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00:01It'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.
00:11Zahi's friends call him the Pharaoh, and you're about to see why.
00:15He rules his world like a king and holds all the keys to Egypt's antiquities.
00:21Zahi Hawass is the first undertaker in Egypt.
00:25I'm Leslie Greif, and I make documentaries.
00:29Recently, Zahi gave us the chance of a lifetime to make a series following him on his amazing adventures.
00:35But there was a catch. Everyone on this journey, my crew, his workers, the archeological fellows, even me, would become
00:44part of the story.
00:45It sounded crazy, but you never say no to a Pharaoh.
01:15Guys, Zahi's going to start. We got a 3 a.m. leave. We should have been out of here already.
01:19Now let's be clear, so everyone knows what we're doing.
01:21Guys, quick production meeting.
01:24I know it's early.
01:26Well, let these guys continue to load out.
01:28Here's what we got.
01:29We got our 3 a.m. leave.
01:30We're already a little behind schedule.
01:325 a.m., we got to be ready for a load in.
01:34He's starting his dig in Saqqara at 6.
01:37And he won't wait for us.
01:39It's just who he is.
01:408 a.m., we're at the museum.
01:42So we're going to leapfrog.
01:43You're going to come to the fellows.
01:45And you're going to then take the Giza Plateau.
01:47Heath and me.
01:48And then after that, John, you close it out.
01:51You got the long one.
01:52There's some big gala opening tonight.
01:53I don't know the details.
01:54Celebrities?
01:56Egyptian celebrities.
01:57It's trendy Cairo.
01:59So who's roving with Halas today?
02:07It has to be listening.
02:08It's got to be listening.
02:09We're running out of people.
02:13Oh, man.
02:14If it's me, I'm taking Seiko and these guys on the travel.
02:18So, Seiko, I don't want you complaining.
02:19There's no lunch breaks.
02:20I'm tired of you right now.
02:21Yeah, yeah, yeah.
02:22Okay.
02:22So, all right, guys.
02:23Let's get going now, all right?
02:25Another day for Zahi.
02:25Zahi all day.
02:29While we're prepping for Zahi,
02:30he's already on his way to the dig in Saqqara.
02:37This is Cairo at 3 a.m.
02:39It looks like it's 9 o'clock and a half.
02:41Yeah.
02:41These people are just going,
02:42uh,
02:43Cairo doesn't go to bed.
02:47Leaving Cairo,
02:49we head out about 24 miles southwest to Saqqara.
02:54Zahi's workers are already busy excavating
02:57a new cache of mummies.
03:16Dr. Hawass.
03:17Good morning.
03:18Good morning.
03:19Oh,
03:19what's going on?
03:20Why do we get here so early?
03:21It's urgent.
03:22I have to see this important discovery now.
03:25Am I going to come down there as well?
03:26If you stay here,
03:27I have to go ahead and check that.
03:51Hey,
03:52Dr. Hawass,
03:52please let me go down.
03:54Hang on.
03:58You should send me down.
04:00Shut up!
04:02Honestly,
04:03though,
04:03I don't understand.
04:04I said shut up.
04:05All right.
04:05All right.
04:06Tell you directions,
04:07you listen to me.
04:09Are you stuck?
04:11You want help?
04:12No,
04:13I don't need you to help.
04:14Nizzle.
04:14Nizzle.
04:14Nizzle.
04:14Nizzle.
04:21Nizzle.
04:21This is bullshit.
04:24Derek?
04:25Yes.
04:26You are fired.
04:28What?
04:28You cannot work for me anymore.
04:31You don't say,
04:32God wants it to me.
04:34That's it,
04:34that.
04:35Go!
04:35What?
04:36All right.
04:38What?
04:52All right.
04:54All right.
04:58Number two.
04:58You're fired.
04:58Good.
04:58Good.
04:59Good.
05:00Good.
05:01Good.
05:02Good.
05:02Good.
05:03Good.
05:21the mum is here in this shaft do you think it's late period mum is also yes I think it's
05:27the same
05:27period yeah all the skulls in a very bad condition seems that they were roped before
05:51there's an anthropoid coffin that dated to 26th dynasty 500 BC but it's in a very good condition
06:02I never discovered something like this before this is the first time and the reason is because
06:08of the 30 mummies existed underneath the ground for what 60 feet yes but that it is maybe the best
06:17preserved and therefore I need this coffin to take it down to the museum right as the most recent
06:26and beautiful discovery happened at a car right right doctor
06:50this shaft actually it's very interesting because of that dog that buried in front of the five mummies
07:01you know as you know all this shaft is completely late period there is nothing all kingdom right but
07:07I haven't I have never seen in any discovery that I made before a dog to be buried beside four
07:15mummies
07:15it seems one of them had this dog as a friend when I asked for the dog to be buried
07:22again
07:24I have to learn to do other things okay goodbye bye bye
07:48Dr. Hawass I'm sorry I'm really sorry I shouldn't have said that please don't fire me you were very bad
07:57I don't want to see you
07:58at least for this coming hour in front of me go
08:07poor Derek he had to grab a ride with my crew as we raced to follow Zahi back to Cairo
08:12and the museum of Egyptian antiquities
08:14Alan is already there with Zahi and she's pretty nervous because the fellows are about to face their first Zahi
08:21review
08:21you almost got yourself killed I almost lost my job as a result
08:24I'm not going to do that again I just need to know what to do to make Dr. Hawass keep
08:28me here that's all
08:29you're going to have to impress him you're going to have to make him like you
08:32okay I can do that okay I can do it meanwhile we could barely keep up with Zahi in his
08:38usual packed schedule
08:41he asked Alan to meet him at the conservation lab to check on the preservation of a royal mummy
08:51Alan I'm chasing this mummy a long time it was found in front of the tomb of city the second
08:57okay and the fellow of the kings and with DNA I will be able to prove or this proof that
09:04this mummy
09:04is topmost one or not I know he's sort of like the the Napoleon of the 18th dynasty
09:11no that Napoleon was topmost the third but but wasn't the topmost one that did the campaigns and
09:15this is a little bit of campaign but it's not like topmost the third ah no I understand that then
09:19he
09:19followed amenotep one yeah one family so that was the same family okay and we and this why we are
09:24doing uh samples from all this dynasty 18 mummy until I found the family of Kington how will you
09:31extract the DNA what what do you do we take the samples from the hands and the legs compare it
09:38with the samples that we took from Queen Hatshepsut's mummy that we found recently okay now we have some
09:44meetings to to think about oh Zoe it's not a good time we're just on our way I told you
09:48I do not accept
09:49you yet because of what you did in the last few days inside the pyramid I know what I did
09:54I
09:55I will never forgive you okay now Dr. Hawass
10:04we have a meeting with the director board uh we need to talk about the painting outside uh budget
10:10meeting with minister about uh about Saqqara
10:12and you're from work Boston it's cold now it's freezing isn't it okay thank you
10:21we have the budget meeting oh wait wait wait wait wait wait just wait let me talk to these young
10:24ladies
10:24are you having a good time here here we go okay you and civic progress meetings oh I'm
10:30wait wait wait really busy let me talk to the people and I'll just stay on the side yeah okay
10:37say cheese cheese
10:48the school book they talk about me look when they have me the great people in their countries
10:57if you want to pick up a color of a museum what do you have to do
11:00what color do you think I kind of like the darker okay all of us agreed that the color of
11:06the museum
11:06should be this one what do you think I think that would be very nice you have you don't be
11:11a diplomat
11:12when I ask you a question answer me yes I know or I don't know I prefer the color it
11:18is already
11:22with his museum work done we're back on the road again with Zahi
11:31excuse me
11:36so this is just a simple status meeting staff meeting like they have in countless offices
11:42around the world what do you mean status well we'll we'll discuss how how you've gotten along so
11:48far and how each of you have have made progress has he ever fired anyone in a meeting like this
11:54before
11:54sure frequently
12:01okay is this this was any they didn't know to meet you thank you
12:08hi hello and you have uh lindsay yes we this is okay so what is she here
12:24we all learned quickly that zahi isn't one to mince words so no one knows what to expect
12:30as his review of the fellows gets started actually lindsay is very good she's doing good things and
12:38very happy direct everyone makes mistakes but not to repeat the mistakes all the time like you ask me
12:45silly questions all the time but i thought the only stupid question is the one you don't ask oh that's
12:50in the movies but not in archaeology and uh dr huas good news from guesser al mudir and the workman
13:00found something of significance don't know what exactly then alan go to guess in the mudir now i
13:04sure will okay derek and lindsay go to the workman tombs and i will meet you there i need to
13:08talk to
13:08zoe okay thank you take care of it honestly i felt badly for zoe who couldn't help but to relieve
13:16herself in the great pyramid listen you are stuck inside the step pair how about you did something i do
13:28not to want to want to repeat inside the five chambers of the great pyramid but that could happen
13:32to anybody always afraid you are the last one and finally to be a good archaeologist zoe you have to
13:40be
13:40brave okay zoe uh you will do some paperwork here and i need you to do some also organization in
13:53this part
13:53of the library you want me to arrange your books yeah dr huas i don't have very long here and
14:00you
14:01have someone smart and good if you want to prove that you are good if i tell you anything you
14:05say
14:06yes sir and you start doing it for me would you say yes sir if someone told you to start
14:10arranging
14:11your books what's wrong with that it's not archaeology it is a it is a part of archaeology it is
14:18at least you can know what books are in the library i didn't come all the way to egypt
14:22to be someone's librarian i don't like you to argue with me i don't want to argue with you dr
14:27huas i
14:28want to learn from you
14:34go to the workman tombs and wait for me there this is the final opportunity for you the last one
14:40i won't
14:41disappoint you thank you dr huas thank you
15:00actually i would like you to take lindsay and go in these 32 tombs and there is her left description
15:07just copy it and give me a report about it yes all right okay see you thank you zowie i'm
15:14over here
15:21zowie i'm going to teach you now how do you do archaeology with this skeleton that was discovered
15:28i want you to try to brush it but start first with the skull okay
15:42what's this smell that i'm smelling oh there smell but
15:50zowie you have to understand one thing when you do archaeology no perfume nothing like this my perfume is
15:58this is the sand i smell sand i don't like this at all go and wash yourself change your clothes
16:05dirt
16:05clothes and meet me in half an hour because we go together to the excavation of kisser moodya
16:12sorry
16:17if you want to impress him you know why don't you do something that's sort of more relevant
16:22like what like like his childhood fear of the dark that he's had to completely overcome
16:29as an archaeologist like every time he works dr huas is afraid of the dark yeah absolutely
16:44although we're just getting to midday my crew's been going since three in the morning
16:50making us skip lunch zowie packs me and the crew in his car as he and zoe head out
16:55to guesser el moodya deep in the heart of the sahara desert dr huas thank you for giving me another
17:03chance
17:06good
17:11what happened
17:14i bring it up that car broke
17:19what happened i don't know something's wrong
17:28you can run over something all right i heard some noise coming out of the engine
17:36okay what can we call somebody no we can't have a movie there is no connections here but the
17:41telephones here can you get connection no okay then let us walk oh if you go to the desert
17:50that way it's only eight miles they come with me eight miles what are we gonna do with you
17:56we're gonna just be brave well maybe we should take the if we take the road it's gonna be safer
18:01because at least of car no no just if you follow me you'll be safe you are with me
18:07don't worry you want to walk through the dance yeah that's wonderful you'll feel the adventure
18:11and you will lose weight also
18:16okay let's sleep come by don't worry i'm worried about losing my life
18:30this is not a good story zai's car broke down now he's got us hiking on foot through the desert
18:35under the blistering heat of the sahara sun
18:46doctor watch you just go ahead get some help send them back
18:52follow me now listen i'm leaving
19:06it's all desert yeah i know do you think you'll find movies and mcdonald's there
19:13next time somebody asked me what are these stupid reality shows
19:16is it real no no you just fake everything
19:19huh yeah take a look at this
19:29it's hot
19:34dr hawas maybe we could slow down a little bit
19:37a little for them i never slow down
19:39okay okay
19:45uh
19:55uh
19:56uh
20:07It's been over two hours. The heat's pounding away and I just can't keep up.
20:16You know, I didn't even think I could do this from the beginning. So I'm just going to get used
20:23to it.
20:24You can? Yeah, I think I can. Good. You're nerdy.
20:32You know, it's hot, but it's gorgeous out here. I really, really love this.
20:37I agree with you. In the desert now, I feel you are doing well.
20:42Really? Yes. Because of that, you will never quit. And I admire that.
20:57Shit!
21:09Zahi's not here. Have you seen him?
21:11No. Hold on, let me take a look.
21:15We've been waiting for him for, you know, he's way overdue. I don't know what the...
21:19Um, I don't see him anywhere.
21:26Okay, I'm going to call Lindsay at Workman's tomb.
21:29Okay.
21:40You know, Dr. Huas, I read that story about you being stuck at Giza overnight in the dark.
21:48And I realized that, you know, even you were scared.
21:54I was. I have to be honest with you and tell you I was.
21:58And you're still scared of the dark, aren't you?
22:00Oh, I hate dark.
22:02So...
22:03But I close my eyes in the dark and I go as if...
22:09The light in front of me.
22:13Yeah.
22:15And you were a city boy too, weren't you?
22:18I'm a village boy.
22:19Sorry, Doctor. Can you guys slow down a little bit?
22:33You're completely out of water.
22:35How far are we?
22:37I have no idea.
22:38You're telling me we're lost out of all of you scared?
22:42Yeah.
22:43Okay, I want to tell you. I know where we're going.
22:46Oh, you son of a bitch.
22:47Then don't, don't get scared.
22:50Let's go.
22:57I'm not feeling so good.
23:01It would be very good to do something.
23:06Yes.
23:07I think we should think for a session, but...
23:14I'm never doing this thing. I am never doing this again.
23:21We're going.
23:33We're going.
23:35Are you okay, Leslie?
23:38Yeah.
23:40Just look at Zahi. She's brave.
23:43Yeah.
23:43She's good.
23:44She will never quit.
23:53I'm unable to reach anybody.
23:55Sarah can't reach Leslie, the driver, or Zahi.
23:59We've tried Gavin. We've tried Seiko.
24:01Has anybody been in contact with them, gotten a text message, anything?
24:04Zahi, the last time he told me he's coming over here.
24:08If he's not here, that's bad news.
24:10Zahi never been late.
24:11I mean, who knows who they are?
24:13It's not something to dismiss.
24:15Right.
24:15If they stay with the car and stay in shelter by the side of the car,
24:17they should be okay for a few hours.
24:19But if they start wandering off...
24:20Zahi's not going to stay still for two seconds.
24:24I tried.
24:25So what's the plan?
24:26Let's send our own cars.
24:28Let's send our own cars first.
24:30Three cars in three different directions.
24:33I'll leave the search party across the desert.
24:47Is this a stable?
24:49Yeah, they use this camera and horses and donkeys for church.
24:53Hey, Dr. Watt, maybe these guys...
24:55Dr. Watt, hold.
24:57Can we rent this stuff?
24:58Talk to the guy.
24:59Okay.
25:00I'll rent them.
25:02I'll rent them.
25:03Okay.
25:03Okay.
25:05Yes, sir.
25:05You should pay.
25:08Just give him the money and we'll go.
25:10Okay, okay.
25:11I will ride the horse.
25:12You'll take the horse, okay.
25:14Oh, .
25:18I don't know what my face is going to do.
25:21I'm getting too old for this.
25:22I got to take it.
25:23Take it.
25:25Hold on.
25:26That camel doesn't work.
25:27I'm happy.
25:28Huh?
25:29Oh, yeah.
25:30Oh.
25:32This is like...
25:36Don't worry.
25:37It's okay.
25:38Sorry.
25:39Okay, let's leave.
25:40Wait one sec.
25:40I want to get this.
25:42Follow me now.
25:44I want to show you how I think it's not working here.
25:49Okay, hold on me.
25:54Oh.
25:57Oh, ho, ho.
26:00Dr. Watt, this is the last thing I thought I'd be doing when I got up this morning.
26:04Was walking through the desert and riding a camel.
26:17It's been hours.
26:18Of course, Zahi takes the horse and sticks me with the camel.
26:23And now I'm wondering, when is this nightmare going to end?
26:27Is anybody looking for us?
26:48Hey.
26:50You got the tent, baby.
26:52Yeah, baby.
26:58I'm okay.
27:01Hey, guys.
27:05What happened? Are you okay?
27:07Four hours in the desert. Get out of my sight.
27:10Joey, are you okay?
27:10I'm okay, Alan.
27:11Okay, water. You're right away.
27:14Where the hell's everybody been?
27:15Anybody looking for me?
27:17Anybody looking for me?
27:18Can you call my daughter, please?
27:22I am like...
27:27I don't need water.
27:31What happened?
27:33Are you okay?
27:35We've been gone for how many hours?
27:37I'm okay, guys. I'm okay.
27:39I'm okay. I'm okay.
27:40Thank you. Thank you.
27:42Shokra, Shokra. Shokra, guys.
27:44I don't want to move.
27:45I almost died out there.
27:51I was just thinking of my kid.
27:53I'm walking through the desert.
27:55I'm getting you the satellite phone.
27:56Yeah.
27:58I just want to talk to my daughter, man.
28:01I'll tell you this.
28:02I ain't riding with Zahi again.
28:04Never put me in the car with him again.
28:07Zahi, are you all right?
28:09I'm all right, Dr. Hawass.
28:10You did better with me.
28:12I'm glad we got a chance to talk.
28:13You can see. I am reading and I am learning.
28:18I can see that.
28:19I didn't realize how hard it would be.
28:20It is. It is hard.
28:21But you are learning and I'm happy.
28:23I am. I'm excited.
28:25Good.
28:25About what's to come.
28:27Sit down. Sit down beside me.
28:29Are you tired?
28:30You're exhausted.
28:32I'm exhausted.
28:33I'm tired.
28:43I'm excited.
28:44Really?
28:46Come with me.
28:47Okay.
28:49It's a reward to you.
28:54This cemetery, it was built in the Ork Kingdom, but reused in the late 30s.
29:01About 2,500 years ago.
29:15Oh, wow.
29:23This is the tomb of someone.
29:26His name was Ea Mad.
29:30That's his name is written here.
29:33Sahaj means director.
29:35Yes.
29:35Of the mission of the pyramid of this king.
29:39Ulas, right?
29:40This is the cartouche.
29:41Every king, they write his name.
29:43This is Wanissa.
29:45Wanissa.
29:45And the guy is standing, holding a staff in his right hand,
29:51and holding the tool, the scepter, means strong.
29:55Yes.
29:56Means official, strong man.
29:58Then he's standing and with his title.
30:00What's mean the director of the mission of the pyramid of Benaz?
30:04What's mean, in your opinion?
30:06It would mean that he would be in charge of the quarries, in charge of the workmen, bringing stones.
30:12Bringing, bringing, uh, mafet, which is red, red paint.
30:16Red paint.
30:16It was called mafet by the Egyptians.
30:18Okay.
30:19That they brought it from the western desert.
30:21Then he was in charge of everything to bring for the pyramid on us.
30:26But what is really impressed me are the beautiful relief that look at this guy's holding.
30:34What's his holding in his hand?
30:35He's holding, um, birds, offerings, peace.
30:39Yeah, exactly.
30:40I think this is the best tip.
30:42The most beautiful relief that ever found.
30:45But the tomb was robbed.
30:47And the thieves left to us this facade.
30:50Come by and see what's inside the tomb.
30:54Look.
30:55Oh, this isn't finished.
30:57It's not, it's, it's left unfinished.
30:59But this is beautiful false door.
31:02He's one known by the king and his name is written and his title.
31:07And this is the offering list.
31:09This represents?
31:11Beer, they mentioned beer.
31:13The ancient Egyptian had five kinds of beer, four kinds.
31:17Watch out when you enter inside a tomb.
31:20Always don't touch anything.
31:22I won't touch anything.
31:23I won't touch anything.
31:24I'm beginning to accept you, but you don't know me.
31:27I can fire you in any second.
31:29I respect that and I won't touch anything.
31:31Good, then tell me what's this.
31:32Now, this represents the different types of offerings.
31:36Offerings, exactly.
31:37And these are the numbers of offerings.
31:40So you would read it down.
31:41And I love seeing how the workmen made the engravings.
31:45They painted it on in black first and then shipped it away.
31:48I began my excavation here only about three months ago.
31:51And the most exciting thing that we found two tombs.
31:55And this is the first one.
31:57I will take you to the other one now.
31:59Wonderful.
32:08Wonderful.
32:09Go ahead.
32:09Go ahead.
32:38Dr. Hawass, what has he found?
32:42Result, look at that. Skeletal.
32:46Oh, my goodness.
32:53Now let's see.
32:58Look at this.
32:59That's two skeletons. That's, well, one full skeleton, but...
33:03Exactly. I'm very impressed.
33:06That looks like a female to me.
33:08Oh, good girl. You're very fast.
33:12We can tell from that pelvis how many children the woman has had.
33:15Can you tell me now, or...
33:16Well, we'd have to look at it in the laboratory, but we look at the auricular faucet,
33:20sort of shaped like a little ear, but if it sort of stands up, they can tell how many children.
33:24You know, Alan, every skeleton, every bone that I found in my excavation, we do have a lab at Giza.
33:33And a team of anthropologists, they study everything.
33:37And they give me a report that we can really make these people alive.
33:42That's important in archaeology and anthropology.
33:46It's about real people, and that sometimes gets lost.
33:49The tomb is unfinished, has no inscriptions, and we didn't know the owner of this tomb,
33:54but it seems to me that the tomb was reused in the late period because of the skeletal church.
34:00This is a late period.
34:02Yeah.
34:02Do you have any idea why they would be buried, one male and one female, like that?
34:07A man and a wife.
34:08Maybe they died together in an accident, and they brought them, and they buried her.
34:12But we can know if they had an accident or not, if we studied them.
34:17Throw me to the other exciting place.
34:19Oh, that's great. Thank you so much.
34:32We found some really amazing skeletal material from when we opened this tomb,
34:38and also some ceramic that's pretty amazing looking.
34:41Hakim, let me examine that skull, please.
34:43What have we got here?
34:44Let me see it.
34:46This is a female, isn't it?
34:48That's correct.
34:49Look at the shape of the pelvis.
34:50You are good.
34:50The shape of the forehead is more sloped back.
34:54Exactly.
34:55That's right.
34:56Did you study physical anthropology?
34:58A little bit.
34:59No, all this skulls are late period.
35:02Yes.
35:03This is old kingdom pottery, and there is very few late period pottery.
35:07All the tombs, most of the tombs actually at Saqqara, they're dated to the old kingdom,
35:11were reused in the late period and the Roman period for period.
35:15Sometimes you found tombs full of mummies, like 60 mummies, one above each other.
35:20Oh, wow.
35:20What's happening?
35:21This is really good.
35:22You're hungry.
35:25What's happening?
35:27What's happening?
35:28Come here.
35:30Let's get it.
35:31Let's go.
35:32Come here.
35:32Come here.
35:34How are you?
35:35Now, Hakim.
35:37What's happening?
35:53Clean this part.
35:59Very exciting.
36:18All the tombs at Saqqara were reused in the late period and then in the Roman period, then
36:25hundreds of mamas could be discovered.
36:27But this also, it's very, it's willet in a good condition.
36:32The face is beautifully carved.
36:35The eyes, I'm really very impressed, I'm very happy to see this coffin here.
36:42The 26th dynasty puts it about 500 BC or so?
36:45500 BC, exactly.
36:47But that also is a period called the revival of the whole kingdom and the middle and the
36:53new kingdom.
36:54The people in that time imitated the past.
36:57Because look at the face is very impressive.
37:01Yes.
37:01Idealistic.
37:03Not realistic.
37:08It has no name.
37:10Then it seems this is, were made in the workshop without the name.
37:15Oh, I see.
37:16Then this person, his family went and they put this coffin.
37:19Just the same as we do today.
37:21Exactly.
37:21And they put his mummy inside.
37:24Look at the, oh, it's beautifully described.
37:27There we go.
37:27Can we tell what that says?
37:29Yeah, it has, uh, Jed Medu here, Uzer.
37:35And it's just regular, uh, formula.
37:39That they put it regularly, uh, connected the deceased with Osiris and, you know, they
37:46were human beings.
37:47They were like us.
37:48Exactly.
37:49They can do things like us.
37:51Clean this, uh.
37:51Sure.
37:54We hope, uh, when we open it to find something inside, we're going to open it today.
38:01After we clean it beautifully and take photographs.
38:05Find a camera.
38:07Find a camera.
38:09Find a camera.
38:09Find a camera.
38:10Find a camera.
38:10Find a camera.
38:12Watch out.
38:13Watch out.
38:14Careful.
38:16Rah.
38:16Rahal.
38:17Rahal.
38:18Put it to the side.
38:20To my right.
38:21Ooh.
38:22Oh, my God.
38:25Oh, my God.
38:28This is beautiful.
38:302,500 years old.
38:32I can't believe it.
38:33I think this is Roman.
38:36It's Roman period after 30 BC.
38:40Look at the face.
38:42It's beautifully gilded with this blue color.
38:46And this color, white one.
38:49And down, the goddess Matt.
38:53Oh, look.
38:53The goddess of Zastis and the truth.
38:57And the mummy were completely wrapped beautifully.
39:03This is another beautiful mummy.
39:07You know the thing, I don't really know if this is a female or a male.
39:14Oh, we can't tell from the outside.
39:15No, you can't.
39:16You can't.
39:17Wow.
39:17But the only thing that you can do is to take this mummy and put it under the cat scan
39:22machine.
39:23Oh, my goodness.
39:24It goes inside the mummy.
39:26It tells you how this person died, where he died.
39:30It tells you everything about the mummy.
39:31Oh, that's fascinating.
39:32I can say that this one, one of the beautiful mummies that I found in my career.
39:41And I'm really happy that we did this now, to open this coffin on camera for the first time, and
39:48look and discover this beautiful mummy inside.
39:53Okay, let's go to something else.
40:05Zahwe, I'm going to reward you.
40:07We'll have dinner.
40:08Thank you, Doctor.
40:09Dr. Wass.
40:16Most people would be ready to call this a day.
40:18But Nod Zahi.
40:19We're still with him at his office later in the evening.
40:23Dr. Wass.
40:26Yes, David.
40:27Before you leave for the evening, I wanted to get your signature on this.
40:30Okay.
40:31We were worried about you lost in the desert.
40:33Are you okay?
40:34Yes.
40:35I hope you have a good time at the party tonight.
40:39And I'll see you in the field.
40:41Goodbye, David.
40:50I'm so psyched for tonight.
40:52What's tonight?
40:53Dr. Hoss is taking me out to dinner.
40:55I actually ended up mentioning the stuff that you told me about him being afraid of the dark.
41:00He did?
41:00Yeah, and he understood that I was finally getting it, you know?
41:03You were just desecrating the pyramid, like, and now all of a sudden he's taking you to dinner.
41:09I'm sorry.
41:11We can talk about this later.
41:12I really have to run.
41:21Zaya can drive us crazy sometimes, but it takes a special kind of man to open a 2,000-year
41:26-old sarcophagus
41:27and the hottest new nightclub in Cairo all on the same day.
41:40But that's what makes Zahi Owas a legend.
41:45Today in Saqqara, Zahi discovered a late-period mummy cache with a 26th-dynasty coffin
41:51and a dog's skeletal bones within the tomb.
41:54At the Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, Zahi conducted DNA research on the suspected mummy
41:59of Thutmose I, and at Geser al-Modeer, Zahi uncovered bones, tombs, ancient hieroglyphs,
42:09Old Kingdom pottery, and a Roman period sarcophagus.
42:12Tonight in Saqqara
42:13Today in Saqqara
42:13Moj
42:13This has been 확CIRAazital
42:14in Saqqara
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