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Tomb Hunters (2021 – present)

7 | Jun 21, 2021 (US) | Documentary

It was an archaeological find that became global news. An extraordinary mega-tomb, filled with the largest concentration of coffins ever unearthed in Saqqara, Egypt. This four-part series places you at the site to witness this ground-breaking discovery as it happened and follows Egyptologists as they try to determine why all of these mummies were buried together and what this ancient cemetery can tell us about the Egyptian civilization's way of death 2,500 years ago.

No. of seasons
1
No. of episodes
4

Cast

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Mostafa Waziri
directeur des fouilles
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Mohammad Youssef
directeur du site
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Hamada Mansour
responsable des fouilles
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Ahmed Zikrey
égyptologue
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Katharina Stövesand
égyptologue
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Ashraf Ewais
conservateur du patrimoine
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Aliaa Ismail
égyptologue