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Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

In the sands of Saqqara, two of the world's most famous Egyptologists, Dr. Zahi Hawass and his protege and rival, Dr. Mostafa Waziri race with their teams against the clock to see who will make the biggest discovery.

Director

Max Salomon

Year

Genre

documentary, history

Box Office

N/A

Production

Story Syndicate,Big Dreams Entertainment

Awards

2 nominations total

Homepage

https://www.netflix.com/title/81473679

Self - Director of the Piramids

Self - Archaeologist & Supreme Council of Antiquities

Self - Lead Excavator

Hamada Shehata Ahmed Mansour

Self - Egyptologist at Johns Hopkins University

Self - Lead Archaeologist

Self - Archaeologist Gisr El-Mudir Site Director

Self - Overseer of Workers

Ammar El-Amir Sadeq

Self - Chief Conservator, Saqqara

Ashraf Mohi El Din

Self - Bubasteion Excavation Director

Mohamed Youssef

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Filled with spells and curses - Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

Filled with spells and curses

Undisturbed for thousands of years, - Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

Undisturbed for thousands of years,

The past is sleeping in the darkness, - Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

The past is sleeping in the darkness,

You are looking at a woman, - Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

You are looking at a woman,

Over 1,000 years older than King Tut. - Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

Over 1,000 years older than King Tut.

I'm hunting for a pyramid lost to history. - Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

I'm hunting for a pyramid lost to history.

Saqqara, in my opinion, - Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

Saqqara, in my opinion,

It has been explored by many foreign
expeditions for the last two centuries. - Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

It has been explored by many foreign expeditions for the las...

It has been explored by many foreign
expeditions for the last two centuries. - Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

It has been explored by many foreign expeditions for the las...

There is one area at Saqqara
no one has ever excavated. - Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

There is one area at Saqqara no one has ever excavated.

A patch of open desert, - Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

A patch of open desert,

Only 30% of the treasures
of ancient Egypt have been uncovered. - Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

Only 30% of the treasures of ancient Egypt have been uncover...

More than 70%
are still hidden beneath the sand. - Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

More than 70% are still hidden beneath the sand.

And I ask myself the question, - Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

And I ask myself the question,

This is a place where
four and a half thousand years ago, - Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

This is a place where four and a half thousand years ago,

All the pharaohs
of the Third Dynasty that followed - Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

All the pharaohs of the Third Dynasty that followed

But there is one early pyramid
that's never been found. - Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

But there is one early pyramid that's never been found.

This is the year
I will find that missing pyramid. - Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

This is the year I will find that missing pyramid.

All the big finds in the past
have always been made by foreigners. - Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

All the big finds in the past have always been made by forei...

They came. They took the objects
and the glory for themselves. - Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

They came. They took the objects and the glory for themselve...

It's time that
Egypt takes back its history, - Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

It's time that Egypt takes back its history,

As the head of the expedition,
I study the site very well. - Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

As the head of the expedition, I study the site very well.

Four and a half thousand years ago,
at the end of the Third Dynasty, - Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

Four and a half thousand years ago, at the end of the Third ...

All we have is his name
on some of the kings lists. - Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

All we have is his name on some of the kings lists.

And there is a head of a statue
that some believe could be his. - Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

And there is a head of a statue that some believe could be h...

Nearly all the kings of the Third Dynasty
before him built pyramids at Saqqara. - Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

Nearly all the kings of the Third Dynasty before him built p...

We are hoping that this area could be - Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

We are hoping that this area could be

Then we'll concentrate
the excavation here. - Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

Then we'll concentrate the excavation here.

I will direct Essam - Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

I will direct Essam

It will be good for us
if we make a square here in this area - Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

It will be good for us if we make a square here in this area

And we hope, if we discover his pyramid, - Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

And we hope, if we discover his pyramid,

He's the last king of Dynasty III, - Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

He's the last king of Dynasty III,

For three months out of the year, - Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

For three months out of the year,

Once the desert lets us in, - Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

Once the desert lets us in,

But this pile of debris is only here. - Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

But this pile of debris is only here.

We will start the excavation here,
a 10x10 grid, - Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

We will start the excavation here, a 10x10 grid,

Ahmed, you start to document
your points and levels, - Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

Ahmed, you start to document your points and levels,

I started my career as an archeologist
under Dr. Zahi Hawass. - Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

I started my career as an archeologist under Dr. Zahi Hawass...

Let's start the work.
Bring your tools, your wheelbarrows, - Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

Let's start the work. Bring your tools, your wheelbarro...

Come on, Mehanny, put all the baskets
in the wheelbarrow and come up. - Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

Come on, Mehanny, put all the baskets in the wheelbarrow and...

When starting excavations,
there's an enthusiasm that drives you. - Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

When starting excavations, there's an enthusiasm that d...

To understand what we are,
we have to understand what we were. - Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

To understand what we are, we have to understand what we wer...

I've been very successful
the last four seasons at Saqqara. - Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

I've been very successful the last four seasons at Saqq...

The site that I'm leading
is where we found - Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

The site that I'm leading is where we found

Hopefully, we'll make another discovery - Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

Hopefully, we'll make another discovery

The tombs here
are incredibly well-preserved. - Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

The tombs here are incredibly well-preserved.

But there is one corner
that we have yet to excavate. - Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

But there is one corner that we have yet to excavate.

I cannot describe
what it feels like to be an archeologist. - Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

I cannot describe what it feels like to be an archeologist.

When I do excavations,
I don't know what's beneath the ground. - Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

When I do excavations, I don't know what's beneath...

Imagine, the last person to hold
this amulet lived thousands of years ago. - Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

Imagine, the last person to hold this amulet lived thousands...

What was their world like?
What did they believe? - Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

What was their world like? What did they believe?

The Bubasteion is one of the
richest archeological sites at Saqqara. - Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

The Bubasteion is one of the richest archeological sites at ...

Its history spans more than 2,500 years. - Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

Its history spans more than 2,500 years.

For over a year, we've been saying
that the site is finished, - Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

For over a year, we've been saying that the site is fin...

- Careful.
- There's a hole here. - Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

- Careful. - There's a hole here.

Yes, that's a shaft. - Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

Yes, that's a shaft.

I'm entrusted with
sensitive and dangerous work. - Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

I'm entrusted with sensitive and dangerous work.

When I'm up at the top of the shaft, - Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

When I'm up at the top of the shaft,

When I descend… - Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

When I descend…

I'm being transported - Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

I'm being transported

The world of the dead is sacred,
full of hidden secrets. - Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

The world of the dead is sacred, full of hidden secrets.

The tomb's walls are full of cracks. - Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

The tomb's walls are full of cracks.

Those cracks can cause the walls
to collapse at any moment. - Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

Those cracks can cause the walls to collapse at any moment.

I always, always, always, - Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

I always, always, always,

"In the name of God" will protect me
when I stumble upon something harmful... - Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

"In the name of God" will protect me when I stumbl...

"In the name of God" will protect me
when I stumble upon something harmful… - Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

"In the name of God" will protect me when I stumbl...

A snake, a scorpion, or a harmful insect. - Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

A snake, a scorpion, or a harmful insect.

I always find myself
drawn to a certain point. - Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

I always find myself drawn to a certain point.

I feel somehow drawn
to the people that are buried here. - Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

I feel somehow drawn to the people that are buried here.

This is not a solid wall,
it leads to another area. - Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

This is not a solid wall, it leads to another area.

But the main area is on the other side. - Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

But the main area is on the other side.

Hopefully, it leads us to a large
burial chamber, full of sarcophagi. - Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

Hopefully, it leads us to a large burial chamber, full of sa...

Sarcophagi that hold
secrets, etchings, and writings - Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

Sarcophagi that hold secrets, etchings, and writings

I really hope that the tunnel in the shaft
still goes further into the earth. - Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

I really hope that the tunnel in the shaft still goes furthe...

There are secrets
hidden deep within this site. - Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

There are secrets hidden deep within this site.

A test trench,
it's like a window through time. - Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

A test trench, it's like a window through time.

A quarry is a place that has limestone. - Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

A quarry is a place that has limestone.

Then the ancient Egyptian will go - Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

Then the ancient Egyptian will go

You could see evidence that
the ancient Egyptian cut the stones, - Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

You could see evidence that the ancient Egyptian cut the sto...

And it gave me the idea - Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

And it gave me the idea

We still have to do more work
to find the missing Pyramid of Huni. - Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

We still have to do more work to find the missing Pyramid of...

So we have high hopes
of finding something important. - Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

So we have high hopes of finding something important.

It contains many big mounds of sand. - Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

It contains many big mounds of sand.

I give orders
that the workmen has to be 100. - Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

I give orders that the workmen has to be 100.

It's very important to be with the worker. - Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

It's very important to be with the worker.

Because you don't expect
what the ax will hit. - Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

Because you don't expect what the ax will hit.

We hit shaft mouths. - Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

We hit shaft mouths.

We'll leave this side as is. - Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

We'll leave this side as is.

Finding one shaft means that you are
going to find a series of burial shafts. - Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

Finding one shaft means that you are going to find a series ...

Up to now,
we haven't even dug 10% of the area - Unknown: The Lost Pyramid

Up to now, we haven't even dug 10% of the area

Unknown: The Lost Pyramid poster

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In the sands of Saqqara, two of the world's most famous Egyptologists, Dr. Zahi Hawass and his protege and rival, Dr. Mostafa Waziri race with their teams against the clock to see who will make the biggest discovery.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Max Salomon

Writer: N/A

Production: Story Syndicate,Big Dreams Entertainment

Genre: documentary, history

Year: 2023

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 6.6

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 03 Jul 2023

Awards: 2 nominations total

Homepage: https://www.netflix.com/title/81473679