Egypt's Lost Pyramid

Egypt's Lost Pyramid

46 mins | Documentary | Sept. 29, 2019

Follows archaeologists working on a 4,000-year-old pyramid containing a burial chamber, still apparently sealed. As light enters the tomb for the first time, the artifacts contained within reveal a gripping detective story as although there are no signs of entry, the contents have been disturbed. To solve the mystery, Egyptologists explore the nearby Black Pyramid to see how pyramid builders used every trick in the book to protect the treasures, discovering a dark and complex labyrinth of dummy tombs, false passages and stone portcullises to fool robbers.

Egypt's Lost Pyramid

46 mins | Documentary | Sept. 29, 2019

Egypt's Lost Pyramid
Follows archaeologists working on a 4,000-year-old pyramid containing a burial chamber, still apparently sealed. As light enters the tomb for the first time, the artifacts contained within reveal a gripping detective story as although there are no signs of entry, the contents have been disturbed. To solve the mystery, Egyptologists explore the nearby Black Pyramid to see how pyramid builders used every trick in the book to protect the treasures, discovering a dark and complex labyrinth of dummy tombs, false passages and stone portcullises to fool robbers.
Producers BBC, Channel 4 Television
Original title Egypt's Lost Pyramid
Directors Stuart Elliott
Writers Stuart Elliott

Cast

Chris Naunton

as Self

Zawe Ashton

as Narrator