In Egitto, nel 1928, viene rinvenuto un grande anello di metallo sconosciuto con incisi geroglifici, che anni dopo si rivela essere una "stargate", una porta interplanetaria, attraverso la quale un manipolo di soldati americani approda in un pianeta simile all'antico Egitto dove lavora una comunità di schiavi...
Adèle Blanc-Sec, giovane e intrepida giornalista, è pronta a tutto pur di raggiungere i suoi scopi, compreso sbarcare in Egitto e ritrovarsi alle prese con mummie di tutti i generi. Nello stesso momento a Parigi scoppia il caos: un uovo di pterodattilo vecchio di 136 milioni di anni si è infatti appena schiuso su uno scaffale del Giardino delle Piante e il volatile che ne è uscito sta seminando il panico nei cieli della capitale francese...
Un gruppo di archeologi americani scoprono un’antica piramide nel deserto Egizio. Quando cominciano ad addentrarsi nella piramide, si perdono senza speranza nelle buie e tortuose catacombe. Alla ricerca di una via d’uscita, cominciano a disperare di rivedere la luce del giorno. Alla fine realizzano che non sono solo in trappola, ma sono stati vittima di una caccia.
Dopo aver portato alla luce una tomba rimasta intatta per 4400 anni, gli archeologi egiziani provano a decifrare la storia di questa straordinaria scoperta.
The film tells the story of a prop from the 1923 movie The Ten Commandments that was actually an authentic artifact from antiquity with cursed powers. In the modern day these resurface leading to murder and mayhem.
The cosmos of the incurable Margarethe. Her journey through the mysteries of the Egyptian underworld. Will she be coming forth by day? Film in two parts by Carsten Frank.
Berlin’s Museum Island, the cultural center of the German capital on the Spree river, houses a large number of art pieces from all over the globe, from the Stone Age to the present day. A walk through their great institutions to marvel at their masterpieces.
This special takes a 21st century approach to ancient history, bringing together the latest scientific evidence to build the ultimate picture of King Tutankhamun.
The adventurous life of Natacha Rambova (1897-1966), an American artist, born Winifred Kimball Shaughnessy, who reincarnated herself countless times: false Russian dancer, silent film actress, scenographer and costume designer, writer, spiritist, Egyptologist, indefatigable traveler, mysterious and curious; an amazing 20th century woman who created the myth of Rudolph Valentino.
It is one of Egypt's enduring mysteries. What happened to Nefertiti and her husband, Akhenaten - the radical king, and likely father of King Tut? In a dark and mysterious tomb located in the Valley of the Kings, there is a small chamber with two mummies without sarcophagi or wrappings. At times, both have been identified as Queen Nefertiti by scholars, filmmakers and historians. But the evidence has been circumstantial at best.
On the mythical site of Saqqara, the Apis bulls were buried for more than a thousand years in the immense underground necropolis of the Serapheum. Discovered in 1850 by the French Egyptologist Auguste Mariette, this place shelters a treasure of which a part is preserved in the Louvre. The collapse of the ceiling of one of the galleries had however prevented the archaeologist from venturing into the entire necropolis. More than 170 years later, the museum's Egyptologists are continuing the work of their famous predecessor. Investigating the cult of the Apis bull and the mysterious rituals that surrounded it, the team is especially looking for access to the unexplored parts, which have at least eight burial chambers, with the hope of finding intact tombs.
Howard Carter hunts for the tomb of the boy king Tutankhamun.
The BBC version of "King Tut In Color" documentary. A century after the world’s most exciting archaeological find - the tomb of Tutankhamun - we can witness the dramatic scenes of its discovery and marvel at its extraordinary treasures exactly as they were then, in colour.
3,200 years ago, Egypt is living the final hours of its golden age under the reign of Ramesses II. After ruling the country for 67 years, the great pharaoh dies at the old age of 92. His mummy is burried in the heart of the Valley of the Kings. This is the beginning of his great journey towards the afterlife but only under one condition: that his tomb remains off limits forever. However, in the 19th century, many European adventurers explore the tomb of the king searching for the burial chamber. Then begins an archeological investigation, which reveals the story of Ramesses II after-life.
Almost 100 years after the discovery of King's Tut's Tomb, it is time to tell the story in a new light. Using 2D and 3D imagery to reconstruct the tomb, the mummy, the funerary objects and the topography of the famous valley of the Kings.
Looking for a forgotten city: off the coast of Egypt, just a few metres under the surface, but blanketed by sand and mud, slumbers the ancient port of Heracleion.
As part of a high-tech forensic probe into the demise of Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun, scientists use X-rays and CT scans as they attempt to reach a conclusion about just how this famed king died. In addition, they explore the mysterious curse on explorers linked to Tut's tomb excavation.
Renowned Egyptologist Dr. Sherif Hawass must save the world and the woman he loves after he unknowingly releases an ancient evil found in one of his artifacts.