This documentary follows a team of archaeologists, mandated by the Louvre Museum, as they pick up where Egyptologist Auguste Mariette left-off with his discovery of the Serapeum tomb of the bull of Apis - one of the most sacred places in Saqqara, Egypt, in 1850. Mariette also managed to map out a network of underground tunnels leading to other burial sites that he did not have time to uncover. With exclusive access, we follow a team of archaeologists continue the research of Mariette.

Howard Carter hunts for the tomb of the boy king Tutankhamun.

Explores the Pyramids of Giza as Egyptologists try to unravel the mysteries and decipher the clues b...

It is one of Egypt's enduring mysteries. What happened to Nefertiti and her husband, Akhenaten - the...

This special takes a 21st century approach to ancient history, bringing together the latest scientif...

Looking for a forgotten city: off the coast of Egypt, just a few metres under the surface, but blank...

Almost 100 years after the discovery of King's Tut's Tomb, it is time to tell the story in a new lig...

3,200 years ago, Egypt is living the final hours of its golden age under the reign of Ramesses II. A...

As part of a high-tech forensic probe into the demise of Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun, scientists us...

For centuries, the Great Pyramids have fascinated Mankind. Patrice Pooyard's The Revelation Of The P...

Professor Joann Fletcher explores what it was like to be a woman of power in ancient Egypt. Through ...

On the mythical site of Saqqara, the Apis bulls were buried for more than a thousand years in the im...

After 20 years seeking Cleopatra's tomb, archaeologist K. Martinez's search shifts to an underwater ...

At around 3,500 years old, the Ebers Papyrus is the oldest completely preserved medical manual in th...

The BBC version of "King Tut In Color" documentary. A century after the world’s most exciting archae...

Hindu temples at Benares and Belur and the mythologies associated with them.


For over 4000 years, the Sphinx has puzzled all who have laid eyes on it. What is this crouching lio...

This documentary follows a team of local archaeologists excavating never before explored passageways...