BION team gives chase in the ARV, only to be sideswiped by the sudden appearance of a tornado! Legend has it, the Raingod causes weird weather when it's moved. Battling a hurricane, the BION team tracks the statue to the ancient Mayan ruins at Chichen Itza. But when they try to airlift it from the great Sun Pyramid, they are double-crossed by tabloid newsman, Steve Sanchez, who stole the statue to create a sensational news story, unaware of the consequences.
24m Jan 1, 1998
   
Eternity for Sale,
When a jar believed to contain anti-aging cream of the Pharaohs is stolen from a Ripley exhibit, the BION team travels to Moscow. Sensitive about his impending birthday, Cyril is especially interested in the legendary cream. With help from Detective Yuri Renko, security camera footage is matched with mug shots and the thief is tracked to the mansion of the aging industrialist, Rasilikov. Cyril uncovers some old photos of Rasilikov that show miraculous changes in age at the same time other jars of the cream went missing! A chase into Gorky Park ends with Cyril saving the elderly man from the icy waters of the Moskva River.
24m Jan 1, 1998
   
The First Artifact,
Diving in minisubs off the coast of North Carolina with famed treasure hunter Bill Robinson, the BION team digs up a shield belonging to the ancient order of the Knights of the Crusades. When a rival group of treasure hunters plots to take the Knight's treasure for themselves, Bill winds up in the hospital. When his oxygen tanks fail, and a planted chest of fake gold coins causes the BION team to be accused of fraud.
24m Jan 1, 1998
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