Secrets Unlocked

Beasts of the Pharaohs (1x11)

Air date: Apr 13, 2020

Hierakonpolis, one of the ancient world's forgotten cities, was only of passing interest to most archaeologists. That changed with the discovery of a prehistoric cemetery containing Egypt's first kings and the remains of wild and exotic animals. Follow scientists as they unlock the secrets of this 6,000-year-old cemetery, secrets that are redefining everything scholars thought they knew about Egypt in the time before the pharaohs.