Horizon

70 Million Animal Mummies: Egypt's Dark Secret

Directed by Jon Eastman
TV-PG
S52 • E10    May 10, 2015    60m
7.4
The team investigate the use of modern medical technology to scan Egyptian animal mummies from museums across the world. By creating 3-D images of their content, experts are discovering the truth about the strange role animals played in ancient Egyptian belief.

This episode of Horizon meets the scientists working in Egypt who are exploring the ancient underground catacombs where mummies were originally buried to reveal why the ancient Egyptians mummified millions and millions of animals.

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Cast of 70 Million Animal Mummies: Egypt's Dark Secret

  • Joann FletcherSelf - Egyptologist
  • Stephen BuckleySelf - University of York
  • Aidan DodsonSelf - Bristol University
  • Cary MartinSelf - Expert in Ancient Languages
  • Paul NicholsonSelf - Archaeologist
  • Richard JohnstonSelf - Materials Scientist, Swansea University
  • Richard ThomasSelf - Archaeozoologist, University of Leicester
  • Sally WasefSelf - Molecular Biologist
  • Salima IkramSelf - Egyptologist
  • Lidija McKnightSelf - University of Manchester
  • Campbell PriceSelf - Egyptologist
  • Chloe MasseyNarrator
  • Jon EastmanDirector / Producer

 

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