One to watch on TV

Egypt has a fascinating past. Share your knowledge or ask your questions here.

Moderators: DJKeefy, 4u Network

Post Reply
User avatar
Horus
Egypt4u God
Egypt4u God
Posts: 12363
Joined: Fri Dec 05, 2008 2:15 am
Location: UK
Has thanked: 1658 times
Been thanked: 2213 times
Gender:
United Kingdom

One to watch on TV

Post by Horus »

This looks like one to watch: THE EGYPTIAN JOB on Sunday at 8pm. on National Geographic.

Back in the late 19th century, one of the most mysterious and audacious crimes ever committed was discovered.

After years of excavation, an archaeologist broke into an ancient Egyptian Pharaoh’s tomb – only to discover it was empty.

In 1888, English Egyptologist Flinders Petrie made the breakthrough he had spent years of his career working towards.

After years of research, meticulous planning and careful digging, he finally broke into the burial chamber of Pharaoh Amenemhat III. But instead of finding the hordes of untold treasures he had been expecting, the chamber was empty.

There was nothing of value to be found, but also no trace of the people who had ransacked the tomb. And Petrie soon realised that for hundreds of years no-one had even known the pyramid had been robbed.

Amenemhat III was one of the middle kingdom’s wealthiest rulers, and his pyramid was one of the most complex vaults ever designed, made to protect the riches he took to the after-life.

So, in an adventure worthy of Indiana Jones, his grave robbers must have bypassed a sealed and hidden entrance, conquered a maze of blind passages and entered by moving enormous paving slabs. But how on earth did they do it?

Using modern technology and expertise, mechanical genius and criminal psychology, four detectives re-open the case of this ancient crime to try and uncover how the robbers pulled off one of the greatest heists of the millennium.

The tomb at Hawara was the Fort Knox of pyramids, so how did this band of villains pull off the crime – and how did they escape and spent their loot?


Sounds like it will be interesting :)


Image
User avatar
JOJO
Senior Member
Senior Member
Posts: 385
Joined: Fri Dec 05, 2008 2:15 am
Location: derbyshire uk
Has thanked: 6 times
Been thanked: 2 times

Post by JOJO »

Typical I haven't got Nat Geo :roll: Therefore you will have to watch it for me and make notes! :) :)
Image
User avatar
Kiya
Egyptian Pharaoh
Egyptian Pharaoh
Posts: 4286
Joined: Fri Dec 05, 2008 2:15 am
Location: Peterhead Scotland
Has thanked: 1575 times
Been thanked: 537 times
Gender:
United Kingdom

Post by Kiya »

JOJO wrote:Typical I haven't got Nat Geo :roll: Therefore you will have to watch it for me and make notes! :) :)
Ditto :cry:
User avatar
LovelyLadyLux
Egypt4u God
Egypt4u God
Posts: 11596
Joined: Sun Nov 29, 2009 9:12 pm
Location: Canada
Has thanked: 417 times
Been thanked: 2714 times
Canada

Post by LovelyLadyLux »

I don't have it either :(( :(( :((
Post Reply
  • Similar Topics
    Replies
    Views
    Last post