It is a 4 part (?) series on the discovery of some "mega-tombs" discovered in Saqqara.
While they apparently found mummies dating back to the "Old Kingdom", most were from the later stages of ancient Egypt, the centuries around when the Greeks ruled until the end of "Ancient Egypt" when the Romans conquered the country.
Excellent camera work, doesn't try to "sensationalize" everything though many of the Egyptologist are (understandably) excited by the finds.
And yes, the Egyptian experts are actually experts despite what one reviewer thinks.
And yes, that is how the Egyptians conduct digs, unlike what one sees in movies where archeologists have everything divided into grids and clear areas using just a small brush.
As for the show, it is a bit annoying when they start each episode like it's a crime thriller though and they never seem to actually explain some of the things they say they are going to.
It's like the episodes should have (or were) longer and someone who hasn't actually watched the show (and knows little about Egyptology) edited it more to keep the time in check rather than to keep the story consistent.
Still, way better than that "Opening the Lost Tomb" show that aired on Fox back in 1999.
I actually walked around some of the areas shown in this series when I visited the Step Pyramid back in 2005.
I was able to look through my photos and recognized some of the sites, though I never went to the area where all the tombs in this series were found.
(Probably wasn't being excavated when I was there.)
While they apparently found mummies dating back to the "Old Kingdom", most were from the later stages of ancient Egypt, the centuries around when the Greeks ruled until the end of "Ancient Egypt" when the Romans conquered the country.
Excellent camera work, doesn't try to "sensationalize" everything though many of the Egyptologist are (understandably) excited by the finds.
And yes, the Egyptian experts are actually experts despite what one reviewer thinks.
And yes, that is how the Egyptians conduct digs, unlike what one sees in movies where archeologists have everything divided into grids and clear areas using just a small brush.
As for the show, it is a bit annoying when they start each episode like it's a crime thriller though and they never seem to actually explain some of the things they say they are going to.
It's like the episodes should have (or were) longer and someone who hasn't actually watched the show (and knows little about Egyptology) edited it more to keep the time in check rather than to keep the story consistent.
Still, way better than that "Opening the Lost Tomb" show that aired on Fox back in 1999.
I actually walked around some of the areas shown in this series when I visited the Step Pyramid back in 2005.
I was able to look through my photos and recognized some of the sites, though I never went to the area where all the tombs in this series were found.
(Probably wasn't being excavated when I was there.)