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Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

In 1922, the tomb of Egyptian boy king Tutankhamun was unearthed. Now the extraordinary scientific truth of the 'Pharaoh's Curse' is revealed.

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A century ago in
the Valley of the Kings in Egypt, - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

A century ago in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt,

A century ago,
in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt, - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

A century ago, in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt,

..and found one of the greatest
hauls of treasure in history. - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

..and found one of the greatest hauls of treasure in history...

Nothing, and I mean nothing,
like the tomb of Tutankhamun - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

Nothing, and I mean nothing, like the tomb of Tutankhamun

Nothing, and I mean nothing, like
the tomb of Tutankhamun had ever - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

Nothing, and I mean nothing, like the tomb of Tutankhamun ha...

The burial chamber was
over 3,000 years old. - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

The burial chamber was over 3,000 years old.

The burial chamber was over
3,000 years old. - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

The burial chamber was over 3,000 years old.

What lay inside were some
of the most astonishing works - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

What lay inside were some of the most astonishing works

What lay inside - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

What lay inside

The world was obsessed with
the romance and the intrigue - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

The world was obsessed with the romance and the intrigue

The world was obsessed
with the romance - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

The world was obsessed with the romance

But within months, men who had
entered the burial chamber - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

But within months, men who had entered the burial chamber

But within months, - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

But within months,

The press began spinning tales
of "King Tut's Curse" - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

The press began spinning tales of "King Tut's Curs...

The press started spinning
tales of King Tut's curse, - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

The press started spinning tales of King Tut's curse,

It's a great story.
The world was hooked. - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

It's a great story. The world was hooked.

The world was hooked, not
just a story of the supernatural, - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

The world was hooked, not just a story of the supernatural,

Not just a story of
the supernatural, - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

Not just a story of the supernatural,

Soon the mythical curse
became a global phenomenon. - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

Soon the mythical curse became a global phenomenon.

But if the curse was nonsense,
could these deaths - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

But if the curse was nonsense, could these deaths

Reputable scholars said this was
just nonsense. - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

Reputable scholars said this was just nonsense.

It's a large quantity of arsenic,
so that is potentially hazardous. - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

It's a large quantity of arsenic, so that is potentiall...

But if the curse story was nonsense, - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

But if the curse story was nonsense,

Did the ancient remains
contain a hidden killer? - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

Did the ancient remains contain a hidden killer?

It can cause lung infections,
and can cause sepsis and death. - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

It can cause lung infections, and can cause sepsis and death...

A century on, can modern science
unlock the secrets behind the most - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

A century on, can modern science unlock the secrets behind t...

I'm reopening one of
the greatest cold cases in history. - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

I'm reopening one of the greatest cold cases in history...

It can cause lung infections
and can cause sepsis and death. - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

It can cause lung infections and can cause sepsis and death.

Finally, can modern science explain
the legendary curse of Tutankhamun? - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

Finally, can modern science explain the legendary curse of T...

Every autumn, Egypt begins to buzz
with excitement. - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

Every autumn, Egypt begins to buzz with excitement.

Every year, teams of archaeologists
sift the sands with the dream - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

Every year, teams of archaeologists sift the sands with the ...

Archaeologists from all
over the world descend - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

Archaeologists from all over the world descend

For one man, above all,
the dream came true. - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

For one man, above all, the dream came true.

It's just an absolute frenzy
behind me. - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

It's just an absolute frenzy behind me.

It's like a production line of men
and dust and sand. - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

It's like a production line of men and dust and sand.

In 1922, British archaeologist
Howard Carter discovered the tomb - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

In 1922, British archaeologist Howard Carter discovered the ...

Everyone here is desperately hoping
to hit the next big discovery, - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

Everyone here is desperately hoping to hit the next big disc...

It was filled with over 5,000
treasures... - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

It was filled with over 5,000 treasures...

But if it happens, it's huge. - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

But if it happens, it's huge.

As a paleoanthropologist, I study
the human stories - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

As a paleoanthropologist, I study the human stories

Excited crowds descended
on the Valley of the Kings - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

Excited crowds descended on the Valley of the Kings

My family's from Yemen, - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

My family's from Yemen,

SHE SPEAKS ARABIC - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

SHE SPEAKS ARABIC

As a paleoanthropologist, - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

As a paleoanthropologist,

Like those digging in the desert
today, I've been inspired by - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

Like those digging in the desert today, I've been inspi...

My family is from Yemen,
and I'm fascinated by the history - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

My family is from Yemen, and I'm fascinated by the hist...

Like those
still digging in the desert, - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

Like those still digging in the desert,

In 1922, a team led by the British
archaeologist Howard Carter - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

In 1922, a team led by the British archaeologist Howard Cart...

Today, millions flock to Cairo's
Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

Today, millions flock to Cairo's Museum of Egyptian Ant...

..the first virtually intact
pharaoh's tomb ever found. - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

..the first virtually intact pharaoh's tomb ever found.

It was filled with thousands
of treasures. - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

It was filled with thousands of treasures.

From royal chariots - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

From royal chariots

You'd get these tantalising glimpses - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

You'd get these tantalising glimpses

But this was everything together,
and it was just luxury - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

But this was everything together, and it was just luxury

Huge crowds descended on the tomb, - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

Huge crowds descended on the tomb,

We're surrounded by tons
of people that are here - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

We're surrounded by tons of people that are here

Back in 1922, the sensational find
drew the eyes of the world to Egypt. - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

Back in 1922, the sensational find drew the eyes of the worl...

Carter's thousands
of precious discoveries - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

Carter's thousands of precious discoveries

Archaeological discoveries rarely
become a global sensation. - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

Archaeological discoveries rarely become a global sensation.

And yet it was Tut mania. - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

And yet it was Tut mania.

Today, at the very heart
of the museum - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

Today, at the very heart of the museum

People went mad for the boy king,
and it still exists. - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

People went mad for the boy king, and it still exists.

Tutankhamun and his treasures
remain the most - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

Tutankhamun and his treasures remain the most

This is the death mask
of Tutankhamun. - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

This is the death mask of Tutankhamun.

Infamous because of a string
of deaths that soon followed. - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

Infamous because of a string of deaths that soon followed.

They were hammered and put together, - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

They were hammered and put together,

So far I've learnt that two men died
with lung infections just months - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

So far I've learnt that two men died with lung infectio...

So we've got gold, which is Egypt
and Nubia. - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

So we've got gold, which is Egypt and Nubia.

Expedition funder Lord Carnarvon - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

Expedition funder Lord Carnarvon

And then the bands of his headdress, - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

And then the bands of his headdress,

But glass at the time of Tutankhamun
had just been invented. - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

But glass at the time of Tutankhamun had just been invented.

It was the chicest thing you
could have, - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

It was the chicest thing you could have,

But for some of these men,
had entering the tomb exposed them - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

But for some of these men, had entering the tomb exposed the...

To find out, I need to investigate
conditions on the ground - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

To find out, I need to investigate conditions on the ground

Yeah, so we've got obsidian
for his pupils - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

Yeah, so we've got obsidian for his pupils

There's turquoise,
carnelian, lapis lazuli, - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

There's turquoise, carnelian, lapis lazuli,

And for one man in particular
who played a central role - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

And for one man in particular who played a central role

And it's the reason why there are
tons of people around us right now, - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

And it's the reason why there are tons of people around...

Arthur Mace was a brilliant
archaeologist based - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

Arthur Mace was a brilliant archaeologist based

He specialised in the preservation
of ancient artefacts. - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

He specialised in the preservation of ancient artefacts.

It's believed Tutankhamun may have
suffered from malaria. - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

It's believed Tutankhamun may have suffered from malari...

He died around age 19 - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

He died around age 19

And in Tut's tomb, he was faced
with preserving over 5,000 of them. - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

And in Tut's tomb, he was faced with preserving over 5,...

Mace was a contemporary of Carter's
and somebody with a long history - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

Mace was a contemporary of Carter's and somebody with a...

During mummification, the embalmers
would have removed his lungs, - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

During mummification, the embalmers would have removed his l...

In Egypt, Mace quickly became
Carter's right hand man. - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

In Egypt, Mace quickly became Carter's right hand man.

The two men obsessively catalogued
thousands of treasures. - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

The two men obsessively catalogued thousands of treasures.

The top craftsmen in the ancient
world were making these pieces. - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

The top craftsmen in the ancient world were making these pie...

This massive, extremely delicate
task doesn't play out in the luxury - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

This massive, extremely delicate task doesn't play out ...

It's carved in alabaster
so delicately. - Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

It's carved in alabaster so delicately.

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In 1922, the tomb of Egyptian boy king Tutankhamun was unearthed. Now the extraordinary scientific truth of the 'Pharaoh's Curse' is revealed.

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Production: Blink Films

Genre: documentary

Year: 2022

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Released: 19 Jun 2022

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Homepage: https://www.channel4.com/programmes/tutankhamun-secrets-of-the-tomb