"Mysteries at the Museum" King Tut: Special

1 00:00:02,570 --> 00:00:03,740 WILDMAN: I'm cracking open a story 2 00:00:03,740 --> 00:00:06,010 that's about as legendary as they come... 3 00:00:06,010 --> 00:00:07,310 BRAND: This is the most important moment 4 00:00:07,310 --> 00:00:09,180 in archaeological history. 5 00:00:09,180 --> 00:00:12,910 ...to explore the extraordinary wonders of ancient Egypt... 6 00:00:12,920 --> 00:00:16,380 It's the greatest antique I've ever seen outside of a museum. 7 00:00:16,390 --> 00:00:18,690 [ Indistinct shouting ] 8 00:00:18,690 --> 00:00:21,190 ...and to dig deep into the mystical power of Tutankhamun -- 9 00:00:21,190 --> 00:00:25,030 King Tut -- and how his legend continues to fascinate 10 00:00:25,030 --> 00:00:26,630 3,000 years later. 11 00:00:26,630 --> 00:00:29,300 IKRAM: History -- it's always changing 12 00:00:29,300 --> 00:00:32,400 by each new piece of evidence we find. 13 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:35,200 It's an adventure filled with political intrigue 14 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:37,500 and hidden truths that lie beneath the sands. 15 00:00:37,510 --> 00:00:40,610 And to this day, there's still new evidence to uncover. 16 00:00:40,610 --> 00:00:43,280 There might be a hidden chamber behind this wall. 17 00:00:43,280 --> 00:00:45,250 WILDMAN: Unbelievable. 18 00:00:45,250 --> 00:00:46,950 I'm Don Wildman. 19 00:00:46,950 --> 00:00:50,180 I've explored the world's greatest mysteries, 20 00:00:50,190 --> 00:00:52,650 examined rare artifacts and epic monuments. 21 00:00:52,650 --> 00:00:54,050 That's amazing. 22 00:00:54,060 --> 00:00:57,220 Now I'm digging deeper into some of the most perplexing 23 00:00:57,230 --> 00:00:59,190 and famous cases in history. 24 00:00:59,190 --> 00:01:01,900 My goal? To get closer to the truth. 25 00:01:01,900 --> 00:01:05,130 It's a totally alien environment down there. 26 00:01:05,130 --> 00:01:10,140 This is "Mysteries at the Museum -- King Tut." 27 00:01:14,510 --> 00:01:17,010 King Tut is our gateway to one of the most 28 00:01:17,010 --> 00:01:20,350 remarkable civilizations in human history. 29 00:01:20,350 --> 00:01:22,350 But what is it about this particular king, 30 00:01:22,350 --> 00:01:25,690 this pharaoh, that seizes upon our fascination? 31 00:01:25,690 --> 00:01:28,520 Whether it's the epic quest for his lost tomb, 32 00:01:28,520 --> 00:01:30,690 the question of who he really was, 33 00:01:30,690 --> 00:01:32,830 or the legend of the fabled curse, 34 00:01:32,830 --> 00:01:36,500 King Tut remains one of the world's greatest mysteries. 35 00:01:36,500 --> 00:01:40,500 But do we know who he really was, his life and his death? 36 00:01:40,500 --> 00:01:44,270 And is there more to be revealed? 37 00:01:44,270 --> 00:01:47,440 ¶ 38 00:01:47,440 --> 00:01:48,780 Ancient Egypt is considered 39 00:01:48,780 --> 00:01:51,440 one of mankind's first civilizations, 40 00:01:51,450 --> 00:01:55,450 forming powerful kingdoms as far back as 5,000 years ago. 41 00:01:55,450 --> 00:01:58,290 Egyptian kings, called "pharaohs," 42 00:01:58,290 --> 00:02:01,620 reigned supreme over a highly religious society, 43 00:02:01,620 --> 00:02:05,860 their lifeline being lush farms bordering the river Nile. 44 00:02:05,860 --> 00:02:08,530 King Tutankhamun, a boy king 45 00:02:08,530 --> 00:02:11,700 of just 9 years old, inherited Egypt, 46 00:02:11,700 --> 00:02:13,700 in what is called the New Kingdom, 47 00:02:13,700 --> 00:02:18,710 in 1333 BC -- over 3,000 years ago. 48 00:02:20,140 --> 00:02:22,740 To learn more about this ancient story, 49 00:02:22,740 --> 00:02:25,880 I had to go back to where it all began. 50 00:02:25,880 --> 00:02:29,220 I thought this might give me some much-needed perspective. 51 00:02:33,460 --> 00:02:34,750 Wow. Beautiful. 52 00:02:36,830 --> 00:02:42,160 Look at the sun rise. The sunrise over the Nile. 53 00:02:44,970 --> 00:02:46,830 This is the west bank of the Nile, 54 00:02:46,840 --> 00:02:48,800 and you follow along this ridge, 55 00:02:48,800 --> 00:02:50,970 and you find the Valley of the Kings, 56 00:02:50,970 --> 00:02:53,310 full of royal tombs. 57 00:02:55,810 --> 00:02:59,150 Pharaohs were once buried in engineering feats 58 00:02:59,150 --> 00:03:01,650 like the great pyramids in Giza. 59 00:03:01,650 --> 00:03:03,480 But in Egypt's New Kingdom, 60 00:03:03,490 --> 00:03:05,490 pharaohs were buried in grand tombs 61 00:03:05,490 --> 00:03:08,360 hidden deep beneath the Valley of the Kings. 62 00:03:08,360 --> 00:03:10,460 This famous desert valley 63 00:03:10,460 --> 00:03:12,930 is just outside the city of Luxor, 64 00:03:12,930 --> 00:03:15,530 once the ancient capital of Egypt. 65 00:03:15,530 --> 00:03:18,370 It's best known for being the burial ground 66 00:03:18,370 --> 00:03:22,400 and home of more than 60 royal tombs. 67 00:03:22,400 --> 00:03:24,040 But there was one elusive tomb 68 00:03:24,040 --> 00:03:26,740 that archaeologists could never find, 69 00:03:26,740 --> 00:03:30,240 believed to be filled with extraordinary treasures -- 70 00:03:30,250 --> 00:03:32,710 the tomb of King Tut. 71 00:03:34,480 --> 00:03:37,120 Crossing the Nile to the Valley of the Kings, 72 00:03:37,120 --> 00:03:39,450 there are still so many questions. 73 00:03:39,450 --> 00:03:43,620 Who was King Tut? How did they find his tomb? 74 00:03:43,630 --> 00:03:48,800 And can we ever know how the young pharaoh lived and died? 75 00:03:48,800 --> 00:03:50,800 When you compare it to our lives, 76 00:03:50,800 --> 00:03:52,970 full of selfies, social media, 77 00:03:52,970 --> 00:03:54,970 and a celebrity ruling class, 78 00:03:54,970 --> 00:03:58,140 the idea of honoring royalty by, you know, 79 00:03:58,140 --> 00:04:01,310 building elaborate, grand mausoleums underground 80 00:04:01,310 --> 00:04:04,540 that no one's ever meant to see seems pretty odd. 81 00:04:04,550 --> 00:04:07,710 That makes the search for King Tut's tomb 82 00:04:07,720 --> 00:04:10,980 as remarkable as the eventual finding of it, 83 00:04:10,990 --> 00:04:13,150 which brings us to the man behind it all -- 84 00:04:13,160 --> 00:04:15,990 Howard Carter -- who, nearly a hundred years ago, 85 00:04:15,990 --> 00:04:21,390 first uncovered the greatest archaeological find in history. 86 00:04:21,400 --> 00:04:25,070 Carter was not a formally trained archaeologist. 87 00:04:25,070 --> 00:04:26,300 In fact, he was an artist. 88 00:04:26,300 --> 00:04:28,800 And it was with an artist's passion 89 00:04:28,800 --> 00:04:30,840 that he first came to Egypt in 1891. 90 00:04:30,840 --> 00:04:34,440 Howard Carter's house. 91 00:04:34,440 --> 00:04:37,940 He was just 17, but was working as a draftsman 92 00:04:37,950 --> 00:04:40,780 for the most regarded archaeologist of the day, 93 00:04:40,780 --> 00:04:44,780 copying hieroglyphs and learning the ropes. 94 00:04:44,790 --> 00:04:47,320 Howard Carter's keen eye landed him 95 00:04:47,320 --> 00:04:51,660 the job of inspector in chief for Egypt's antiquity service, 96 00:04:51,660 --> 00:04:53,330 which was a perfect fit. 97 00:04:53,330 --> 00:04:55,000 He was fluent in Arabic 98 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:57,830 and had the total respect of the locals. 99 00:04:57,830 --> 00:05:01,000 I mean, it was an ideal job for him. 100 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:04,340 With this reputation, he met the man who would 101 00:05:04,340 --> 00:05:08,380 forever change his life -- the fifth Earl of Canarvon. 102 00:05:08,380 --> 00:05:11,780 Lord Canarvon was a wealthy Englishman 103 00:05:11,780 --> 00:05:13,910 who came to the Valley of the Kings for his health, 104 00:05:13,920 --> 00:05:17,080 to escape the damp and cold of the English countryside. 105 00:05:17,090 --> 00:05:20,420 But soon, he was swept up by the adventures of digging 106 00:05:20,420 --> 00:05:23,460 for treasures in the Egyptian desert. 107 00:05:23,460 --> 00:05:26,630 In Howard Carter, Lord Canarvon found exactly 108 00:05:26,630 --> 00:05:27,960 who he was looking for -- 109 00:05:27,960 --> 00:05:31,300 a man who wasn't in it just for the buried treasure. 110 00:05:31,300 --> 00:05:35,770 Rather, he was there to discover the secrets of ancient Egypt. 111 00:05:35,770 --> 00:05:41,780 By 1914, droves of competing excavations were leaving Egypt, 112 00:05:41,780 --> 00:05:45,510 declaring the Valley of the Kings exhausted. 113 00:05:45,510 --> 00:05:49,220 Risking his reputation and another man's fortune, 114 00:05:49,220 --> 00:05:51,320 Carter convinced Lord Canarvon 115 00:05:51,320 --> 00:05:54,490 to fund the most ambitious archaeological search. 116 00:05:54,490 --> 00:05:57,490 He claimed that hidden under 3,000 years worth of rock 117 00:05:57,490 --> 00:06:00,190 and sand lay the tomb of Tutankhamun -- 118 00:06:00,200 --> 00:06:05,330 an undisturbed tomb with all the funerary artifacts, 119 00:06:05,330 --> 00:06:08,700 riches, and the mummy of King Tut himself. 120 00:06:08,700 --> 00:06:14,870 [ Men speaking in native language ] 121 00:06:20,950 --> 00:06:25,620 The challenges Howard Carter faced looking for Tut's tomb 122 00:06:25,620 --> 00:06:29,460 almost 100 years ago must have been staggering. 123 00:06:29,460 --> 00:06:33,130 So, to better understand this, to put myself in Carter's boots, 124 00:06:33,130 --> 00:06:34,790 I'm visiting archaeologists here 125 00:06:34,800 --> 00:06:37,960 at an active dig at the Temple of Thutmose III, 126 00:06:37,970 --> 00:06:40,970 right at the base of the Valley of the Kings. 127 00:06:40,970 --> 00:06:43,640 I mean, this is where you can see what's new 128 00:06:43,640 --> 00:06:45,640 in a modern excavation, 129 00:06:45,640 --> 00:06:47,740 and what's done the old-fashioned way. 130 00:06:51,710 --> 00:06:55,520 I've been invited by Dr. Myriam Seco Alvarez... 131 00:06:55,520 --> 00:06:57,750 This is so exciting. This is amazing. 132 00:06:57,750 --> 00:06:59,990 ...director of the Thutmose III temple project. 133 00:06:59,990 --> 00:07:02,360 [ Men speaking in native language ] 134 00:07:02,360 --> 00:07:05,990 Thutmose III ruled as pharaoh for over 50 years, 135 00:07:05,990 --> 00:07:10,000 growing Egypt's empire more than any time in history. 136 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:14,000 So, give me a basic lesson in what happens at an excavation. 137 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:16,670 You're both excavating and restoring, yes? 138 00:07:16,670 --> 00:07:19,840 Yes, first, we are excavating the area 139 00:07:19,840 --> 00:07:24,480 to get all the information about the history of Thutmose III 140 00:07:24,480 --> 00:07:27,310 and give back the temple, give life back. 141 00:07:27,320 --> 00:07:28,380 Yeah. 142 00:07:28,380 --> 00:07:31,120 With a team 150 strong, 143 00:07:31,120 --> 00:07:35,220 Dr. Alvarez has spent nine years digging in a site 144 00:07:35,220 --> 00:07:38,630 just as Carter did 100 years before. 145 00:07:38,630 --> 00:07:41,460 I have to tell you, this is like a movie. 146 00:07:41,460 --> 00:07:43,960 I mean, it's incredible to see this. 147 00:07:43,970 --> 00:07:45,670 And it looks like -- [ Chuckles ] -- 148 00:07:45,670 --> 00:07:47,600 like I've always expected archaeology to look. 149 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:49,800 It's beautiful. 150 00:07:49,800 --> 00:07:51,070 [ Man speaking in native language ] 151 00:07:52,910 --> 00:07:58,080 When Carter came here, back in the 1910s and '20s, 152 00:07:58,080 --> 00:08:01,310 how different was archaeology than it is today? 153 00:08:01,320 --> 00:08:03,150 The appearance is the same, 154 00:08:03,150 --> 00:08:06,490 but what changed now is the technology. 155 00:08:06,490 --> 00:08:09,160 Yeah. Yeah. Because now we use a lot -- 156 00:08:09,160 --> 00:08:12,490 a lot of new technology in the archaeology 157 00:08:12,490 --> 00:08:13,990 to get informations. 158 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:15,660 And without the modern technology 159 00:08:15,660 --> 00:08:19,670 to do the scans and so forth, he's in the dark even more. 160 00:08:19,670 --> 00:08:22,670 Yes, of course. The workers, probably, 161 00:08:22,670 --> 00:08:25,210 this worker -- some of them -- 162 00:08:25,210 --> 00:08:28,610 descendant of the workers of Howard Carter. 163 00:08:30,310 --> 00:08:32,980 It must be a very emotional experience. 164 00:08:32,980 --> 00:08:35,150 I mean, both in a -- in a happy way and a -- 165 00:08:35,150 --> 00:08:36,650 and a frustrated way, yeah? 166 00:08:36,650 --> 00:08:37,780 Yes, of course. 167 00:08:37,790 --> 00:08:41,520 But it's really amazing when you find something. 168 00:08:41,520 --> 00:08:45,190 Egypt is very rich, and we always are finding things. 169 00:08:45,190 --> 00:08:46,190 Still? 170 00:08:46,190 --> 00:08:47,290 Still. 171 00:08:47,300 --> 00:08:50,830 Last week, we found a new cartonnage. 172 00:08:50,830 --> 00:08:52,630 Wow, can I see it? Yes. 173 00:08:53,740 --> 00:08:57,240 A cartonnage is the layers of linen and plaster 174 00:08:57,240 --> 00:08:59,910 that cover a mummified body. 175 00:08:59,910 --> 00:09:02,810 This has to be seen to be believed. 176 00:09:02,810 --> 00:09:05,650 Oh. So, this is the nice. 177 00:09:05,650 --> 00:09:09,150 Unbelievable. That's what you pulled out 178 00:09:09,150 --> 00:09:11,080 of the ground in that little hole? 179 00:09:11,090 --> 00:09:12,420 Yes. Outrageous. 180 00:09:12,420 --> 00:09:15,590 The nice cartonnage, and it's all 181 00:09:15,590 --> 00:09:18,060 with inscription and decorated. 182 00:09:18,060 --> 00:09:21,060 And they have the scarab as protection. 183 00:09:21,060 --> 00:09:22,260 Mm-hmm. Here. 184 00:09:22,260 --> 00:09:25,930 And then all the symbolic god and goddess 185 00:09:25,930 --> 00:09:28,100 of protection for the afterlife. 186 00:09:28,100 --> 00:09:29,940 How old is this cartonnage? 187 00:09:29,940 --> 00:09:34,610 This is around 1,000 or 900 BC. 188 00:09:34,610 --> 00:09:36,110 So, more than 3,000 years old. 189 00:09:36,110 --> 00:09:38,080 Yes. Oh, geez. 190 00:09:38,080 --> 00:09:42,880 To think this cartonnage dates back to before Tut himself, 191 00:09:42,880 --> 00:09:44,950 and they found him just last week. 192 00:09:44,950 --> 00:09:48,120 Can you imagine the relentless determination Carter 193 00:09:48,120 --> 00:09:51,490 had to keep up looking for Tut's intact tomb? 194 00:09:51,490 --> 00:09:53,660 And so, they're removing this gauze now. 195 00:09:53,660 --> 00:09:54,690 Yes. 196 00:09:54,700 --> 00:09:57,360 We need to make an x-ray to study 197 00:09:57,370 --> 00:09:59,300 because the mummy is inside. 198 00:09:59,300 --> 00:10:01,630 So we want to get all the information 199 00:10:01,640 --> 00:10:03,400 about the mummy inside, 200 00:10:03,410 --> 00:10:06,740 and then we have to finish the restoration. 201 00:10:06,740 --> 00:10:08,410 I know why you do this for a living. 202 00:10:08,410 --> 00:10:09,580 You get this excitement, 203 00:10:09,580 --> 00:10:11,410 this feeling of adrenaline, literally. 204 00:10:11,410 --> 00:10:13,580 Imagine finding something like that. 205 00:10:13,580 --> 00:10:17,220 It's the greatest antique I've ever seen outside of a museum. 206 00:10:17,220 --> 00:10:19,720 A fresh cartonnage like this shows 207 00:10:19,720 --> 00:10:22,120 just how high the stakes were for Carter. 208 00:10:22,120 --> 00:10:25,460 If this is how it feels to find a cartonnage, 209 00:10:25,460 --> 00:10:27,330 what must it be like to discover 210 00:10:27,330 --> 00:10:31,030 the most sought-after tomb in archaeological history? 211 00:10:31,030 --> 00:10:34,030 ¶ 212 00:10:41,110 --> 00:10:42,780 Wow. 213 00:10:42,780 --> 00:10:44,810 Looking at the Valley of the Kings, 214 00:10:44,810 --> 00:10:48,880 I am in awe of Howard Carter and the other Egyptologists. 215 00:10:48,880 --> 00:10:55,050 I mean, how did anyone find anything out here 216 00:10:55,060 --> 00:10:59,760 in this maze of limestone cliffs and hills of sand? 217 00:10:59,760 --> 00:11:05,600 The excavation began in 1917, but was riddled with setbacks. 218 00:11:05,600 --> 00:11:11,700 By 1922, 70,000 tons of rock had been removed by hand 219 00:11:11,710 --> 00:11:13,540 with no results. 220 00:11:13,540 --> 00:11:16,040 Canarvon's patience and financial support 221 00:11:16,040 --> 00:11:17,640 were starting to wane. 222 00:11:17,650 --> 00:11:23,820 Exhausted and desperate, on November 4, 1922, 223 00:11:23,820 --> 00:11:26,490 Carter makes the discovery that changed his life, 224 00:11:26,490 --> 00:11:31,160 and everyone else's, forever -- stairs. 225 00:11:31,160 --> 00:11:34,760 Stairs are discovered, and Carter's team feverishly 226 00:11:34,760 --> 00:11:38,300 remove debris to expose the entrance to a tomb. 227 00:11:40,870 --> 00:11:45,410 Descending this same passageway as Carter did, 228 00:11:45,410 --> 00:11:48,610 you feel transported back in time. 229 00:11:48,610 --> 00:11:53,280 In 1923, Howard Carter stood right where I am 230 00:11:53,280 --> 00:11:55,780 and chiseled out a small hole in a wall, 231 00:11:55,780 --> 00:11:59,820 just big enough to push a lit candle into the darkness. 232 00:11:59,820 --> 00:12:01,850 Lord Canarvon, who was standing right nearby, 233 00:12:01,860 --> 00:12:04,860 asked anxiously if there was anything to be seen. 234 00:12:04,860 --> 00:12:08,530 "Yes," Carter replied. "Wonderful things." 235 00:12:08,530 --> 00:12:11,860 Later, Carter wrote of being dumbstruck with amazement -- 236 00:12:11,870 --> 00:12:14,370 "Everywhere, the glint of gold." 237 00:12:20,490 --> 00:12:22,820 WILDMAN: I'm exploring the extraordinary wonders 238 00:12:22,830 --> 00:12:24,990 of ancient Egypt and digging deep 239 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:27,530 into the mystical powers of King Tut 240 00:12:27,530 --> 00:12:31,930 and how his legend continues to fascinate 3,000 years later. 241 00:12:33,940 --> 00:12:37,270 In 1922, archaeologist Howard Carter 242 00:12:37,270 --> 00:12:39,610 discovers stone steps -- 243 00:12:39,610 --> 00:12:42,410 steps that would lead to the discovery of a lifetime. 244 00:12:42,410 --> 00:12:44,480 There it is. 245 00:12:44,480 --> 00:12:47,650 Those are the stairs, down below. 246 00:12:47,650 --> 00:12:50,950 Five years of looking for that. 247 00:12:50,960 --> 00:12:53,120 What must it have been like 248 00:12:53,120 --> 00:12:55,860 for Carter to crack open King Tut's tomb? 249 00:12:55,860 --> 00:12:58,530 To try and get a clearer picture, 250 00:12:58,530 --> 00:13:00,500 I'm meeting professor of ancient history 251 00:13:00,500 --> 00:13:03,630 at the University of Memphis, Dr. Peter J. Brand. 252 00:13:03,630 --> 00:13:04,970 BRAND: Although some archaeologists thought 253 00:13:04,970 --> 00:13:06,970 that the valley was exhausted, 254 00:13:06,970 --> 00:13:08,470 he was convinced that there 255 00:13:08,470 --> 00:13:10,140 was something in this one little area 256 00:13:10,140 --> 00:13:12,640 that had not been systematically investigated, 257 00:13:12,640 --> 00:13:14,640 and he made sure that he would look at it. 258 00:13:14,650 --> 00:13:16,310 It was his destiny to find this. 259 00:13:16,310 --> 00:13:20,350 Dr. Brand specializes in Egypt's New Kingdom era 260 00:13:20,350 --> 00:13:24,750 and is the perfect guy to help me retrace Carter's steps. 261 00:13:24,760 --> 00:13:26,820 So, this is the tomb. Yes, this is Tutankhamun. 262 00:13:26,820 --> 00:13:29,320 All my life I've waited for this. 263 00:13:29,330 --> 00:13:32,260 This is one of the most amazing places on Earth. 264 00:13:35,270 --> 00:13:37,430 Wow, so, this is the entrance 265 00:13:37,430 --> 00:13:39,770 he had been searching for for five years. 266 00:13:39,770 --> 00:13:40,840 If you look down here, 267 00:13:40,840 --> 00:13:42,670 you can actually see the limestone steps. 268 00:13:42,670 --> 00:13:44,010 They're carved into the bedrock 269 00:13:44,010 --> 00:13:46,810 of the Valley of the Kings itself. 270 00:13:46,810 --> 00:13:48,310 This is not like a normal royal tomb, 271 00:13:48,310 --> 00:13:49,650 which has a grand entrance. 272 00:13:49,650 --> 00:13:51,650 This is literally just a staircase 273 00:13:51,650 --> 00:13:53,280 into the floor of the Valley. 274 00:13:53,280 --> 00:13:55,750 And in fact, it's because it's so obscure 275 00:13:55,750 --> 00:13:58,090 and so well-hidden, is the reason it survived 276 00:13:58,090 --> 00:13:59,150 until modern times. 277 00:13:59,160 --> 00:14:00,660 And that nobody found it. Exactly. 278 00:14:00,660 --> 00:14:01,820 I got it. 279 00:14:01,830 --> 00:14:04,830 And when they got down here, they had this doorway. 280 00:14:04,830 --> 00:14:06,330 It's completely bricked up 281 00:14:06,330 --> 00:14:08,000 and it was covered with plaster 282 00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:09,830 and there were seal impressions stamped 283 00:14:09,830 --> 00:14:12,330 in it with the name of the royal necropolis, 284 00:14:12,340 --> 00:14:13,840 but also the name of Tutankhamun. 285 00:14:13,840 --> 00:14:16,710 Oh, my God. So he knows he's found the tomb. 286 00:14:16,710 --> 00:14:17,740 Well, it's something big. 287 00:14:17,740 --> 00:14:19,310 And so, when they get through the doorway, 288 00:14:19,310 --> 00:14:21,980 they find this sloping passageway. 289 00:14:21,980 --> 00:14:24,450 They come to another doorway, and it's completely sealed. 290 00:14:24,450 --> 00:14:25,950 A second wall. 291 00:14:25,950 --> 00:14:27,250 Exactly. 292 00:14:27,250 --> 00:14:29,250 So, Canarvon has made it from England. 293 00:14:29,250 --> 00:14:30,920 The two of them are standing here. 294 00:14:30,920 --> 00:14:32,090 Right where we're standing. 295 00:14:32,090 --> 00:14:33,420 And so how do they get in? 296 00:14:33,420 --> 00:14:36,060 They begin to break down the doorway, and right here -- 297 00:14:36,060 --> 00:14:37,890 where you're standing, right in front of there -- 298 00:14:37,900 --> 00:14:41,430 they -- they make a hole, removing some blocks, 299 00:14:41,430 --> 00:14:45,470 and a bit of hot air whooshes out. 300 00:14:45,470 --> 00:14:46,900 This is that legendary moment. 301 00:14:46,900 --> 00:14:48,240 Oh, this is the most important moment 302 00:14:48,240 --> 00:14:50,010 in archaeological history. 303 00:14:50,010 --> 00:14:54,840 ¶ 304 00:14:54,850 --> 00:14:56,410 Wow. 305 00:15:03,820 --> 00:15:08,160 It's staggering to imagine what Carter must have felt like 306 00:15:08,160 --> 00:15:10,990 making his way through Tut's tomb. 307 00:15:10,990 --> 00:15:14,060 Clues to ancient Egypt were everywhere. 308 00:15:14,060 --> 00:15:16,900 The tomb is just four rooms 309 00:15:16,900 --> 00:15:20,040 divided by sealed doorways Carter must break through -- 310 00:15:20,040 --> 00:15:22,040 The antechamber, the annex, 311 00:15:22,040 --> 00:15:25,310 the treasury, and the burial chamber. 312 00:15:25,310 --> 00:15:28,510 On February 17, 1923, 313 00:15:28,510 --> 00:15:30,850 Carter reached the pharaoh's burial chamber. 314 00:15:30,850 --> 00:15:33,010 And what he had mistaken for a gold wall 315 00:15:33,020 --> 00:15:36,350 was actually one side of a giant shrine 316 00:15:36,350 --> 00:15:39,920 over 16 feet in length and nearly touching the ceiling. 317 00:15:39,920 --> 00:15:42,590 This would turn out to be the first 318 00:15:42,590 --> 00:15:44,260 of four nesting shrines, 319 00:15:44,260 --> 00:15:47,430 in which lay Tutankhamun's sarcophagus. 320 00:15:49,870 --> 00:15:54,200 BRAND: This is a massive piece of quartzite, 321 00:15:54,200 --> 00:15:56,140 a single block of stone, 322 00:15:56,140 --> 00:15:59,710 and inside were nested three gilded coffins. 323 00:15:59,710 --> 00:16:02,040 This is the outermost one. It's made of wood. 324 00:16:02,050 --> 00:16:05,050 But it's overlaid with beautifully carved designs 325 00:16:05,050 --> 00:16:06,350 that are done in gold leaf. 326 00:16:06,350 --> 00:16:09,020 WILDMAN: How important was it to the world 327 00:16:09,020 --> 00:16:10,520 that this tomb was found? 328 00:16:10,520 --> 00:16:12,520 That's the miracle of Tutankhamun, 329 00:16:12,520 --> 00:16:14,360 is that it was found by Howard Carter, 330 00:16:14,360 --> 00:16:16,020 one of the most professional 331 00:16:16,030 --> 00:16:18,360 and patient archaeologists who's ever lived. 332 00:16:18,360 --> 00:16:21,030 He was methodically careful in the way 333 00:16:21,030 --> 00:16:22,860 that he handled these priceless objects. 334 00:16:22,870 --> 00:16:25,530 Some of them were so fragile that he said that 335 00:16:25,540 --> 00:16:28,200 merely touching them would cause them to crumble into dust. 336 00:16:28,210 --> 00:16:30,210 Right. 337 00:16:30,210 --> 00:16:32,710 But it was inside the coffin 338 00:16:32,710 --> 00:16:36,040 that Carter made the discovery that would shock the world. 339 00:16:36,050 --> 00:16:38,480 Of all the pharaohs discovered in the Valley of the Kings... 340 00:16:38,480 --> 00:16:41,420 Oh, there he is. Tutankhamun. 341 00:16:41,420 --> 00:16:45,120 ...only King Tut's mummy remains in his tomb. 342 00:16:45,120 --> 00:16:46,790 That's a pharaoh we're looking at here. 343 00:16:46,790 --> 00:16:49,420 When you see the mortal remains of a mummy, it -- 344 00:16:49,430 --> 00:16:51,930 it really brings it home that these were people. 345 00:16:51,930 --> 00:16:55,430 His spirit, still, are existing in the underworld, 346 00:16:55,430 --> 00:16:56,700 for all time. 347 00:16:56,700 --> 00:16:59,230 Godspeed, Tutankhamun. 348 00:16:59,240 --> 00:17:03,510 His mummy remains, but who really was King Tut? 349 00:17:03,510 --> 00:17:09,440 Like most royal hierarchies, it's all about the family tree. 350 00:17:09,450 --> 00:17:13,250 And in 1333 BC, it was no different. 351 00:17:13,250 --> 00:17:16,790 For 9-year-old Tut, being named pharaoh was complicated, 352 00:17:16,790 --> 00:17:19,090 not just because of his age alone, 353 00:17:19,090 --> 00:17:22,190 but because he inherited a political mess. 354 00:17:22,190 --> 00:17:25,860 His father, pharaoh Akhenaten, turned the kingdom on its head, 355 00:17:25,860 --> 00:17:29,060 demanding Egyptians abandon the practice of worshiping 356 00:17:29,070 --> 00:17:34,070 many gods in favor of just one -- Ra, the sun god. 357 00:17:34,070 --> 00:17:36,240 For many years, Akhenaten's tyranny 358 00:17:36,240 --> 00:17:37,910 was the law of the land. 359 00:17:37,910 --> 00:17:39,040 And when he died, 360 00:17:39,040 --> 00:17:42,180 a political void would need to be quickly filled. 361 00:17:42,180 --> 00:17:45,350 It's hard to imagine a fourth grader 362 00:17:45,350 --> 00:17:47,350 running a successful government, 363 00:17:47,350 --> 00:17:51,090 but the 9-year-old Tutankhamun had powerful handlers 364 00:17:51,090 --> 00:17:54,860 who shepherded the young pharaoh into his new role. 365 00:17:54,860 --> 00:17:59,030 A high-ranking official named Ay stepped in 366 00:17:59,030 --> 00:18:02,030 and showed young Tut the ropes. 367 00:18:02,030 --> 00:18:05,070 In an effort to win back the favor of the gods, 368 00:18:05,070 --> 00:18:08,700 Ay suggested to the boy king that he reverse his father's law 369 00:18:08,710 --> 00:18:11,210 of only worshiping one god. 370 00:18:11,210 --> 00:18:12,870 Tut heeded Ay's advice in hopes 371 00:18:12,880 --> 00:18:16,040 of restoring peace back to Egyptian life. 372 00:18:17,980 --> 00:18:22,850 It took months to clear the tomb named KV62 373 00:18:22,850 --> 00:18:26,820 of hundreds of items, many of them covered in gold -- 374 00:18:26,820 --> 00:18:29,520 carved statues, dismantled chariots, 375 00:18:29,530 --> 00:18:33,090 and even a royal throne. 376 00:18:33,100 --> 00:18:35,130 Could the artifacts found by Carter 377 00:18:35,130 --> 00:18:38,300 still hold answers to the legends and mysteries 378 00:18:38,300 --> 00:18:41,140 surrounding the most famous pharaoh in history 379 00:18:41,140 --> 00:18:45,010 and teach us what Tut's life was really like? 380 00:18:45,010 --> 00:18:49,680 This is the Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza. 381 00:18:49,680 --> 00:18:52,980 It's the largest archaeological museum in the world. 382 00:18:52,980 --> 00:18:56,450 It's a 5.2 million-square-foot building that sits 383 00:18:56,450 --> 00:18:59,050 on 120 acres of land, 384 00:18:59,060 --> 00:19:01,590 a fitting home for Egypt's national treasures. 385 00:19:01,590 --> 00:19:04,430 Unfortunately, it's not open for another year or so, 386 00:19:04,430 --> 00:19:07,230 but I've been granted a sneak preview. 387 00:19:08,900 --> 00:19:10,400 Welcome to Djem. 388 00:19:10,400 --> 00:19:11,930 Thank you very much. 389 00:19:11,940 --> 00:19:15,740 Director Dr. Tarek Tawfik has allowed me special access 390 00:19:15,740 --> 00:19:19,840 to the true heart of this place, the conservation center. 391 00:19:19,840 --> 00:19:24,380 Highly secure environment. 392 00:19:24,380 --> 00:19:26,680 It's always great to come in here. 393 00:19:26,680 --> 00:19:28,080 How amazing. 394 00:19:28,090 --> 00:19:30,920 So, what is in this room? 395 00:19:30,920 --> 00:19:33,420 Here we have the pieces of Tutankhamun 396 00:19:33,420 --> 00:19:35,320 that have never been on display before. 397 00:19:35,330 --> 00:19:36,520 It's incredible. 398 00:19:36,530 --> 00:19:41,860 These objects actually tell the story of a sad part 399 00:19:41,870 --> 00:19:44,000 of the life of Tutankhamun. 400 00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:47,670 He was married, and his wife bore two babies, 401 00:19:47,670 --> 00:19:51,010 but both were born stillborn. 402 00:19:51,010 --> 00:19:53,010 This is something that is unique, 403 00:19:53,010 --> 00:19:58,550 that, in the royal tomb, he had these two fetuses 404 00:19:58,550 --> 00:20:00,720 buried with him in his tomb. 405 00:20:00,720 --> 00:20:03,390 So, these are the small sarcophagi. 406 00:20:03,390 --> 00:20:05,620 It's amazing. And are those the babies? 407 00:20:05,620 --> 00:20:08,960 These are the remains of the babies. 408 00:20:08,960 --> 00:20:12,490 And we are now thinking how to display them 409 00:20:12,500 --> 00:20:15,000 in the most dignified way. 410 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:16,500 Can I see one closer up? 411 00:20:16,500 --> 00:20:18,630 Well -- Hassan, could you bring it? 412 00:20:18,640 --> 00:20:20,970 Inbreeding was a quite common way 413 00:20:20,970 --> 00:20:23,810 to consolidate power among the Egyptian royals. 414 00:20:23,810 --> 00:20:26,980 It's believed, the year that Tutankhamun took power, 415 00:20:26,980 --> 00:20:31,980 he was forced to take a queen and married his own half-sister. 416 00:20:31,980 --> 00:20:33,480 This is heartbreaking. 417 00:20:33,480 --> 00:20:36,150 This is a -- a whole nother angle on -- 418 00:20:36,150 --> 00:20:37,820 on this -- on the story of King Tut. 419 00:20:37,820 --> 00:20:39,120 I mean... Exactly. 420 00:20:39,120 --> 00:20:42,120 We now have the chance to show Tutankhamun 421 00:20:42,130 --> 00:20:43,960 as a human being. Sure. 422 00:20:43,960 --> 00:20:46,290 The fact that, after thousands of years, 423 00:20:46,300 --> 00:20:47,630 I can see the evidence 424 00:20:47,630 --> 00:20:50,400 of this tragedy in Tut's life is staggering. 425 00:20:50,400 --> 00:20:53,300 Suddenly, he is less a divine myth 426 00:20:53,300 --> 00:20:55,540 and more a man I can relate to. 427 00:20:55,540 --> 00:20:58,040 It's remarkable how much evidence 428 00:20:58,040 --> 00:21:00,410 has survived for thousands of years 429 00:21:00,410 --> 00:21:03,040 and been preserved for generations to come. 430 00:21:03,050 --> 00:21:06,880 But legend has it that removing these artifacts 431 00:21:06,880 --> 00:21:11,720 from the sanctity of the tomb came at a very steep price. 432 00:21:11,720 --> 00:21:15,060 It's famously known as the Curse of the Pharaoh, 433 00:21:15,060 --> 00:21:17,590 and the results are pretty uncanny. 434 00:21:17,590 --> 00:21:20,930 After Carter unearthed King Tut's tomb, 435 00:21:20,930 --> 00:21:24,430 legends say that he stumbled upon an engraving that read, 436 00:21:24,430 --> 00:21:26,600 "Death shall come on swift wings 437 00:21:26,600 --> 00:21:29,340 to him that disturbs the peace of the king." 438 00:21:29,340 --> 00:21:31,340 Lord Canarvon, the financier, 439 00:21:31,340 --> 00:21:33,680 who was also present at the excavation 440 00:21:33,680 --> 00:21:37,380 of Tutankhamun's burial chamber, died less than a year later 441 00:21:37,380 --> 00:21:40,010 from a mosquito bite on his cheek. 442 00:21:40,020 --> 00:21:43,350 It happened to be the same spot that an injury was found 443 00:21:43,350 --> 00:21:46,520 on the unwrapped mummy of King Tut. 444 00:21:46,520 --> 00:21:49,890 Soon after the discovery, several people connected to 445 00:21:49,890 --> 00:21:54,030 the opening of King Tut's tomb died of unnatural causes. 446 00:21:54,030 --> 00:21:56,530 Did Carter really find a tablet 447 00:21:56,530 --> 00:21:59,500 and fail to warn the group that opened the tomb? 448 00:21:59,500 --> 00:22:02,340 Could the reasons behind Tut's death 449 00:22:02,340 --> 00:22:05,440 unleash the curse of the pharaohs? 450 00:22:05,440 --> 00:22:07,780 Tut was Egypt's pharaoh for 10 years 451 00:22:07,780 --> 00:22:10,850 before his untimely death at the age of 19. 452 00:22:10,850 --> 00:22:12,850 For decades, scholars believed 453 00:22:12,850 --> 00:22:14,550 that he died from a blow to the head. 454 00:22:14,550 --> 00:22:17,350 But recently, fresh information has emerged 455 00:22:17,350 --> 00:22:20,190 that calls everything we understood into question. 456 00:22:20,190 --> 00:22:23,190 In fact, new evidence and new theories point 457 00:22:23,190 --> 00:22:27,900 to several possible explanations for his death, including murder. 458 00:22:32,220 --> 00:22:34,890 WILDMAN: I'm in Egypt, deep in the Valley of the Kings, 459 00:22:34,890 --> 00:22:37,890 to unearth the truth behind the life and death 460 00:22:37,890 --> 00:22:41,690 of the world's most famous pharaoh -- King Tut. 461 00:22:41,700 --> 00:22:44,200 Even though he died over 3,000 years ago, 462 00:22:44,200 --> 00:22:46,970 the cause of his death is still up for debate. 463 00:22:46,970 --> 00:22:50,100 The long-held belief is that he died of natural causes. 464 00:22:50,100 --> 00:22:54,070 But some experts disagree and have developed new theories 465 00:22:54,080 --> 00:22:57,640 about how King Tut really died. 466 00:22:59,510 --> 00:23:02,180 To confront these theories, 467 00:23:02,180 --> 00:23:04,550 I'm headed to the American University in Cairo 468 00:23:04,550 --> 00:23:08,050 to meet with veteran Egyptologist Dr. Salima Ikram. 469 00:23:08,060 --> 00:23:10,560 [ Indistinct conversation ] 470 00:23:10,560 --> 00:23:12,890 For years, Dr. Ikram has conducted research 471 00:23:12,890 --> 00:23:15,560 on ritual practices of ancient Egypt, 472 00:23:15,560 --> 00:23:17,560 especially mummification. 473 00:23:17,570 --> 00:23:19,900 By blending her field and lab work, 474 00:23:19,900 --> 00:23:21,730 she's reached some startling ideas 475 00:23:21,740 --> 00:23:24,470 about what may have happened to King Tut. 476 00:23:26,440 --> 00:23:29,610 Several theories surrounding Tutankhamun's death 477 00:23:29,610 --> 00:23:31,880 have inspired a CSI-like investigation, 478 00:23:31,880 --> 00:23:34,550 and his mummified corpse poses 479 00:23:34,550 --> 00:23:37,220 as many questions as it does answers. 480 00:23:37,220 --> 00:23:40,620 So, tell me what the ideal would be, 481 00:23:40,620 --> 00:23:43,460 the ideal mummification process. 482 00:23:43,460 --> 00:23:46,530 Basically, what happens is, your brain is removed... 483 00:23:46,530 --> 00:23:47,860 Okay. 484 00:23:47,860 --> 00:23:49,630 ...and break through your bone back here. 485 00:23:49,630 --> 00:23:51,660 [ Groans ] And then they pull it out. 486 00:23:51,670 --> 00:23:53,900 It comes out of the nose. Be careful when you sneeze. 487 00:23:53,900 --> 00:23:54,970 [ Chuckles ] 488 00:23:54,970 --> 00:23:57,500 And then, after that, you melt resin 489 00:23:57,510 --> 00:23:59,240 and then you pour it in the nose. 490 00:23:59,240 --> 00:24:00,310 May I? Mm-hmm. Please. 491 00:24:00,310 --> 00:24:02,310 Thank you. So they coat the interior 492 00:24:02,310 --> 00:24:04,440 so that your skull would be solid, 493 00:24:04,450 --> 00:24:06,450 and they would take out the internal organs. 494 00:24:06,450 --> 00:24:09,650 Dry, anointing with oils, and then you would say spells, 495 00:24:09,650 --> 00:24:11,120 because during this time, 496 00:24:11,120 --> 00:24:14,450 what you're doing is creating a magical boundary. 497 00:24:14,460 --> 00:24:16,620 Your soul is metamorphosizing 498 00:24:16,620 --> 00:24:20,990 and going from here to the afterlife. 499 00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:22,860 Dr. Ikram is going to demonstrate 500 00:24:22,860 --> 00:24:24,700 the process of mummification, 501 00:24:24,700 --> 00:24:28,370 but I'm not quite ready to donate my body to science. 502 00:24:28,370 --> 00:24:30,370 Luckily, she has another option. 503 00:24:30,370 --> 00:24:32,870 People think, "Oh, only humans were mummified." 504 00:24:32,870 --> 00:24:35,170 But the Egyptians believed that animals had souls, 505 00:24:35,180 --> 00:24:37,810 Which brings us to the catfish. 506 00:24:37,810 --> 00:24:38,980 The first thing to do, of course, 507 00:24:38,980 --> 00:24:41,310 was to empty the human or animal 508 00:24:41,320 --> 00:24:43,150 of all of its entrails, 509 00:24:43,150 --> 00:24:45,820 because then it wouldn't bloat up and explode. 510 00:24:45,820 --> 00:24:47,920 Sure. Then wash them out. 511 00:24:47,920 --> 00:24:49,250 Oh, well, I can do that. 512 00:24:49,260 --> 00:24:51,290 And then what you do is, you start drying it, 513 00:24:51,290 --> 00:24:53,260 because the whole point is to dry out the body, 514 00:24:53,260 --> 00:24:55,590 because that's what preserves it. 515 00:24:55,600 --> 00:24:58,330 So, I have some very, very hot resin here. 516 00:24:58,330 --> 00:25:00,830 Very carefully pour a little bit. 517 00:25:00,840 --> 00:25:05,200 It immediately starts to coagulate, seal the body. 518 00:25:05,210 --> 00:25:07,540 So, you see this whole black-y, gooey stuff? 519 00:25:07,540 --> 00:25:10,780 Yes. It's exactly what you saw when you saw Tutankhamun. 520 00:25:10,780 --> 00:25:12,750 What will this look like when it's finally finished? 521 00:25:12,750 --> 00:25:14,750 Here's a fish I prepared. 522 00:25:14,750 --> 00:25:16,820 Oh, that's very tidy. It is. 523 00:25:16,820 --> 00:25:18,150 And you can feel how light it is, right? 524 00:25:18,150 --> 00:25:19,490 Yeah, exactly. There's very little. 525 00:25:19,490 --> 00:25:21,150 And that was true of Tut and all the rest, right? 526 00:25:21,160 --> 00:25:22,320 Mm-hmm. Incredibly light. 527 00:25:22,320 --> 00:25:23,960 The only thing that was heavy, in fact, 528 00:25:23,960 --> 00:25:25,790 with Tutankhamun, were all the resins 529 00:25:25,790 --> 00:25:27,130 that were poured on. 530 00:25:27,130 --> 00:25:28,830 But let's not forget why we're here. 531 00:25:30,630 --> 00:25:32,800 The question still remains... 532 00:25:32,800 --> 00:25:34,400 Uh-huh. ...how did Tut die? 533 00:25:34,400 --> 00:25:36,670 Ah, that is indeed a big question. 534 00:25:39,540 --> 00:25:43,880 At the time of Tut's death, Ay, still his closest council, 535 00:25:43,880 --> 00:25:47,710 was named Egypt's new pharaoh and even married Tut's widow. 536 00:25:47,720 --> 00:25:50,380 One theory is that Ay had coveted the throne 537 00:25:50,380 --> 00:25:53,550 since the day the 9-year-old was named king. 538 00:25:53,550 --> 00:25:55,890 When Tut finally tried to break free 539 00:25:55,890 --> 00:26:00,390 of Ay's influence altogether, a political conspiracy ensued, 540 00:26:00,390 --> 00:26:02,800 ultimately leading to Tut's death. 541 00:26:02,800 --> 00:26:07,630 This might help explain a little bit. 542 00:26:07,640 --> 00:26:09,470 Pictures of Tut's anatomy. 543 00:26:09,470 --> 00:26:11,300 This is what caused a great deal of controversy, 544 00:26:11,310 --> 00:26:14,640 because people thought, "Why is there a bit of bone here?" 545 00:26:14,640 --> 00:26:16,810 So they thought he must have been murdered 546 00:26:16,810 --> 00:26:19,340 because it's a bit of bone that's gone inside his skull. 547 00:26:19,350 --> 00:26:20,680 So what is this mark? 548 00:26:20,680 --> 00:26:22,920 So it turned out it was indeed a bone, 549 00:26:22,920 --> 00:26:25,050 but more recent work has shown postmortem damage. 550 00:26:25,050 --> 00:26:26,720 Mm, okay. Mm-hmm. 551 00:26:26,720 --> 00:26:29,350 So it has nothing to do with the death of the king. 552 00:26:31,590 --> 00:26:35,590 And then the scan has shown a couple of other things -- 553 00:26:35,600 --> 00:26:38,260 where there seems to be a break in the femur. 554 00:26:38,270 --> 00:26:39,870 Okay. So in his leg. 555 00:26:39,870 --> 00:26:42,200 And they thought that maybe he'd break -- 556 00:26:42,200 --> 00:26:44,070 got infected during his lifetime, 557 00:26:44,070 --> 00:26:45,570 and he died of septicemia. 558 00:26:45,570 --> 00:26:46,640 Hmm. Okay. 559 00:26:46,640 --> 00:26:47,940 People talked about a chariot accident, 560 00:26:47,940 --> 00:26:50,540 hunting accident, even tripping over and falling. 561 00:26:50,540 --> 00:26:51,880 People also have sort of said 562 00:26:51,880 --> 00:26:54,210 malaria might have been a -- a cause of death. 563 00:26:54,220 --> 00:26:56,550 There are a lot of maybes in this Tut story. 564 00:26:56,550 --> 00:26:58,050 Yes, I mean, that's an another reason 565 00:26:58,050 --> 00:26:59,550 why people keep coming back to him, 566 00:26:59,550 --> 00:27:01,220 because he's one big maybe. 567 00:27:04,890 --> 00:27:08,560 We may never know for sure how Tutankhamun met his end, 568 00:27:08,560 --> 00:27:10,900 but we do know that his unexpected death 569 00:27:10,900 --> 00:27:15,970 calls into question the very legacy of his tomb's discovery. 570 00:27:15,970 --> 00:27:19,640 Dr. Ikram suggests that we meet in Tahrir square, 571 00:27:19,640 --> 00:27:21,970 in downtown Cairo. 572 00:27:21,980 --> 00:27:23,980 It was here, in this square, 573 00:27:23,980 --> 00:27:26,750 that the Egyptian revolution of 2011 -- 574 00:27:26,750 --> 00:27:29,410 locally known as the January 25th Revolution -- 575 00:27:29,420 --> 00:27:33,390 began, and took place all across Egypt. 576 00:27:33,390 --> 00:27:37,060 I'm here to visit the Museum of Egyptian Antiquities. 577 00:27:37,060 --> 00:27:39,730 We've all seen a few Egyptian artifacts. 578 00:27:39,730 --> 00:27:41,230 This place has all of them. 579 00:27:41,230 --> 00:27:42,390 Wow! 580 00:27:44,330 --> 00:27:48,200 We're going to visit the clue that I might have missed 581 00:27:48,200 --> 00:27:52,040 in one of the most famous Egyptian artifacts of all -- 582 00:27:52,040 --> 00:27:54,370 King Tut's burial mask. 583 00:27:57,010 --> 00:27:58,610 Well, there he is. Yep. 584 00:27:58,610 --> 00:28:02,110 That is the world-famous death mask of Tutankhamun. 585 00:28:02,120 --> 00:28:05,450 Yep. This is the sort of most iconic piece in this museum. 586 00:28:05,450 --> 00:28:07,050 And in the world. Yep. 587 00:28:07,050 --> 00:28:09,050 There are lots of other mysteries 588 00:28:09,060 --> 00:28:11,260 associated with this king. 589 00:28:11,260 --> 00:28:12,890 And this mask, in fact, 590 00:28:12,890 --> 00:28:15,630 is the pivotal point for one of these big questions. 591 00:28:15,630 --> 00:28:16,760 WILDMAN: Okay. 592 00:28:16,760 --> 00:28:18,660 It was found on the body of the king, right? 593 00:28:18,670 --> 00:28:20,670 But people think that it actually 594 00:28:20,670 --> 00:28:22,530 wasn't made for Tutankhamun. 595 00:28:22,540 --> 00:28:23,670 Really? 596 00:28:25,940 --> 00:28:28,310 The face might have been replaced. 597 00:28:28,310 --> 00:28:30,480 And they put this face, which is definitely 598 00:28:30,480 --> 00:28:33,610 the sort of official portrait of Tutankhamun, in. 599 00:28:33,610 --> 00:28:35,610 And also, the ears, 600 00:28:35,620 --> 00:28:37,620 which were part of the original mask, 601 00:28:37,620 --> 00:28:40,120 were left there, but they put -- 602 00:28:40,120 --> 00:28:42,390 and now they've fallen off -- little disks, 603 00:28:42,390 --> 00:28:44,720 so that they weren't pierced. 604 00:28:44,730 --> 00:28:46,730 Being pierced would have only gone for a woman? 605 00:28:46,730 --> 00:28:48,430 Yes, the idea was, in fact, 606 00:28:48,430 --> 00:28:49,960 that this had actually belonged 607 00:28:49,960 --> 00:28:53,130 to a royal woman who, in fact, 608 00:28:53,130 --> 00:28:54,730 put herself up as pharaoh. 609 00:28:54,740 --> 00:28:55,870 Oh, interesting. 610 00:28:55,870 --> 00:28:58,870 ¶ 611 00:29:03,180 --> 00:29:04,740 Now, this is the tricky bit. 612 00:29:04,750 --> 00:29:06,850 Right there, you can see a little text. 613 00:29:06,850 --> 00:29:08,310 Of the cartouche. 614 00:29:08,320 --> 00:29:09,350 The cartouche. Yes. 615 00:29:09,350 --> 00:29:12,020 You have the name of Tutankhamun. 616 00:29:12,020 --> 00:29:15,990 Right. But scholars have said that that had been erased 617 00:29:15,990 --> 00:29:17,790 and then Tutankhamun was put there. 618 00:29:17,790 --> 00:29:21,460 Scholars have argued that you can actually see another name 619 00:29:21,460 --> 00:29:23,730 underneath Tut's on the cartouche. 620 00:29:23,730 --> 00:29:26,100 I came to you to find out if Tut had been murdered. 621 00:29:26,100 --> 00:29:27,800 Now I find out that the mask 622 00:29:27,800 --> 00:29:30,300 that we all know and love was actually made 623 00:29:30,300 --> 00:29:32,040 for someone other than Tutankhamun. 624 00:29:32,040 --> 00:29:33,870 I mean, this is the thing about history. 625 00:29:33,870 --> 00:29:38,180 It's always changing by each new piece of evidence we find. 626 00:29:38,180 --> 00:29:41,310 In -- in a way, we've unmasked Tutankhamun. 627 00:29:41,320 --> 00:29:42,310 Yep. 628 00:29:46,690 --> 00:29:50,520 Could the most recognized artifacts in the world, 629 00:29:50,520 --> 00:29:52,520 representing the most famous pharaoh 630 00:29:52,530 --> 00:29:56,030 of all time, be hand-me-downs? 631 00:29:56,030 --> 00:29:57,630 If this theory is true, 632 00:29:57,630 --> 00:30:00,830 it means that King Tut's famous death mask 633 00:30:00,830 --> 00:30:03,640 had actually been made for another person -- 634 00:30:03,640 --> 00:30:05,300 and a female, at that. 635 00:30:05,310 --> 00:30:08,970 So, who is this mystery woman, and how does her legacy 636 00:30:08,980 --> 00:30:11,640 impact what we think we know about King Tut? 637 00:30:16,920 --> 00:30:19,750 WILDMAN: I'm in Egypt investigating a new theory 638 00:30:19,750 --> 00:30:23,350 about the world's most famous pharaoh, King Tut. 639 00:30:23,360 --> 00:30:27,360 His sudden death in 1323 BC at the age of 19 640 00:30:27,360 --> 00:30:29,030 shocked his kingdom, 641 00:30:29,030 --> 00:30:32,430 and his hasty burial left several questions. 642 00:30:32,430 --> 00:30:37,270 So, was King Tut's death mask even made for him 643 00:30:37,270 --> 00:30:40,610 or was it actually intended for someone else? 644 00:30:40,610 --> 00:30:44,940 And could that person be a woman? 645 00:30:44,940 --> 00:30:47,750 There's something I would like to show you in this case. 646 00:30:47,750 --> 00:30:49,750 Dr. Yasmin El-Shazly, 647 00:30:49,750 --> 00:30:52,420 the former head of the museum's collection department, 648 00:30:52,420 --> 00:30:56,090 suggested I return to Cairo to revisit King Tut artifacts 649 00:30:56,090 --> 00:30:59,220 that may hold the answers. 650 00:30:59,230 --> 00:31:00,890 This is all Tutankhamun. 651 00:31:00,890 --> 00:31:03,630 Right. Okay. And look at this statue. 652 00:31:03,630 --> 00:31:06,930 Do you notice anything unusual about it? 653 00:31:06,930 --> 00:31:09,330 It almost looks like I'm looking at a woman's body, 654 00:31:09,340 --> 00:31:12,370 just in the general stance there, right? 655 00:31:12,370 --> 00:31:13,370 Yeah. Exactly. 656 00:31:13,370 --> 00:31:15,210 I mean, it even has breasts, right? 657 00:31:15,210 --> 00:31:17,040 Yes. 658 00:31:17,040 --> 00:31:18,710 You know that Tutankhamun died very young. 659 00:31:18,710 --> 00:31:20,610 Of course. He was about 18 years old. 660 00:31:20,610 --> 00:31:22,280 So he did not have much time 661 00:31:22,280 --> 00:31:24,920 to have a tomb properly prepared for him. 662 00:31:24,920 --> 00:31:28,590 So it makes sense that a lot of the material in his tomb 663 00:31:28,590 --> 00:31:29,920 was not originally made for him, 664 00:31:29,920 --> 00:31:32,260 but was reused from other rulers. 665 00:31:32,260 --> 00:31:34,560 Well, that's the whole idea here. 666 00:31:34,560 --> 00:31:36,060 Because he died so young, 667 00:31:36,060 --> 00:31:38,060 the whole preparation for his burial 668 00:31:38,060 --> 00:31:39,960 would have been a rush job, basically. 669 00:31:39,970 --> 00:31:42,300 And so you're saying that some of these materials 670 00:31:42,300 --> 00:31:43,900 were repurposed for Tutankhamun? 671 00:31:43,900 --> 00:31:45,000 Fascinating. 672 00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:48,670 Once again, we see evidence of a woman 673 00:31:48,680 --> 00:31:50,510 in King Tut's burial objects. 674 00:31:50,510 --> 00:31:54,510 So who was this royal woman? 675 00:31:54,510 --> 00:31:56,510 Wow, these are so cool-looking. 676 00:31:56,520 --> 00:31:57,680 What are they? 677 00:31:57,680 --> 00:31:58,720 They're coffinettes. 678 00:31:58,720 --> 00:32:01,050 The internal organs go into these. 679 00:32:01,050 --> 00:32:04,020 They're individually mummified, inserted into these coffinettes. 680 00:32:04,020 --> 00:32:05,720 So many layers. It's amazing. 681 00:32:05,730 --> 00:32:07,560 The inside of the coffinette, 682 00:32:07,560 --> 00:32:09,660 which, unfortunately, I won't be able to show you, 683 00:32:09,660 --> 00:32:12,300 has clear evidence of recarving. 684 00:32:12,300 --> 00:32:13,600 Oh, okay. 685 00:32:13,600 --> 00:32:15,730 So the name seems to have been altered, 686 00:32:15,740 --> 00:32:18,640 and scholars believe that it was altered 687 00:32:18,640 --> 00:32:22,410 from Ankheperura Neferneferuaten. 688 00:32:22,410 --> 00:32:25,240 That ruler was probably Nefertiti. 689 00:32:25,240 --> 00:32:27,950 That's amazing. Yeah. 690 00:32:27,950 --> 00:32:31,450 The royal family tree tells us 691 00:32:31,450 --> 00:32:34,450 that Neferneferuaten -- Nefertiti for short -- 692 00:32:34,450 --> 00:32:38,460 was a powerful and strikingly beautiful Egyptian queen. 693 00:32:38,460 --> 00:32:40,790 She was also Tut's stepmother 694 00:32:40,790 --> 00:32:43,030 and mother-in-law at the same time. 695 00:32:43,030 --> 00:32:46,060 Some experts think the treasures from Tut's tomb 696 00:32:46,070 --> 00:32:48,070 weren't intended for Tut at all, 697 00:32:48,070 --> 00:32:50,570 but were actually made for Queen Nefertiti. 698 00:32:50,570 --> 00:32:52,740 WILDMAN: Wow. 699 00:32:52,740 --> 00:32:55,040 So breathtaking to look at this. 700 00:32:55,040 --> 00:32:56,710 If you look at this coffin, 701 00:32:56,710 --> 00:32:59,380 the decoration is very similar to the decoration 702 00:32:59,380 --> 00:33:01,210 on the coffinettes. Yes. 703 00:33:01,210 --> 00:33:04,880 So because this coffin looks like the coffinettes... 704 00:33:04,880 --> 00:33:06,880 Mm-hmm. ...this belongs to the same person that the coffinettes. 705 00:33:06,890 --> 00:33:08,650 Possibly. Yes. 706 00:33:08,660 --> 00:33:11,990 And that -- that person was Nefertiti. 707 00:33:11,990 --> 00:33:13,990 We're talking about a theory here. 708 00:33:13,990 --> 00:33:15,490 Yes. We're talking about a theory. 709 00:33:15,500 --> 00:33:17,090 But we do have the coffinettes 710 00:33:17,100 --> 00:33:19,930 that actually bear evidence of recarving. 711 00:33:19,930 --> 00:33:24,600 It's all so much fun. Those -- the coffinettes were almost certainly reused. 712 00:33:24,600 --> 00:33:27,440 It's a really fun story. 713 00:33:27,440 --> 00:33:29,270 You know, ancient Egyptian history is like 714 00:33:29,280 --> 00:33:30,940 a huge jigsaw puzzle. Yeah. 715 00:33:30,940 --> 00:33:32,440 Every once in a while, 716 00:33:32,450 --> 00:33:34,280 you find a piece and you start piecing things together. 717 00:33:34,280 --> 00:33:36,850 But you'll -- Unfortunately, it'll never be complete. 718 00:33:36,850 --> 00:33:39,020 So, why would King Tut's artifacts 719 00:33:39,020 --> 00:33:40,650 have been made for Queen Nefertiti? 720 00:33:40,650 --> 00:33:45,160 Some believe Queen Nefertiti was actually a pharaoh -- 721 00:33:45,160 --> 00:33:49,560 the mysterious man who ruled Egypt before King Tut. 722 00:33:49,560 --> 00:33:52,060 Very little is known about this pharaoh, 723 00:33:52,070 --> 00:33:55,070 but he came right before King Tut. 724 00:33:55,070 --> 00:33:58,570 Many have speculated that he was a she -- 725 00:33:58,570 --> 00:34:00,040 Queen Nefertiti. 726 00:34:00,040 --> 00:34:05,210 To this day, Nefertiti's tomb has never been discovered. 727 00:34:06,810 --> 00:34:10,980 In the excitement of the King Tut discovery, 728 00:34:10,980 --> 00:34:13,820 Carter figured he had found one of the last tombs 729 00:34:13,820 --> 00:34:15,320 in the Valley of the Kings. 730 00:34:15,320 --> 00:34:18,820 But a new theory has emerged in the past few years, 731 00:34:18,830 --> 00:34:22,160 linking the legacies, and possibly the tombs, 732 00:34:22,160 --> 00:34:24,100 of King Tut and Nefertiti. 733 00:34:24,100 --> 00:34:26,430 Is this just the tip of an iceberg? 734 00:34:26,430 --> 00:34:31,270 Is Tut's tomb really a clue to finding another famous royal? 735 00:34:31,270 --> 00:34:34,540 Are we one step closer to the infamous Nefertiti? 736 00:34:40,580 --> 00:34:43,080 WILDMAN: I'm exploring fascinating new insights 737 00:34:43,080 --> 00:34:46,080 into the extraordinary story of King Tut. 738 00:34:46,090 --> 00:34:48,250 Carter's discovery of Tut's tomb 739 00:34:48,250 --> 00:34:53,760 is hands down the most important archaeological find of all time, 740 00:34:53,760 --> 00:34:56,090 but it may have also brought us a step closer 741 00:34:56,100 --> 00:34:58,400 to something equally remarkable -- 742 00:34:58,400 --> 00:35:01,730 the tomb of Nefertiti, one of the most renowned 743 00:35:01,730 --> 00:35:04,570 but least understood queens in history. 744 00:35:04,570 --> 00:35:09,270 In fact, there's a new theory, fueled by new technology, 745 00:35:09,280 --> 00:35:12,480 that Queen Nefertiti's tomb is actually connected to Tut's, 746 00:35:12,480 --> 00:35:17,110 and that just beyond the walls of Tut's chamber lies another, 747 00:35:17,120 --> 00:35:20,750 possibly more exquisite tomb -- the tomb of Nefertiti. 748 00:35:22,290 --> 00:35:24,990 The Factum Foundation, 749 00:35:24,990 --> 00:35:27,960 a Spanish team of conservationists specializing 750 00:35:27,960 --> 00:35:30,530 in revolutionary 3D-scanning technology, 751 00:35:30,530 --> 00:35:34,670 is creating exact replicas of tombs throughout Egypt 752 00:35:34,670 --> 00:35:37,200 that tourists can visit to ease the wear and tear 753 00:35:37,200 --> 00:35:38,400 on these ancient sites. 754 00:35:42,840 --> 00:35:45,310 So, what does this new technology mean 755 00:35:45,310 --> 00:35:47,540 for ancient Egypt? 756 00:35:47,550 --> 00:35:50,880 Answers may lie in the extraordinary 3D replica 757 00:35:50,880 --> 00:35:52,750 of King Tut's tomb. 758 00:35:52,750 --> 00:35:56,420 Look at that. Amazing. 759 00:35:56,420 --> 00:35:57,920 That is beautiful. 760 00:35:57,920 --> 00:35:59,420 So, this is your work, right here? 761 00:35:59,430 --> 00:36:00,420 ISMAIL: Yes. 762 00:36:00,430 --> 00:36:02,890 This is the burial chamber of Tut. 763 00:36:02,900 --> 00:36:05,730 You can see how precise the surface is. 764 00:36:05,730 --> 00:36:08,070 So, not only the -- the images, 765 00:36:08,070 --> 00:36:10,730 but also the imperfections and the -- 766 00:36:10,740 --> 00:36:13,740 and the aging of this wall has been replicated. 767 00:36:13,740 --> 00:36:15,070 Yes. That's the main idea. 768 00:36:15,070 --> 00:36:19,080 What we're trying to do is to show it in the state it is, 769 00:36:19,080 --> 00:36:20,740 so we can spend more time 770 00:36:20,750 --> 00:36:22,910 without damaging the original monument. 771 00:36:22,920 --> 00:36:23,910 Mm-hmm. 772 00:36:23,920 --> 00:36:26,450 This is what we call responsible tourism. 773 00:36:26,450 --> 00:36:28,620 But in their effort to protect the past, 774 00:36:28,620 --> 00:36:30,450 these conservationists 775 00:36:30,460 --> 00:36:33,290 may have stumbled upon something new. 776 00:36:33,290 --> 00:36:37,960 Dr. Peter Brand meets up with me at the replica. 777 00:36:37,960 --> 00:36:41,130 Can new technology help us get below the surface 778 00:36:41,130 --> 00:36:44,130 of what we think we know about Tut's tomb? 779 00:36:44,140 --> 00:36:47,640 It's incredible what an opportunity this presents. 780 00:36:47,640 --> 00:36:49,610 I mean, the study that can be done. 781 00:36:49,610 --> 00:36:52,580 Well, you know, when they made these three-dimensional scans, 782 00:36:52,580 --> 00:36:55,580 they started circulating them among Egyptologists, 783 00:36:55,580 --> 00:36:57,580 and people started looking at these things closer. 784 00:36:57,580 --> 00:37:00,250 And they started finding these strange anomalies 785 00:37:00,250 --> 00:37:02,420 that made some Egyptologists suspect 786 00:37:02,420 --> 00:37:04,420 that there was something behind that wall. 787 00:37:04,420 --> 00:37:06,420 Things they hadn't suspected before, 788 00:37:06,430 --> 00:37:07,920 seeing the actual tomb. 789 00:37:07,930 --> 00:37:10,260 No, because nobody had looked at it this way, 790 00:37:10,260 --> 00:37:12,630 that the 3D technology allows you to do. 791 00:37:12,630 --> 00:37:13,700 That is fascinating. 792 00:37:13,700 --> 00:37:16,370 So, if we go over here, 793 00:37:16,370 --> 00:37:19,040 and come down into the burial chamber itself, 794 00:37:19,040 --> 00:37:22,710 you have this beautiful wall that has paintings. 795 00:37:22,710 --> 00:37:24,880 And these paintings are really interesting 796 00:37:24,880 --> 00:37:26,740 for a variety of reasons. 797 00:37:26,750 --> 00:37:28,410 After the scans were made, 798 00:37:28,410 --> 00:37:30,810 they looked literally behind the paintings 799 00:37:30,820 --> 00:37:32,920 and they saw that the surface is kind of wobbly. 800 00:37:32,920 --> 00:37:35,290 It looks flat, but it's actually very wobbly. 801 00:37:35,290 --> 00:37:38,120 Well, they started studying the patterns of these wobbles 802 00:37:38,120 --> 00:37:40,120 and noticed that there might be 803 00:37:40,130 --> 00:37:41,830 a hidden chamber behind this wall. 804 00:37:45,660 --> 00:37:48,500 Right now, it is actually speculation 805 00:37:48,500 --> 00:37:51,330 because they think they found a void. 806 00:37:51,340 --> 00:37:54,340 Maybe it's a doorway, maybe it's a chamber, 807 00:37:54,340 --> 00:37:56,710 but it could just be a crack in the stone. 808 00:37:56,710 --> 00:37:59,640 Or it could have Queen Nefertari behind there. 809 00:37:59,650 --> 00:38:02,350 WILDMAN: That's the big news. 810 00:38:02,350 --> 00:38:03,980 I mean, if there's something a -- 811 00:38:03,980 --> 00:38:06,320 a -- another pharaoh, basically, right -- 812 00:38:06,320 --> 00:38:09,150 a queen, but a pharaoh -- behind this wall, 813 00:38:09,150 --> 00:38:12,660 that's the greatest archaeological find times two, 814 00:38:12,660 --> 00:38:13,820 if not more, right? 815 00:38:13,830 --> 00:38:16,330 Yes. It would be revolutionary. 816 00:38:20,300 --> 00:38:22,430 Why not just drill a hole in and see? 817 00:38:22,430 --> 00:38:24,600 Well, would you drill a hole 818 00:38:24,600 --> 00:38:26,100 in the middle of the Mona Lisa to see what's behind her? 819 00:38:26,110 --> 00:38:28,440 No. I wouldn't do it. I get it, totally. 820 00:38:28,440 --> 00:38:30,570 This is a crazy irony. 821 00:38:30,580 --> 00:38:32,610 You have potentially the second-most-incredible 822 00:38:32,610 --> 00:38:34,910 archaeological find of all time, 823 00:38:34,910 --> 00:38:36,250 but you can't see it because it's inside 824 00:38:36,250 --> 00:38:38,320 the most incredible one. Yes. 825 00:38:38,320 --> 00:38:40,150 If you wanted to go behind this wall, 826 00:38:40,150 --> 00:38:43,520 you would have to destroy a priceless painting. 827 00:38:43,520 --> 00:38:45,020 And then, what if there's nothing there? 828 00:38:45,020 --> 00:38:46,360 Well, that's the problem. 829 00:38:46,360 --> 00:38:48,190 You're between a rock and a hard place. 830 00:38:48,190 --> 00:38:49,790 Kind of. Exactly. 831 00:38:52,800 --> 00:38:55,630 ¶ 832 00:38:55,630 --> 00:38:58,140 So, does Queen Nefertiti really lie 833 00:38:58,140 --> 00:39:00,470 beyond the walls of King Tut's tomb? 834 00:39:00,470 --> 00:39:02,840 If this theory could be proven right, 835 00:39:02,840 --> 00:39:05,310 it would be the greatest archaeological find 836 00:39:05,310 --> 00:39:09,480 of the 21st century -- maybe of all time. 837 00:39:13,470 --> 00:39:16,800 King Tut is once again front and center 838 00:39:16,810 --> 00:39:18,810 in a quest for hidden treasure. 839 00:39:18,810 --> 00:39:20,170 But this time, the search is 840 00:39:20,180 --> 00:39:23,510 for the identity of the true owner of the tomb itself. 841 00:39:23,510 --> 00:39:27,780 The mystery of what may lie beyond the walls 842 00:39:27,780 --> 00:39:30,550 has renewed the frenzy around the boy king. 843 00:39:30,550 --> 00:39:33,550 The passion that once engulfed Howard Carter in his hunt 844 00:39:33,560 --> 00:39:36,720 for the tomb has now been passed on to a new generation 845 00:39:36,730 --> 00:39:39,130 of archaeologists. 846 00:39:39,130 --> 00:39:42,230 Those scans along the wall suggest 847 00:39:42,230 --> 00:39:44,900 that another chamber lies beyond, 848 00:39:44,900 --> 00:39:47,170 and that the one and only Queen Nefertiti 849 00:39:47,170 --> 00:39:51,340 may still reside within. 850 00:39:51,340 --> 00:39:53,010 While The Factum Foundation 851 00:39:53,010 --> 00:39:55,680 was scanning the walls of Tutankhamun's tomb, 852 00:39:55,680 --> 00:39:59,850 irregularities in the material tipped archaeologists off 853 00:39:59,850 --> 00:40:02,750 that one of the walls could actually be a secret door 854 00:40:02,750 --> 00:40:06,050 protecting another royal's tomb. 855 00:40:06,060 --> 00:40:09,090 The possibility of new discoveries 856 00:40:09,090 --> 00:40:12,260 in the Valley of the Kings has Egyptologists around the world 857 00:40:12,260 --> 00:40:15,500 excited to see what new scans tell us. 858 00:40:15,500 --> 00:40:18,170 The scans have caused quite the controversy. 859 00:40:18,170 --> 00:40:21,170 Any real investigation is yet to even begin. 860 00:40:21,170 --> 00:40:22,670 I mean, the problem is, 861 00:40:22,670 --> 00:40:24,670 to find out what's behind this wall, 862 00:40:24,670 --> 00:40:26,670 you have to go through this wall, 863 00:40:26,680 --> 00:40:28,010 and nobody is gonna do that. 864 00:40:28,010 --> 00:40:29,680 This is the most precious piece 865 00:40:29,680 --> 00:40:32,110 of archaeological history ever found. 866 00:40:32,120 --> 00:40:37,490 So the mystery lies beyond and may stay there forever. 867 00:40:40,490 --> 00:40:43,520 ¶ 868 00:40:48,360 --> 00:40:51,030 [ Men speaking in native language ] 869 00:40:53,000 --> 00:40:59,074 Do you want subtitles for any video? -=[ ai.OpenSubtitles.com ]=- 870 00:41:06,550 --> 00:41:09,720 The river Nile flows on, 871 00:41:09,720 --> 00:41:13,420 just as it did some 3,000 years ago. 872 00:41:13,420 --> 00:41:16,760 For generations, the legend of Tutankhamun 873 00:41:16,760 --> 00:41:19,930 has mystified both Egyptians and Westerners alike 874 00:41:19,930 --> 00:41:21,260 in their dogged quest 875 00:41:21,260 --> 00:41:23,700 to unlock the secrets of ancient Egypt. 876 00:41:23,700 --> 00:41:26,030 And a hundred years after the greatest 877 00:41:26,040 --> 00:41:29,940 archaeological find in history, the story of the boy king 878 00:41:29,940 --> 00:41:31,340 remains alive in people's hearts. 879 00:41:31,340 --> 00:41:34,480 But his unearthed tomb 880 00:41:34,480 --> 00:41:37,380 might just be a piece of another larger puzzle -- 881 00:41:37,380 --> 00:41:40,780 one that perpetuates the intrigues and secrets 882 00:41:40,780 --> 00:41:42,650 that lie beneath the Egyptian sands. 883 00:41:44,120 --> 00:41:46,990 So what will the next 100 years bring? 884 00:41:46,990 --> 00:41:49,790 Will King Tut provide yet another clue 885 00:41:49,790 --> 00:41:53,530 into the endless mystery that is ancient Egypt? 886 00:41:53,530 --> 00:41:56,660 Only time will tell. 886 00:41:57,305 --> 00:42:57,864 Watch Online Movies and Series for FREE www.osdb.link/lm