00:00Scientists found an ancient tomb, but a deadly flash flood was racing right towards it.
00:06To save it, engineers constructed a formidable ice wall.
00:09They froze the ground using super-cold liquid nitrogen.
00:13Engineers constructed robust diversion barriers, channeling floodwaters away.
00:18This protected the precious 3,000-year-old treasures.
00:22Inside, they found remarkable funerary treasures and ancient-inscribed papyri.
00:27History was saved by brilliant, urgent science.
00:31This urgent engineering saved priceless history from flash flood destruction.
00:35See the full story at the link in bio.
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