Step back in time to investigate Ancient Evidence that offers a new take on the major figures and events described in the Bible, the Torah and the Koran. Breakthrough scientific discoveries illuminate age-old secular depictions and scriptural accounts. Expert anthropologists, historians and geneticists comb the past to bring you closer to the sacred world than ever before. Loved by his father, hated by his brothers, Joseph was destined to play a difficult, yet vital, role in the history of ancient Israel. Sold into slavery by his own brothers – who were jealous of their father's favoritism, as evidenced by his gift of a richly-ornamented robe – Joseph soon won favor with his new master, an Egyptian captain of the guard. Over time, bad fortune landed Joseph in jail. But his abilities as an administrator and soothsayer eventually propelled him from prison to the Pharaoh's palace – and the governorship of all of Egypt. At a time when Semites and Egyptians were the harshest of enemies, how could a lowly slave rise to the rank of governor, second only to Pharaoh? Forensic scholars trace Joseph's path from favored son to slave to government official by examining ancient textiles that seem to spell out Joseph's story. Experts attempt to decipher a Semitic name in an Egyptian minister's tomb – could this be evidence of Joseph's high standing in Egyptian society? Archaeologists explore whether a new excavation is actually Joseph's tomb and shed new light on the belief that the Israelites took Joseph's bones with them when they left Egypt during the great Exodus 400 years later