National Geographic The Treasure Seekers Mysteries of the Nile

The story

The monuments of ancient Egypt dominate her desert landscape. They remind the world of fabulous power and the wealth of a civilization that flourished thousands of years before the birth of Christ. Two obsessed treasure Seekers would devote their lives to uncovering the secrets Buried deep beneath the sands. One was a circus strongman, Giovanni Belzoni, who was drawn to Egypt's mystique and developed a passion for uncovering its secrets. The other, a stellar English archaeologist, Howard Carter, who was convinced the tomb of King Tutankhamen rested in the Valley of the Kings. He and his team worked ceaselessly for seven years to locate it and in 1922 they Unearthed the elusive tomb. Journey back thousands of years with these two famous archaeologists and then unmatched passion to bring Egypt's past to life.