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Television IN
1922, Lord Carnarvon funded the excavation of King Tutankhamun’s
tomb that captured the world’s imagination. Eighty-five years
later Lord Carnarvon’s great-grandson travels to Egypt to find
out how new research is helping to reveal the real pharaoh behind
the mask. Tutankhamun — Secrets of the Boy King on Sunday
at 9 p.m. on the History Channel goes back to the ancient times of
the legendary king, who is as well known today as he was thousands
of years back. Grandson and the
present Lord Carnarvon works closely with leading Egyptologist, Dr
Zahi Hawass and other experts, re- examining the artefacts on
display at the Cairo museum and at other places, which have never
been publicly displayed. The idea is to look for answers to many
mysteries about the life and reign of the boy king, who ruled over
one of the world’s greatest civilisations from the age of only
nine. Tutankhamun’s
treasures attract record-breaking visitors in exhibitions around
the world. The programme, which combines new research, location
filming and dramatisations, shows how much of what we thought we
knew about Tutankhamun, is now being challenged. — NF
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