Tutankhamun: Secrets of the Tomb

In this first episode, paleo-anthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi begins to unravel the extraordinary scientific truth behind the legend and the press sensation that surrounded it for decades. As she travels from Tut's tomb in Egypt's Valley of the Kings, to a shrine in Wawel cathedral in Krakow, Poland, the investigation links a series of mysterious deaths in both locations, each attributed to a `curse". Ella unearths the truly deadly secret lurking in these tombs.

Part two of two. Ella Al-Shamahi investigates the strange deaths connected to the tomb, and questions if something inside it have been toxic to those who entered. She heads to a dig in Saqqara, where archaeologists have unearthed a network of undisturbed tombs, thousands of years old. Can scientific tests on the ancient mummies help to finally solve the mystery of King Tut's Curse?