The Valley: Hunting Egypt's Lost Treasures

The Valley: Hunting Egypt's Lost Treasures

Lost Treasures of Egypt

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Synopsis

An immersive, action-packed and discovery-led series following International teams of Egyptologists as they unearth the world's richest seam of ancient archaeology - Egypt's Valley of the Kings. For a full season of excavations and with unprecedented access to the teams on the front line of archaeology, we follow these modern day explorers as they battle searing heat and inhospitable terrain to make the discoveries of a lifetime. Using innovative technology and age-old intuition in their quest to uncover the secrets of these ancient sites, can the team's discoveries re-write ancient history?

Episodes

Season 1

  • Tutankhamun's Treasures

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    In this episode, archaeologists unlock the mysteries of Egypt's most famous pharaoh, Tutankhamun. We unearth a long lost box of treasures from inside Tutankhamun's tomb. New technology reveals why this boy kings resting place remained hidden from tomb robbers for thousands of years and we join the team who are tasked with transporting Tutankhamun's priceless treasures, on a one in a lifetime journey through the desert. Whilst a team of archaeologists make a new discovery of a lifetime when they open a 4000-year-old tomb.

  • Curse of The Afterlife

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    Archaeologists find extraordinary new evidence about how the ancient Egyptians prepared for the afterlife. We investigate the most elaborate tomb in the valley of the kings, built for the great pharaoh Seti I, the tomb reveals the sacred text needed to secure life after death. A vast necropolis gives up its secrets as a team discovers a sealed tomb untouched for 4,000 years. Whilst analysis of a gruesome cache of mummified remains reveals the disturbing lengths grave robbers went to in search of treasures and gold.