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.
Follow from the amazing restoration process of one of the most cherished and mysterious pieces of Hi...

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

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

Through their fieldwork, scientists bring to life a lost and unknown chapter of ancient Egypt, and w...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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


This documentary explores the life of Dorothy Eady, also known as Omm Sety, who believed she was a r...