Tomb Hunters
It was an archaeological find that became global news. An extraordinary mega-tomb, filled with the largest concentration of coffins ever unearthed in Saqqara, Egypt. This four-part series places you at the site to witness this ground-breaking discovery as it happened and follows Egyptologists as they try to determine why all of these mummies were buried together and what this ancient cemetery can tell us about the Egyptian civilization's way of death 2,500 years ago.
Cast
Mostafa Waziri
directeur des fouilles
Mohammad Youssef
directeur du site
Hamada Mansour
responsable des fouilles
Ahmed Zikrey
égyptologue
Katharina Stövesand
égyptologue
Ashraf Ewais
conservateur du patrimoine
Aliaa Ismail
égyptologue
Seasons
E1Secrets of the Mega-Tomb
Jun 21, 2021
Egyptian archaeologists discover a vast burial chamber filled with over a hundred coffins. Explore this giant tomb and find out what can it reveal about the Egyptian way of death.
E2Mystery of the Painted Mummy
Jun 28, 2021
Follow Egyptologists as they raise, open, and run high-tech exams on a painted coffin and mummy over 2,500 years old.
E3Tomb of the Pyramid Judge
Jul 12, 2021
With unprecedented access, we follow archaeologists as they reveal secrets hidden in a tomb from the Age of the Pyramids.
E4Rise of the Greeks
Jul 19, 2021
Follow archaeologists as they examine coffins from Egypt's Greek Period, recently unearthed in the tombs of Saqqara.
Storyline
It was an archaeological find that became global news. An extraordinary mega-tomb, filled with the largest concentration of coffins ever unearthed in Saqqara, Egypt. This four-part series places you at the site to witness this ground-breaking discovery as it happened and follows Egyptologists as they try to determine why all of these mummies were buried together and what this ancient cemetery can tell us about the Egyptian civilization's way of death 2,500 years ago.
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