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Mummies Unwrapped

Mummies Unwrapped

Cinematographer and noted Egyptologist Ramy Romany has produced, directed, filmed and been featured in more than 100 documentaries on ancient Egypt. That experience makes him the ideal host for this series, in which he investigates spellbinding secrets of fascinating burial sites, mass graves and ancient tombs around the world. Each episode finds Romany in the midst of legends, myths, curses and cover-ups, and he seeks to unravel the origin of each mummy and the life that once was. "Mummies Unwrapped" also introduces new theories about how ancient civilizations once lived and died, and it shines a light on what, if any, mystical forces or supernatural phenomena may be at work.
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Season 18 of 8 Episodes

  • Mummy expert Ramy Romany investigates a mysterious underwater grave believed to be guarded by a Mayan serpent deity; when Ramy dives in, he uncovers evidence of biological warfare.

  • A missing mummy could rewrite the history of President Abraham Lincoln's assassination; mummy expert Ramy Romany investigates a potential government cover-up that allowed John Wilkes Booth to escape capture after murdering President Lincoln.

  • Deep in the Peruvian jungle, dozens of mummies have been found in cliff-side tombs; these remains could be the first Europeans to settle the new world, prompting mummy expert Ramy Romany to search for undiscovered bodies to unlock the mystery.

  • A mummy recovered at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean leads treasure hunters to $120 million in gold and jewels stolen by pirate Black Sam; Ramy Romany dives the frigid waters to investigate what might be the greatest heist of all time.

  • Investigating a notorious Egyptian pharaoh could rewrite what people know about the Bible; Ramy Romany tracks down 3,000-year-old clues that Moses was actually the desecrated mummy of King Akhenaten.

  • Mummified murder victims are being unearthed from marshy bogs across Northern Europe; mummy expert Ramy Romany examines eerily well-preserved bodies from more than 2,000 years ago to see if they were victims of brutal human sacrifice rituals.

  • The mummies of three Incan children are discovered atop the Argentinean Andes at a notorious UFO hotspot; Ramy Romany examines the mummies and runs down leads to find out why these children trekked more than a thousand miles to their tragic demise.

  • The legendary mummy of King Tut may have burst into flames inside its sarcophagus; Ramy Romany investigates to see if Tut's mummy is charred because of a change in the mummification process to ensure immortality or because of a sinister plot.
Mummies Unwrapped

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Cinematographer and noted Egyptologist Ramy Romany has produced, directed, filmed and been featured in more than 100 documentaries on ancient Egypt. That experience makes him the ideal host for this series, in which he investigates spellbinding secrets of fascinating burial sites, mass graves and ancient tombs around the world. Each episode finds Romany in the midst of legends, myths, curses and cover-ups, and he seeks to unravel the origin of each mummy and the life that once was. "Mummies Unwrapped" also introduces new theories about how ancient civilizations once lived and died, and it shines a light on what, if any, mystical forces or supernatural phenomena may be at work.

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Ramy Romany, Zahi Hawass, Salima Ikram, Brien Foerster, Ashley Cowie

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