Egypt's Sun King: The Mystery Tombs: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

In 2011 a team from the University of Basel made two astonishing discoveries in Egypt's Valley of the Kings. By chance they came across a new tomb that was the first to contain a body since the discovery of Tutankhamun. Then they discovered that the tomb beside it, which had never been excavated before, held the bodies of around 50 people. But who were all the people in these two linked tombs? This film follows the archaeological detective story to uncover the answer. It pursues the trail that leads to one of Egypt's greatest pharaohs, Amenhotep III - and to the women he was close to. And the film also reveals the astonishing project behind the re-emergence nearby of the largest temple ever built in ancient Egypt - the lost mortuary temple of the same pharaoh, Amenhotep III.

Series details

• Title: Egypt's Sun King: The Mystery Tombs
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2018-11-24
• Final broadcast date listed: 2018-11-24
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: SBS
• Network country: Australia
• Typical episode runtime: 50 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 41327
• TVDB ID: 360852

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2018-11-24; final listed air date 2018-11-24; episode order: 2.

Source and licence

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