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00:00It's our past. It's not our Egyptian past. It's the past of everyone. This is history.
00:07Meet Dr. Zahi Hawass, Egyptologist and legend. Zahi's friends call him the pharaoh, and you're about to see why.
00:14He rules his world like a king and holds all the keys to Egypt's antiquities.
00:20Zahi Hawass is the first undertaker in Egypt.
00:24I'm Leslie Greif, and I make documentaries.
00:27Recently, Zahi gave us the chance of a lifetime to make a series following him on his amazing adventures.
00:33But there was a catch. Everyone on this journey, my crew, his workers, the archaeological fellows, even me, would become
00:41part of the story.
00:43It sounded crazy, but you never say no to a pharaoh.
01:08Dr. Zahi Hawass, you remember Alice from Alexandria, the diver?
01:13Yes, yes.
01:13She wants to see if she can become involved with the program as a fellow.
01:17What is she?
01:17She's on her way.
01:19Bring her.
01:19Good. One second.
01:23Lindsay and Zoe's unexpected dropouts from the fellowship program caught us all by surprise.
01:27And when Alice, who I'd met previously in Alexandria, came to me to help get her in, I wasn't quite
01:33sure what to think.
01:35Hey, Alice.
01:35Hey, Leslie. How are you?
01:37Good. How are you doing?
01:37Well, basically, I've been talking to David. I've heard about the fellowship.
01:40And I know that you and Dr. Hawass are pretty close, so I wanted to make sure things were good
01:45between you and me.
01:46They're telling me if we don't pull this out today, with that storm coming in tonight, you're done.
01:50We know all that, Leslie, and we're getting on with it, okay?
01:53You couldn't get a friggin' modern-day crane.
01:55Well, I don't pick any of the fellows. I mean, that's completely his domain.
01:59All I care about is that Hawass picks a great fellow who can handle it.
02:02If you can convince him, I won't stand in your life.
02:05Okay. All right. Great.
02:08Alice.
02:10How are you doing?
02:11Good. How are you?
02:12Good news. I mentioned this fellowship, and he wants to talk to you.
02:17Great.
02:18Let's go in.
02:19Okay.
02:21Dr. Wass.
02:22Yes.
02:24Alice.
02:25Hello, Doctor.
02:25Alice, how are you?
02:26I'm very well, thank you. How are you?
02:27I'm fine. Do you ride horses?
02:29I have some experience riding horses, yes.
02:31Okay. Prepare yourself. We are going to the Falcon Galleries.
02:35Okay. What are the Falcon Galleries, Doctor?
02:38It's underground tunnels full of mummified birds.
02:41The Falcon is a symbol of the horse.
02:44It's fantastic. And is there anything else you want me to bring to the table to provide as a fellow?
02:49Is there something you're looking for?
02:50No, just to prepare yourself to ride horses.
02:53Fantastic.
02:54Okay.
02:55Let's go.
03:04We're stopping?
03:06Why are we stopping here?
03:08Dick Horses.
03:09Horses.
03:10Oh, why is that?
03:11Because the car is going to go there.
03:14Because of the structural integrity, it's too vulnerable?
03:16Yes.
03:17Okay.
03:20Good girl.
03:49Here he goes.
03:50You know, one's you're accustomed to. You're going to be comfortable. He gets a little cranky, as you know.
03:55Okay.
03:55You're going to be underground. You're comfortable with that?
03:57Uh, yeah. Well, you know, I haven't spent a lot of time in tombs underground, but I'm hoping that my
04:02underwater experience will help.
04:04Yeah, you'll be fine. Just be yourself.
04:06Okay.
04:07Hello.
04:07Alice. David. Hurry up.
04:09Oh.
04:12Whoa.
04:13Oh, sorry.
04:15Come on.
04:17Let's go.
04:18Come on.
04:19Come on.
04:21David, can you tell Hawass? I'm going to need some help.
04:24Oh, for f***ing sake.
04:26Come on.
04:27Yalla.
04:27Come on, yalla.
04:29Yalla.
04:32Sorry.
04:46Crossing this desert on horseback isn't the only issue facing my crew.
04:50Zaya also warned us that there could be snakes once we enter the Falcon Galleries.
04:54So, for safety's sake, I arranged for a snake wrangler to meet us.
04:57Stay, stay, stay.
04:59Stay.
05:00Okay?
05:02This the entrance here?
05:03Yeah, that's the entrance to the Falcon Galleries.
05:06Look at that.
05:08Careful. Watch your step.
05:09Okay.
05:11This Falcon Gallery was not open to the public for years, and therefore, I think a place like this,
05:18we could face snakes or a scorpion or anything like that.
05:22I'm just warning you to watch out from this.
05:24Stay close.
05:25Exactly.
05:25The other thing that I need you, I need you to come and help me.
05:28What do you want us to do?
05:29Just want you to take the rocks.
05:35Stronger than you look.
05:36Just a little concerned about the snakes, not the rocks.
05:39Don't worry about the snakes. Just stay close.
05:41Open it down.
05:44Open it now.
05:45Quick.
05:45It's trying.
05:46It's trying.
05:47There we go.
05:51It was so difficult.
05:53You were right.
05:53It has not opened since a long time ago.
05:56Then it's...
05:56Talking decades?
05:58Yeah.
05:59Shh.
06:00This door looks a few decades old.
06:02Ah.
06:03There we go.
06:05Good.
06:07Okay, we're in.
06:11Watch out.
06:12Put your light on.
06:14Come in, come in.
06:16Okay.
06:18This is the snake regular.
06:21His name is Hamada.
06:22Okay?
06:23Hi.
06:23And I want to explain to you because I don't like snakes.
06:26I hate snakes.
06:27He is trained by his grandfather and father how to hunt snakes.
06:33It's in his blood.
06:33And that's why he's with us here to protect us.
06:36Okay.
06:36Khaliq Gampala to be beside me.
06:38Wow.
06:38Okay, follow me.
06:39Follow me.
06:40Glad you're here.
06:42Wow.
06:43Check out this scale.
06:45It's incredible.
06:46David.
06:47Yes.
06:47You know, I'm closing many tombs because it's deteriorating.
06:52We need to protect it.
06:53But I need to open more places for the tourists.
06:57And I was thinking about this Falcon Galleries because it's exciting.
07:02It's an adventure.
07:03It never opened to the public before.
07:06But to do that, we need to find out if we can actually open it to the public or not.
07:12Go to the left side and check on the ceiling to see if there is any cracks on the walls
07:16or anything.
07:18And take the snake wrangler with you.
07:20And Alice, we're going this direction.
07:23I need you to be carefully listening to me.
07:25Yes.
07:26And put your light on because sometimes we're going to face in dark faces.
07:29Okay.
07:29Follow me.
07:30Okay.
07:37Look, it's amazing, isn't it?
07:39God.
07:40Beautiful sea.
07:41Piles.
07:42People must have been working day and night to get this kind of work done.
07:47It's also intricate.
07:48The pots are beautiful.
07:50Look at this.
07:52It shows.
07:53And this was to worship the Falcon?
07:55Yeah.
07:55The Falcon was the sky god.
07:58And it was also representing the king.
08:01This is why we have some people say millions of Falcons were mummified inside this gallery here.
08:07Oh, wow.
08:08Some of them still have the mummies inside.
08:09That's amazing.
08:10Look at this.
08:10It's a small one.
08:12It's beautiful.
08:13I really like this.
08:14Oh, wow.
08:15It's a beautiful, small, mummified Falcon.
08:18It's incredible.
08:19I am very impressed because it will preserve it.
08:22Yeah.
08:23It's incredible.
08:24Come and follow me here.
08:25So these temples were for ordinary people?
08:28Yeah.
08:29I mean, this is the symmetry of the god.
08:31Yeah.
08:31Then everyone has to...
08:32Oh, god.
08:34Alice.
08:34What is it?
08:35This is...
08:35Look at...
08:35This is the sign of having snakes here.
08:40That's a snake trail?
08:41Snake trail, exactly.
08:43Oh, my god.
08:43God means...
08:45Again, there's a snake trail.
08:46Yeah, there's more snakes.
08:47God, I have to...
08:48Great.
08:48God, I have to...
08:50What's happening?
08:51Wait, hold on a sec.
08:53I don't know if there's a safe...
08:54Just jump, jump, jump.
08:55Doctor, it's not safe.
08:57What?
08:57I know, I know.
08:58But jump and see what will happen.
09:01While the lead crew sticks with Zion and Alice,
09:03the B crew follows David,
09:04who's guarded by the snake wrangler.
09:06David is trying to determine
09:07if the galleries will be safe enough for tourists.
09:18Did you see something?
09:19Wait, wait.
09:20What is that?
09:35Oh, lovely.
09:37Where's Alice and the Wasp when you need them?
09:40Got it?
09:41Um...
09:41Shut the...
09:42Jump, jump.
09:43Doctor, I'm sorry, but...
09:44Alice, jump.
09:45Or go back.
09:47Come here.
09:49Oh, it's cobra.
09:55Okay, fast, fast.
10:03You need to get them in that bag.
10:06I need to get them in that bag.
10:39What's wrong with the lights?
10:42You okay?
10:44Yes.
10:45Do you need me to give you anything?
10:46This rod?
10:55Lights keep going off.
10:56This isn't good.
10:57No.
10:59Damn electricity.
11:03As me and the rest of my crew are safe
11:05outside the Falcon galleries,
11:07David and Amada, the snake wrangler,
11:09aren't as lucky inside.
11:11Lights keep going off.
11:12This isn't good.
11:24It's clearly a snake trap.
11:26Alice, just jump on it.
11:27I can't.
11:28Doctor, it's not safe.
11:29Okay, give me your hand.
11:30Give me your hand and jump.
11:31Give me your hand and jump.
11:33Are you sure?
11:34Oh, my God.
11:34That's...
11:38I'll let's get it down.
11:40There.
11:52Bye, snake.
11:54One minute, one minute, one minute.
11:56Okay.
11:56Okay.
11:57Okay.
11:59Okay.
12:01Okay.
12:03Oh.
12:05Careful.
12:06Yeah.
12:06Oh, it's in a very good condition.
12:10The linen is great.
12:12And it's...
12:12Can you have the light here?
12:14Sorry.
12:14I was just checking for snakes.
12:16Oh.
12:18Sorry.
12:18I'm a little distracted.
12:20Okay.
12:21It seems that you don't really enjoy archaeology.
12:25You're afraid of the snakes.
12:26They're making me a little nervous.
12:28And it's a little dark down here.
12:31Do you want to continue?
12:33Well, I want to see the rest of the gallery.
12:35I want to see...
12:36I want to see it, so...
12:37Okay.
12:37It seems that you would not do any archaeology or a snake.
12:39You are afraid of the snakes.
12:40No, I really want to, Dr. Horace.
12:42Why did you come here?
12:42If you're afraid of snakes, you should say,
12:44No, I'm not coming with you.
12:45Well, I'll just stay close to you.
12:46And I'm sorry.
12:48The archaeology is stunning and fascinating.
12:54Wow, look at this.
12:58It's a coffee.
13:00Where are we going now, Doctor?
13:02We go to see the big sarcophagus.
13:05A sarcophagus?
13:06Yeah.
13:08It's an animal sanctuary.
13:11Actually, an old kingdom tomb.
13:14Oh, really?
13:14That was cut in this area before the galleries.
13:19It's amazing.
13:19A human sarcophagus?
13:21Yeah.
13:24David, what's happening here?
13:25Just looking at some of the cracks in the ceiling in here.
13:27It's awful.
13:28There's a big piece of rock.
13:29It looks like it's going to come down.
13:30It's okay.
13:31Come on.
13:32The only human-looking sarcophagus here.
13:35An old kingdom tomb.
13:36Can I come on that?
13:37I don't know.
13:38I think stay.
13:38Stay there.
13:39And you should stay close to the snake wrangler guy
13:41because we did see a couple of cobras over there.
13:43Stay beside him.
13:44Yeah.
13:45I made a decision that I'm not opening this place to the public.
13:48How can you protect the coffins and the cracks in the ceiling?
13:53And all of that, it will be dangerous to the tourists.
13:56I completely agree.
13:57But we'll do conservation.
13:59You know, this really intrigues me,
14:01the fact that we have this sarcophagus at the end of an animal,
14:04falcon gallery.
14:05They cut this tomb before, before the galleries.
14:07And after that, they cut the galleries here.
14:09They ended the galleries by seeing this tomb.
14:12Let me examine that since I came here the first time.
14:16Oh, there is nothing in the sarcophagus.
14:18Nothing but sad.
14:19An old kingdom style of a sarcophagus.
14:22Actually, I found one like this in a tomb of a physician
14:26that dated back to Dynasty Five.
14:29And Dynasty Five about 4,300 years ago.
14:32I need you to tell Alice to take photographs.
14:35Okay.
14:36And record everything that we have been seeing today.
14:39Very well.
14:39Okay, let's go.
14:40Let's go.
14:40Let's go.
14:40Good.
14:42Stop.
14:43Screw you.
14:44There, there, screw you.
14:45Ah, damn.
14:46Just go.
14:48Just go.
14:48Oh, thanks for that.
14:50Good, I saved you.
14:51You know what they say about that, right?
14:53Yes.
14:53I'm forever indebted to you if you save my life.
14:56Yes.
15:10So, you excited about Luxor?
15:11Yeah, I'm pumped, man.
15:12I can't wait.
15:12I mean, we need to go to Luxor the whole fellowship.
15:15It's going to be great.
15:16Oh, yeah.
15:16And the last time I was there, I really didn't get to see too much
15:19because we were just bringing the nails back.
15:21This time, we're actually going to check out the tomb of KSETI.
15:24Yeah.
15:25If you ask Dr. Wasabi can go, make sure you pick your spot.
15:28I thought I'd ask him tonight.
15:29I'm just going in.
15:30I'm going right in.
15:31You, me, Dr. Wasabi, Alan, it's going to be pretty good.
15:34It's going to be incredible.
15:34No, no, no, no, man.
15:35Alice is coming along.
15:37What?
15:37Oh, Alice.
15:39Yeah, Alice.
15:40But what about Saqqara?
15:41You told me she screwed up, and in the faculty gallery,
15:43she froze in front of him.
15:44Why is he even bringing her?
15:45It's her opportunity to show that she can make it.
15:48I just thought...
15:48She may fail.
15:49I don't know.
15:49I hope so.
15:50You've got to test the water.
15:51No, I just thought Luxor was going to be my chance
15:52to really get some good time in with him,
15:54and now that time's cut in half because she's down there as well.
15:56Don't worry about it, man.
15:58All right.
15:59You a little tired?
16:00No, no.
16:01I'll kick your ass.
16:10Later that evening, we accompany Zayi back to Cairo,
16:13where he holds court at the unveiling of some very unique
16:15and significant paintings.
16:18I'm very happy tonight to come to open this unique exhibit.
16:21I think we never made an exhibit like this before.
16:24It's to put the modern with the past,
16:27and I would like on behalf of all the tourists
16:29to thank the two great artists,
16:31and thank you very much.
16:37Hello.
16:38Hello, Dr. Hawass.
16:40I just wanted to ask you,
16:41do you think I'd be able to come down to Luxor with you
16:43when you take them?
16:43Because I'll be a really good help.
16:44I know everything about the new kingdom.
16:45Tell me, Ferris, do you know anything about this painting?
16:47Yeah, these paintings are from the Ptolemaic Temple of Horus,
16:50the falcon god in Edfu.
16:51It's one of the many temples along the banks of the Nile,
16:54claimed to have been restored by Cleopatra.
16:56The important thing to remember
16:57is that they're depictions of the artists
16:59on how they thought ancient life in Egypt was.
17:01So it's not archaeological evidence,
17:02but artistic interpretation.
17:03Exactly.
17:04Derek, I'm going to take you with me
17:06to see the tomb of Setia I.
17:09You got it?
17:09He's going to let me go.
17:10I'm in.
17:11Thanks for sharing.
17:12The next day,
17:13Zai leads us to Luxor
17:14to observe the excavation
17:16taking place in King Setia's tomb.
17:21But first,
17:22Zai gives us a walking tour
17:24of the Valley of the Kings.
17:25Meanwhile,
17:26he sends Derek
17:27to the Valley of the Monkeys
17:28in the company of archaeologist
17:29Mustafa Waziri.
17:31Do you know the reason
17:32why they're choosing this name,
17:34Valley of the Monkeys?
17:34No, not really.
17:35There is a tomb there.
17:37They call it
17:37the tomb of the King Ai.
17:40The King Ai,
17:41he was the high priest
17:42during the time
17:43of the King Tutankhamun.
17:45The tomb,
17:46since was discovered,
17:47it has the same scenes
17:48as Tutankhamun,
17:49which they are the 12 baboons
17:51or the 12 monkeys.
17:54So the tomb straight ahead
17:56is which one?
17:57The tomb of Hatshepsut
17:58Hatshepsut, okay.
18:00Is located up there.
18:01It is the first tomb
18:02that's cut in the Valley of the Kings.
18:05Alice.
18:06Yes, Dr. Hawass?
18:07Come by near me.
18:10Tell me,
18:12why the ancient Egyptian,
18:13in your opinion,
18:14chose the Valley of the Kings
18:16as a burial place?
18:18Um, well,
18:20I have to hazard a guess.
18:22Perhaps it was...
18:24You did not read?
18:25I've read some.
18:26In your homework?
18:27There's so much to learn, Dr. Hawass.
18:28500 years of history.
18:29There's nothing.
18:30It's an easy question.
18:32A proximity to the Nile floodplain?
18:35No, no.
18:36Perhaps so.
18:37You know, the reason for that,
18:39it's completely isolated.
18:41It's within the mountains.
18:43Yeah.
18:44It's silent.
18:45Right.
18:46It's a perfect place
18:47to preserve and protect
18:49their bodies.
18:51Okay.
18:51Oh, so they can keep the tomb
18:53safer from tomb robbers
18:54than they had been
18:55previously.
19:04up there, uh,
19:06Derek.
19:07Something really very,
19:08very important.
19:09But,
19:09listen, Derek,
19:10it's very good
19:11that we have
19:13those couple of minutes
19:14to escape
19:15from Dr. Hawass.
19:16So I'm gonna have
19:17the chance
19:17that we,
19:18me and you,
19:19together,
19:19we climb up,
19:20but we got to do it
19:21in a couple of minutes
19:22and then we have to go back
19:23to Dr. Hawass.
19:24Otherwise,
19:24it's not shouting
19:24and screaming
19:25and really I'm not willing
19:27to hear those.
19:27I know all about that.
19:29Okay.
19:30I'm trying to show
19:32my passion to him
19:32as well,
19:33but he doesn't seem
19:34to understand it yet.
19:35No way.
19:36No way.
19:36No, no, no, no.
19:37You have to work
19:38for him like me.
19:39I did.
19:39For 21 years.
19:40He never showed
19:41his feelings to me.
19:42So he's always pushing you,
19:43pushing you,
19:44and you have to be
19:44very quick in your steps
19:46to follow his old steps.
19:47He has very fast steps.
19:48How many tombs
19:49are in the very of the kings?
19:51I think about 60.
19:5660, 62.
19:58You know,
19:59I don't think
20:01that you are capable
20:02to be in this fellow program.
20:04Oh, no, Dr. Hawass.
20:06You need to give me
20:07another chance.
20:08I give you hundreds of times.
20:11Dr. Hawass,
20:12if I just had a few more days
20:13to just read
20:13some good literature.
20:15It's useless.
20:16It's too late.
20:19So looking around here,
20:21you don't want to dig
20:21under this stone
20:22because it's all crumbling.
20:23How do you know
20:23whether to dig
20:24on the left or the right?
20:25Very good question, Derek.
20:26Now, for this one,
20:28can you see any remains
20:29of waterfalls
20:30or running
20:30or flooding,
20:31whatever?
20:33Well, water would be
20:34coming down here.
20:35So do you think
20:35that I can dig
20:36in this area?
20:37No way.
20:37To be great archaeologists,
20:39you have to observe,
20:41you have to notice,
20:42you have to look
20:42at every single piece
20:44you were passing by.
20:46Now, Derek,
20:46I have a question.
20:48Did you see anything
20:49strange than normal?
20:50It is something
20:50really not naturally made,
20:53something handmade
20:53or made here
20:55in this area?
20:57Look at this one,
20:59yeah, Derek.
21:02This one,
21:02I believe,
21:03that this is a hand
21:04of a cup
21:06or a hand
21:07of glass,
21:09which means
21:10that maybe local guys,
21:12local workers,
21:13they were here
21:14either to dig a tomb
21:15or they were resting.
21:18If we can imagine
21:19that the sun is shining
21:20from east,
21:21the sun crossing the sky,
21:22so probably they were
21:23resting during day
21:24in the shade
21:25somewhere there.
21:26Means they were
21:27working close by.
21:28Close by.
21:29Very soon, Derek,
21:31there are a lot of things
21:32will be discovered
21:33here in the Valley
21:34of the Monkeys.
21:35I have the feeling
21:36also through your way
21:37of looking at me,
21:37you're listening,
21:38you have the passion.
21:39You do remind me
21:40with my old days.
21:42All right, good.
21:43Okay.
21:44Dr. Hawass?
21:45Yes, Alice?
21:47The Valley of the Kings
21:48is the domain of the dead,
21:49but how close
21:50is the nearest village?
21:51It's next door.
21:53Really?
21:53The nearest village
21:53is up next door.
21:56Ready, man.
22:03Are you okay?
22:05Yeah.
22:05The steep hills
22:06and valleys in this area
22:07are no trouble
22:08for seasoned pros
22:09like Hawass and Lazeri.
22:10But for me
22:11and some of my crew,
22:12it's the most challenging
22:13terrain we've yet to experience.
22:15Gavin, let me get it for you.
22:16I'm a little tired.
22:17All right, get it in.
22:18All right, go ahead.
22:19Be careful, guys.
22:26Oh, no.
22:56On our treacherous climb
22:58up to the top
22:58of the Valley of the Kings,
23:00Alan takes a hard fall
23:01bringing Zahi down with him.
23:03Luckily,
23:03the rest of us
23:04are there to help.
23:05My lips, my lips,
23:06my lips, but I'm okay.
23:08Are you okay?
23:09I'm okay.
23:11Alan, are you okay?
23:12I'm okay, thanks.
23:13Good.
23:14Yeah.
23:15Okay.
23:16Your ribs hurt?
23:17Yeah.
23:18Sorry about that.
23:20It's still almost falling down there.
23:21It's so slippery.
23:22The rocks are loose.
23:23Yeah.
23:2410 minutes
23:25motherfucking hikes.
23:27My legs are killing me.
23:29Did you see him almost fall?
23:31Yeah.
23:31He saved him.
23:32Let's hope that Derek
23:33and Mustafa
23:34are having an easier time
23:35than we are.
23:36Derek, look at this.
23:38Can you see this graffiti?
23:39Oh, wow.
23:41Yeah.
23:41Look at this man.
23:43He's kneeling,
23:44raising both of his hands up,
23:46and then a lovely
23:47colon of Herolithic,
23:49and there is a nice word
23:50that I can see from here.
23:51It's like,
23:52Dua.
23:52Dua,
23:53which it means adore,
23:54or he's in a position of worshiping
23:56or adoring something,
23:57and then there,
23:58the second one is also kneeling
24:00in front of two lovely columns
24:02of Herolithic.
24:04This graffiti,
24:05I believe that this one
24:06is very important,
24:07especially for this area.
24:08I have really strong feeling
24:10that this area,
24:11not exhausted yet.
24:13Yeah.
24:13A lot to find,
24:14a lot to discover.
24:16All right.
24:17Never one to take a break
24:18when he's on a mission,
24:20Zahi pushes my crew
24:21to the top of the Valley of the Kings.
24:30Wow.
24:31Look at that.
24:33Oh, wow.
24:35Holy smokes.
24:36Oh, it's stunning.
24:38Look,
24:39behind that tomb of Merinbetah,
24:42we made a major,
24:43important discovery.
24:44If you see my hand
24:47to the end of the cliff,
24:49that rock,
24:50and if you go down,
24:52you'll see that is a spot
24:53that the ancient Egyptian
24:54made to collect the flood.
24:56And after that,
24:57they redirected the flood
24:58in the channels
25:00coming from up,
25:01down.
25:02Right.
25:03You can see the channel right there.
25:03You see the channel.
25:04That is one of them.
25:05The discovery of my team
25:07that we found
25:08in the Valley of the Kings.
25:10And we discovered
25:12hundreds of Straka.
25:15The view is incredible.
25:17I didn't think
25:17it would be this.
25:18No.
25:19It's spectacular.
25:20It's breathtaking.
25:21Look at this peak.
25:23It is a beautiful scene.
25:25It's a shape
25:26of a pyramid.
25:27The ancient Egyptians,
25:28you know,
25:28in the old
25:29and the middle kingdom
25:30built their tombs
25:31in the shape of pyramids.
25:32When they come here
25:33in the new kingdom,
25:34they could not build pyramids
25:35in the Valley of the Kings.
25:36Then they took
25:37this natural peak
25:39as a pyramid shape
25:40and they built
25:41their tombs underneath.
25:44Okay, now.
25:45Alan, go to Z1.
25:47Okay?
25:48All right.
25:49We're going to meet
25:49Mustafa and Derek
25:50at the visitor's center.
25:51Okay.
25:52All right.
25:53Should we sit
25:54and take a rest,
25:54Dr. Was?
25:55No.
25:56No.
25:58Okay.
25:58You won't rest here.
26:00I'm out of water, guys.
26:02Shut up.
26:04If I were to choose
26:05anywhere in the field
26:06of Egypt,
26:06probably should work.
26:07It'd be here in Luxor
26:08because, like you said,
26:09it's far from exhausted.
26:11There's just so much
26:11advancement to the field
26:13that this place can offer.
26:14I think it's time now
26:15to catch Dr. Hawass
26:16who's been so much time
26:18away from him.
26:19Derek and Mustafa
26:20rush to catch up
26:21with us at the visitor's center.
26:22It's where Zahi's excited
26:23to show us a 3D model
26:25of the entire Valley.
26:27That's off.
26:27It's off.
26:28Off.
26:28Off.
26:29Off.
26:30I don't think the end.
26:32That's over.
26:32I don't think the end.
26:34But when we arrive,
26:35rock star Zahi
26:36gets mobbed by his fans.
26:39Thank you very much.
26:40Let's come.
26:41Italiana.
26:42Yes.
26:43You're right from
26:44from a Swedish cat?
26:45Like this?
26:46Swedish cat.
26:47Are you having a good time here?
26:48Yes.
26:49Good.
26:50Just kind of walk.
26:51Here, please.
26:53Thank you very much.
26:56Okay.
26:58Let's go.
27:06Come here.
27:07Look, Dr. Hawass,
27:08look who joined us here.
27:10Who?
27:10Your special day.
27:11I said,
27:11I told you when you were
27:12on your way.
27:12Oh, yeah, he's here.
27:15This is a plan
27:16of the whole
27:17Valley of the Kings.
27:19There are supposed
27:20to be 63 tombs.
27:22There is only 62 her.
27:24Then the 63 tomb
27:25that just found
27:26is exactly facing
27:28the tomb of King Pot.
27:30This is the new one,
27:31the last one.
27:32That should be amazing.
27:34I like how you can see
27:35underneath.
27:36You can see all the
27:36tomb shafts carved in there.
27:37Actually,
27:38this beautiful plan
27:40is done by
27:41Kent Weeks
27:42and he did a survey
27:44to the whole valley
27:45and thanks to him,
27:46we're able actually
27:47to see the substructure
27:49of every tomb
27:51in the Valley of the Kings
27:52and our tomb
27:53is the one down here.
27:54Our target
27:56is KV-17,
27:59the tomb
28:00of Setia the First.
28:01KV-17
28:02that was found
28:03owned by Belzoni
28:04in 1817.
28:06It is the longest
28:07tomb in the valley
28:09and it's the most
28:11beautifully decorated tomb.
28:13The tomb of Setia the First
28:14is the largest
28:15of all of them.
28:17We're going in there.
28:18Tomorrow,
28:19we will investigate.
28:21We're going in there tomorrow.
28:22About 440 feet
28:24until now.
28:24Is it dangerous?
28:26It comes.
28:28Nothing is easy.
28:41The next day,
28:42Zahi directs Derek and Alan
28:43to inspect
28:44the freshly excavated
28:45antiquities found in Z1,
28:46the tomb recently named after him.
28:49Meanwhile,
28:50the rest of us
28:51take a boat ride
28:51down the Nile
28:52for another adventure
28:53with Dr. Awaz.
28:55Exploring a massive dig
28:56underway at the tomb
28:57of King Setia the First.
28:59Here, Dr. Awaz,
29:00you stay here, please.
29:01Can we get you rolled over?
29:03Alice,
29:04into the boat.
29:06All right,
29:06we're heading off
29:07to Setia.
29:20How is the work
29:20actually progressing
29:21in the tow?
29:22I know we're going
29:23to see it, but...
29:24Oh, we'd each
29:25now 440 feet
29:30inside the mountain.
29:32Right.
29:33Which is amazing.
29:34It is.
29:34Why do you think
29:35that this particular tomb
29:37has such a long,
29:38lengthy burial chamber?
29:39You don't know.
29:39It's the longest tomb
29:40in the valley.
29:41Yes.
29:42It is the only tomb
29:43that has a tunnel like this.
29:45I've never seen
29:45anything like that.
29:46Yeah.
29:47Excuse me, guys.
29:48Can you give me
29:48a quick sec
29:49with Dr. Awaz?
29:50For you, Dr. Awaz?
29:53Well, I saw her fall.
29:54I want to just get you
29:54checked out by our doctor.
29:56Why?
29:56How do you worry?
29:57Why?
29:58I don't know why.
29:58You're a son of a bitch,
29:59but I worry about you.
30:00Doctor, safe!
30:01Can we get him off
30:02the crew boat?
30:04We are about to travel
30:05into one of the longest
30:06tombs in recorded history.
30:07And even though
30:08yesterday's eye told me
30:09he was fine
30:10after his fall,
30:11I wanted to play it safe
30:12and have the medic
30:13check him out.
30:14Luckily, we were on a boat,
30:15so he had nowhere to run.
30:17Hey, Dr. Awaz.
30:18How are you?
30:19Fine.
30:20Everything all right?
30:21Everything is fine.
30:22How do you feel?
30:22I heard you hurt yourself.
30:23You know, but I'm fine.
30:24I'm okay, really.
30:26Does it hurt?
30:27No, no, no, no.
30:28Okay.
30:28Are you sure?
30:29No, it's not hurt
30:29to be at all.
30:30I really don't look
30:31on it.
30:32I don't look
30:32on it.
30:32Is there any medicine?
30:33It's just a painkiller
30:34for the pain.
30:35No, I'm fine.
30:36I'm fine.
30:37All right.
30:37I mean, we got a rugged
30:38couple of days.
30:39You were telling me
30:40King said he's, what,
30:41like 100?
30:42How far are we
30:42climbing down?
30:44Thanks.
30:44Excuse me.
30:45Thanks, Dr. David.
30:45Here's the line.
30:46It's 140 meters.
30:49Wow, that's a football field.
30:50That's bigger
30:50than a football field.
30:51Yeah.
30:52But this guy
30:53ruled for a long time
30:55and he was a great king,
30:57great warrior,
30:58and he constructed
30:59the largest tomb
31:00and developed the kids.
31:02I feel 2010 for us
31:05is going to be
31:06very important here.
31:10Let's go,
31:10let's go,
31:10let's go.
31:12Let's go.
31:13Let's go.
31:13Let's go.
31:14Okay.
31:31Approaching the dock,
31:32Zai gets an urgent call
31:33that changes our course
31:34instantly.
31:36He's called to a live
31:37discovery nearby
31:38at the Avenue of the Sphinxes.
31:40So King said he's tomb
31:41will have to wait.
31:42Dr. Ross, here.
31:42It's good, sir.
31:44See you.
31:45How are you?
31:45How's it going to think?
31:46Yeah, a long time ago.
31:47Yeah?
31:48No?
31:48No.
31:54Dr. Ross,
31:55what's with the side trip here?
31:57What?
31:57We're on the way to Setti
31:58and we're stopping here?
31:59No, the Avenue of the Sphinxes.
32:00Oh, okay.
32:01My team is excavating there.
32:02I want to surf here.
32:03Oh, good.
32:04Okay.
32:05Okay, where's the taxi?
32:07Hey, hey.
32:08Taxi!
32:09Here, grab the cabs.
32:10Show me the cabs, guys.
32:14Stop it.
32:15Gavin, go ahead.
32:16Go ahead.
32:18Where are you going?
32:18You see me there?
32:19I'm not sure exactly
32:20which way they went.
32:21Avenue of the Sphinxes.
32:22You know Avenue of the Sphinxes?
32:23Okay, go there.
32:26What do you think the discovery is?
32:28Did he give you any indication?
32:29I don't know.
32:31There's a large-scale excavation
32:32going on up and down
32:34the Avenue of the Sphinxes
32:35is joining the temples of Karnak
32:36and Luxor.
32:37Yeah, yeah.
32:37But I don't know.
32:40Maybe...
32:41Oh, we're lost again.
32:45Oh, we're lost again.
33:11Don't know who asked.
33:13I'm sorry we're late.
33:15This is what we're doing right now.
33:17It's three kilometers
33:17from the temple of Luxor
33:19to the temple of Karnak
33:20where excavating the whole thing
33:21and restoring this.
33:23It's wonderful now.
33:26Look like this.
33:27Yeah.
33:27They built the base
33:28and they're putting the statue
33:29above the base.
33:30Right.
33:30Why are the statues,
33:31the Sphinxes in such a...
33:33you know, the condition is...
33:34Destruction.
33:34Destruction happened
33:35in the Roman period
33:36on the other three.
33:37Okay.
33:39How many Sphinxes
33:40lined the Avenue?
33:411,350.
33:43Wow.
33:451,350 Sphinxes.
33:47Am I?
33:471,350 Sphinx
33:49lined the Avenue.
33:50What do we have here?
33:52This is Cleopatra VII.
33:54The cartouche.
33:56This is Cleopatra's cartouche?
33:58Yes.
33:59Wow.
34:00It's beautiful.
34:02You know, when Cleopatra died,
34:03she used a cobra.
34:05And that was very interesting
34:07because cobra is a symbol
34:08of kingship.
34:09Yeah.
34:10And to be dead
34:12with the symbol of kingship,
34:14this gives her dignity
34:15and honor.
34:16Oh.
34:16And when I saw this,
34:18this is unique
34:19to have Cleopatra's name
34:20in one of the blocks
34:22here in Luxor.
34:22Yeah.
34:23And after that,
34:24the Romans
34:25used these blocks
34:26for other things,
34:27for buildings
34:28and destruction.
34:29Most of the destruction
34:30of the Sphinx Avenue
34:32happened in the Roman period.
34:34And the archaeologists,
34:35the Egyptian archaeologists
34:36are working
34:36on a wonderful project.
34:38They're restoring
34:39the root of the 3 kilometers.
34:40And then the connection
34:41between the Sphinxes
34:43from Luxor Temple
34:44to Karnak Temple
34:45was mainly
34:47faced with modern
34:49buildings.
34:50everywhere
34:51with the cooperation
34:52of the governor
34:53of Luxor
34:54were able to remove
34:55most of the houses
34:56and pay them
34:57and they go
34:58and they take
34:59other apartments
35:00and houses
35:00and things like that.
35:01Asr, Asr, Asr.
35:03I'll leave you
35:03as far as
35:05A little bit
35:07of comfort
35:07as a farmer
35:10as a farmer
35:13as a farmer
35:22A little bit
35:23for a farmer
35:24as a farmer
35:25as a farmer
35:25who are not
35:25who are not
35:25who are not
35:26in the pública
35:27Karnak Temple
35:39My crew and I are with Zahi at the excavation site of the Avenue of the Sphinxes, where
35:44they've just uncovered a head of the Sphinx.
35:47Very good.
35:51This head was found, it was originally a part of the Sphinxes here, but in the Roman
35:58period, they took the heads and they reused it in Roman buildings.
36:03This will be taken from here, and the restorators will come to complete the missing blocks.
36:19You know, as you see, it's a big, uh, salvage archeology.
36:24Yeah.
36:25Salvage archeology is very important, and you have to train the people on that.
36:28Because all this Avenue of the Sphinxes were under the houses.
36:32There was 1,350 Sphinxes.
36:36We found 650, and there is another area, it was a road, and the rest of the Sphinx Avenue
36:44was under the road.
36:45And we are thinking that this road could contain different, uh, complete Sphinxes.
36:52We are lucky today to see this important work.
36:54This is going to look spectacular when it's done.
36:56Archaeological history just being made right here in front of us.
37:03Before we can get back to our original mission to King Seti's tomb, Zai's workers, who are
37:08excited by his unexpected visit to the Valley of the Kings, request a picture with their
37:12boss.
37:23We're going to catch up here, or we're going to, we're going to lose them.
37:41Now that our detour to the Avenue of the Sphinxes is over and done, we're off to the Tomb
37:45of King Seti.
38:00We are entering, actually, one of the most beautiful tombs in the Valley of the Kings.
38:06Yes.
38:06In the Valley of the Kings there are 63 tombs, but there's only 26 for kings.
38:12But the amazing thing about the Valley of the Kings is that each tomb of a king is different
38:16from the other one.
38:17Because that was the vision of every king to the afterlife.
38:21How he saw the other world.
38:24How he can reach Uzais.
38:26The nightly journey into the underworld with the gods.
38:29Exactly.
38:29The vision of how the ancient Egyptian imagined the other world.
38:33And actually, this is the largest tomb in the Valley.
38:37I closed it to the public because I was afraid that anything can be damaging this tomb.
38:42And the other thing, when we enter this tunnel, it's very dangerous.
38:47But you have to be careful.
38:48We have been excavating this tunnel inside this tomb for the last two years.
38:53Amazing things that we found, but the most beautiful thing is the adventure that we're going to face.
39:00And sometimes adventure, it can be difficult.
39:04Okay, let's go in the tomb.
39:06John, I don't want to go down.
39:07I did that in five chambers so long.
39:09I'll go to the mouth of this thing.
39:11They're telling me it's 200 yards, like two football fields.
39:15It's King City time.
39:16I'm out, I'm out.
39:18So, the passage was first cleared out a hundred years ago.
39:21And then, in 1950, the excavation started again.
39:24In 1960, Abdul Rasul family did work.
39:30Right.
39:31But they didn't go in the direct direction.
39:34They did go in another direction.
39:36So, this tomb has the most complete program of religious texts.
39:40It is.
39:40It has the Book of the Gates.
39:42It had the Book of the Imidwat, what is in the Netherlands.
39:46It has the part of the destruction of mankind.
39:50But I want to show something interesting here.
40:03Yeah, Duffy.
40:04It's really humid.
40:08This is actually the beginning of our adventure.
40:12Going down in this tunnel for 400 and almost 40 feet.
40:19You ready?
40:20Yes.
40:21Okay, follow me.
40:25We'll be in this tunnel.
40:26We'll be done.
40:27Bye.
40:27obviously we are probably not.
40:28Just not biosimilar, whatever.
40:30Hey!
40:30This has to be seen either the time,
40:30If there's a this tunnel.
40:30You seem to be mad.
40:31Noнымиveiset are no hats.
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