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Tomb Hunters

Tomb Hunters

It was an archaeological find that became global news. An extraordinary mega-tomb, filled with the largest concentration of coffins ever unearthed in Saqqara, Egypt. This four-part series places you at the site to witness this ground-breaking discovery as it happened and follows Egyptologists as they try to determine why all of these mummies were buried together and what this ancient cemetery can tell us about the Egyptian civilization's way of death 2,500 years ago.

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StatusReturning Series
Original NameTomb Hunters
First Air DateJune 21, 2021
Last Air DateJuly 19, 2021
Seasons1
Episodes4
Episode Runtime 45min
LanguageEnglish
Original LanguageEnglish
Production CountriesUnited States of America
Production CompaniesLion Television USA
NetworksSmithsonian ChannelPLANÈTE+
S01E04

Rise of the Greeks

Follow archaeologists as they examine coffins from Egypt's Greek Period, recently unearthed in the tombs of Saqqara.

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