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Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb

We are working here, but we are readyat any time to move quickly to work inside the tomb

[men chattering indistinctly] We are working here, but we are ready
at any time to move quickly to work inside the tomb

Full Transcript

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[men chattering indistinctly]
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We are working here, but we are ready at any time to move quickly
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to work inside the tomb.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
42
Timestamp in Movie
00:19:50
Uploaded
May 28, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
At Land Productions,Lion Television

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Movie Summary

This documentary follows a team of local archaeologists excavating never before explored passageways, shafts, and tombs, piecing together the secrets of Egypt’s most significant find in almost 50 years in Saqqara.
"Purified Priest to the King." - Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb 00:06
"Purified Priest to the King."
[Nermeen] Ah… - Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb 00:05
[Nermeen] Ah…
[Nermeen] When we are about to read a hieroglyphic text, - Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb 00:06
[Nermeen] When we are about to read a hieroglyphic text,
[speaking Arabic] - Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb 00:18
[speaking Arabic]
-After this horizontal row of hieroglyphs… -[Nermeen] Ah. - Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb 00:06
-After this horizontal row of hieroglyphs… -[Nermeen] Ah.
[Nabil] …it's then this northern frame and these vertical inscriptions. - Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb 00:05
[Nabil] …it's then this northern frame and these vertic...
So the whole idea is we figure out what direction it's going in. - Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb 00:04
So the whole idea is we figure out what direction it's ...
[speaking indistinctly] - Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb 00:06
[speaking indistinctly]
If he faces left, we start from the left. Then we see if we can make sense of it. - Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb 00:05
If he faces left, we start from the left. Then we see if we ...
[speaking Arabic] - Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb 00:10
[speaking Arabic]
Every aspect we discuss will lift the veil on who Wahtye was. - Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb 00:06
Every aspect we discuss will lift the veil on who Wahtye was...
And as the basis of everything, we must consider Wahtye as a priest. - Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb 00:05
And as the basis of everything, we must consider Wahtye as a...
The priest in that period was considered one of the highest officials. - Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb 00:07
The priest in that period was considered one of the highest ...
He was the middleman - Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb 00:06
He was the middleman
That's how he was able to build such a wonderful tomb. - Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb 00:05
That's how he was able to build such a wonderful tomb.
[Nabil] Wahtye, based on my first impression… - Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb 00:05
[Nabil] Wahtye, based on my first impression…
He wanted to say, - Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb 00:18
He wanted to say,
[Nermeen] We have multiple scenes of daily life… - Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb 00:13
[Nermeen] We have multiple scenes of daily life…
[Nermeen] He cared to portray everything in great detail. - Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb 00:04
[Nermeen] He cared to portray everything in great detail.
He wanted to transfer all of this to his afterlife, - Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb 00:08
He wanted to transfer all of this to his afterlife,