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Romany: WAS THE MOST FAMOUS
MUMMY IN THE WORLD...

KING TUT.

...DESECRATED BY
VENGEFUL TRAITORS?

THE PRIESTS
WERE NOT PLEASED.

THEY KNEW WHAT THEY WANTED.

OR COULD EXPERIMENTAL
MUMMIFICATION TECHNIQUES

IN ANCIENT EGYPT HAVE ACHIEVED
A TECHNOLOGICAL BREAKTHROUGH...

WHOA!

...THAT HARNESSED ELECTRICITY...

SO YOU'RE SAYING THEY WERE
ATTEMPTING TO PRESERVE

THE SPARK OF LIFE?

...AND ACHIEVED
TRUE IMMORTALITY?

DEATH IS GOING TO BECOME
A THING OF THE PAST.

♪♪

I'M ARCHAEOLOGIST
AND MUMMY EXPERT RAMY ROMANY.

ACROSS THE GLOBE,
EARTH IS GIVING UP HER DEAD.

OH, MY GOD. PEDRO, LOOK AT THIS.

THANKS TO CUTTING-EDGE
TECHNOLOGY,

NEW MUMMIES ARE UNEARTHED
EVERY DAY.

IT'S LIKE AN UNDERWATER
CRIME SCENE.

THESE MUMMIES HOLD
EXTRAORDINARY SECRETS...

OH, MY GOD. WHAT IS THIS?

PRICELESS.

...IF YOU KNOW HOW TO UNWRAP IT.

THAT CHANGES EVERYTHING.

THIS IS...

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WE ARE 1,500 FEET HIGH
IN THE SKY

IN LUXOR, EGYPT.

YOU CAN SEE ALL OF LUXOR,
ANCIENT THEBES, TOO,

UNDERNEATH OF US.

THE VALLEY OF THE KINGS
IS RIGHT THERE.

♪♪

63 SPECTACULAR TOMBS
HIDDEN IN THE CLIFFS.

THE VALLEY OF THE KINGS
IS THE PERFECT HIDING PLACE

TO HIDE FROM NATURE
AND ITS DISASTERS,

TO HIDE FROM LIGHTNING STRIKES
AND SANDSTORMS,

TO KEEP THE MUMMIES
SAFE FOR ETERNITY,

WHICH IS EXACTLY
WHAT THEY INTENDED TO DO.

AND DOWN IN THAT VALLEY
LIES KING TUT'S TOMB.

FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS,
IT WAS A COMPLETE SECRET...

HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT.

♪♪

WHEN HOWARD CARTER
DISCOVERED THE TOMB IN 1922,

IT MADE TUT THE MOST
FAMOUS MUMMY IN THE WORLD.

♪♪

HIS BURIAL CHAMBER
REVEALED SECRETS

THAT HAD BEEN HIDDEN
FOR MORE THAN 3,000 YEARS.

♪♪

IN ADDITION TO THIS PHARAOH'S
UNPRECEDENTED TREASURES,

THE TOMB CONTAINED A MUMMY
UNLIKE ANY OTHER.

♪♪

TUT'S BODY INDICATED
THAT THE MUMMIFICATION PROCESS

DIVERGED FROM ITS PREDECESSORS,

SUGGESTING EITHER CHANGES
WERE INTENTIONALLY MADE,

OR SOMETHING WITH THE AGE-OLD
PROCESS HAD GONE TERRIBLY WRONG.

♪♪

COULD THIS HAVE BEEN A PLOT

TO PREVENT HIM
FROM ENTERING THE AFTERLIFE,

OR IS IT POSSIBLE
THAT THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS

WERE ATTEMPTING
A SCIENTIFIC PROCEDURE

MORE TECHNOLOGICALLY ADVANCED
THAN TODAY'S ARCHAEOLOGISTS

AND SCIENTISTS
COULD HAVE EVER IMAGINED?

♪♪

LOUISE!

I'M MEETING
WITH DR. LOUISE BERTINI,

A PROFESSOR OF EGYPTOLOGY

WHO HAS BEEN INVESTIGATING
THE ANOMALIES

ASSOCIATED WITH KING TUT'S MUMMY
FOR MORE THAN A DECADE.

IN MANY WAYS, IT'S PROBABLY
THE GREATEST

ARCHAEOLOGICAL DISCOVERY
OF ALL TIME.

IT'S SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE

IT'S THE ONLY INTACT
BURIAL THAT WE HAVE.

ALL THESE TOMBS HERE
IN VALLEY OF THE KINGS

HAVE BEEN, UNFORTUNATELY,
THOROUGHLY LOOTED.

WHILE MANY OF THE TOMBS IN THE
VALLEY OF THE KINGS WERE LOOTED,

KING TUT'S TOMB
WAS LARGELY UNTOUCHED.

EGYPTOLOGISTS
WERE ABLE TO RECOVER

OVER 5,000 RELICS
AND BURIAL ITEMS,

AND THE STUDY OF THOSE
HAS GIVEN US DEEPER INSIGHT

INTO THE PRACTICES, BELIEFS,

AND TECHNOLOGY
OF THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS.

HERE IT IS -- KV62,

THE TOMB OF KING TUT.

♪♪

YOU KNOW, LOUISE, THE FIRST TIME
I WALKED DOWN THESE STEPS,

I WAS 4.

AWW, 4.BUT ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS

IS HAVING KING TUT,
THE MAN HIMSELF,

STILL HERE IN THIS TOMB.

WHILE THE ARTIFACTS
FOUND IN KING TUT'S TOMB

PROVIDED SO MANY ANSWERS,

THE MUMMY ITSELF RAISED
EVEN MORE QUESTIONS.

HIS MUMMY IS --
IT'S QUITE DIFFERENT.

AND WHY IS THAT?

WELL, A RECENT RE-EXAMINATION
OF HOWARD CARTER'S NOTES

REFERS TO SOOT
THAT WAS FOUND.

HE TALKS ABOUT HOW THE LINEN
WAS REDUCED TO SOOT.

NOVEMBER 11, 1925.

THAT'S THE DAY
CARTER UNWRAPS THE MUMMY.

"HERE AND THERE WERE A NUMBER
OF LIGHTLY WRAPPED PAD OF LINEN.

LITTLE ELSE
COULD BE RECOGNIZED.

THE LINEN BEING REDUCED
TO THE CONSISTENCY OF SOOT."

YEAH, AND, IN FACT,
ON THE NEXT DAY...

NOVEMBER 12, 1925,
IT SAYS,

"NEAR THE FLESH OF THE KING,

THE WRAPPINGS WERE NOTHING MORE
THAN CHARRED POWDER."

♪♪

YEAH.

SO, DO YOU THINK THERE COULD
HAVE BEEN SOME SORT OF A FIRE

INSIDE KING TUT'S SARCOPHAGUS
AFTER IT WAS SEALED?

COULD THERE HAVE BEEN SOME SORT
OF REACTION IN THE COFFIN

THAT CAUSED THAT?
YES.

THEY PROBABLY DUMPED
THE OILS ON TUT

SHORTLY BEFORE
HE WAS WRAPPED.

MM.

THE RITUAL FOR PREPARING
A PHARAOH FOR MUMMIFICATION

HAD VERY SPECIFIC STEPS.

HIGH PRIESTS WOULD HAVE
RUBBED TUT IN OIL,

THEN WRAPPED HIM WITH
CUSTOM-MADE STRIPS OF LINEN.

THE WRAPPINGS WERE HELD IN PLACE
WITH A STICKY RESIN

MADE OF PLANT-GUM EXTRACT,
LINSEED OIL, PLANT WAX,

AND NATURAL PETROLEUM
COMBINED WITH FAT.

BUT WHY, IN TUT'S CASE,

DID THE RITUAL SEEM TO RESULT
IN BURNING HIS BODY

AND ONLY THE LINENS
CLOSEST TO IT?

RESIN TYPICALLY WAS USED
JUST AS AN ADHESION

TO KEEP THE BANDAGES TOGETHER,
AND IT ALSO DID HAVE VARIOUS

RITUAL AND PURIFICATION
QUALITIES TO IT.

BUT IT'S SO MUCH RESIN
THAT WAS POURED,

NOT ONLY WAS RESIN
POURED ON THE MUMMY DIRECTLY,

BUT EVEN ONCE TUT'S BODY
WAS PLACED IN THE FIRST COFFIN,

THE COFFIN ITSELF
WAS THEN POURED

WITH ANOTHER LAYER
OF RESIN,

SO MUCH THAT THE COFFIN
ACTUALLY HAD RESIN

COMING UP TO THE TOP
OF THE THIRD SARCOPHAGUS...

WHAT?...THAT IT WAS BURIED IN.

WHY, ALL OF A SUDDEN,
JUST CHANGE?

WHY, ALL OF A SUDDEN, DECIDE
TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT?

WERE THEY TRYING
SOMETHING THAT --

COULD IT HAVE BEEN
DELIBERATELY,

FOR A MORE SINISTER REASON?

YOU'RE SAYING THAT IT COULD BE
SOME SORT OF A CONSPIRACY

TO MAKE SURE HE DOES NOT
GET GRANTED IMMORTALITY.

THAT'S POSSIBLE.

WE DON'T REALLY KNOW.

♪♪

ANCIENT EGYPTIANS BELIEVED
THAT THE DEAD BODY ITSELF

HAD TO BE PRESERVED

FOR THE PERSON
TO GO TO THE AFTERLIFE,

SO TO DESECRATE TUT'S MUMMY
ON PURPOSE

WOULD HAVE MEANT STOPPING HIM
FROM ACHIEVING IMMORTALITY.

SPEAKING TO LOUISE CONFIRMS
THAT SOME KIND OF FIRE

LIKELY CHARRED KING TUT
WITHIN HIS SARCOPHAGUS.

BUT THE QUESTIONS REMAINS --
WHAT CAUSED THE BURNING,

AND WAS IT INTENTIONAL?

IN ALL CASES, I WOULD THINK
THE EXPLANATION HERE

HAS TO BE SCIENTIFIC.

♪♪

I'M HEADING TO MEET DR. MOHAMED
ABDEL-MOTALLEB IN CAIRO.

HE'S A PROFESSOR
AT THE NILE UNIVERSITY

WHO HAS STUDIED THE CHEMISTRY
KNOWN TO ANCIENT EGYPTIANS

AND HOPEFULLY HAS SOME INSIGHT
INTO THIS MYSTERY.

BY THE TIME OF THE 18th DYNASTY
IN EGYPT, KING TUT'S TIME,

ANCIENT EGYPTIANS
WERE MASTERS OF MUMMIFICATION.

AND FOR A ROYAL MUMMY,

THERE'S NO WAY
THEY COULD'VE MADE A MISTAKE

AND MISTAKENLY LOSE KING TUT'S
MUMMY ON FIRE, RIGHT?

TRUE. I MEAN, ANCIENT EGYPTIANS
WERE INCREDIBLY GOOD

IN CHEMISTRY, RIGHT?

SO THEY WOULD DEFINITELY
HAVE KNOWN THAT PART.

SO, WHATEVER HAPPENED,
IT WAS ON PURPOSE.

WAS IT ON PURPOSE
BECAUSE THERE WAS A CONSPIRACY

TO TRY TO MAKE SURE KING TUT'S
MUMMY ACTUALLY GOES ON FIRE

AND DENY HIM
FROM ACHIEVING IMMORTALITY

AND GO TO THE AFTERLIFE,

OR WERE THEY TRYING
SOME SORT OF A NEW EXPERIMENT?

WELL, I CAN'T REALLY
ELABORATE A LOT

ON WHAT THEY WERE TRYING TO DO,
BUT WE CAN LOOK AT THE CHEMISTRY

OF HOW THE MUMMIFICATION
PROCESS WAS GOING ON.

SO, THERE ARE TWO MAIN
INGREDIENTS THAT WERE USED,

IN TERMS OF CHEMICALS.

ONE IS THE OILS THAT WAS
COVERING THE MUMMY ITSELF,

AND THAT IS LINSEED OIL.

THE SECOND IS THE SALT
THAT HAS BEEN USED

TO DRY OUT THE MUMMY ITSELF,
AND THAT SALT

IS SO HEAVY, OLD SODIUM THAT HAS
BEEN USED FOR CENTURIES.

NOW, WE DON'T
REALLY UNDERSTAND

WHAT'S THE INTERACTION
BETWEEN THE SALT THAT WAS USED

AND THE LINEN,
AND THIS IS SOMETHING

THAT SHOULD BE RESEARCHED
AT ONE POINT.

IS THERE A WAY
WE CAN RE-CREATE THAT PROCESS

AND SEE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN?

CERTAINLY.

SO, THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
IN ANY CHEMISTRY EXPERIMENT

IS VERY CRITICAL.

YOU HAVE TO REALLY GET
THE RIGHT PROPORTIONS

AND THE RIGHT AMOUNT.

YOU NEED TO SOURCE
THE MATERIAL

THAT WERE USED
FROM THE SAME SOURCES,

AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE TO WHAT
WAS AVAILABLE AT THAT TIME,

SO THAT WE CAN REPLICATE THE
EXPERIMENT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

LIKE GO TO THE EXACT
SAME SOURCE OF SALT

THAT ANCIENT EGYPTIANS USED
AT THE TIME -- NATRON VALLEY.

YEP, NATRON VALLEY.

♪♪

NATRON VALLEY
IS REALLY FAR.

WHY WOULD THEY GO ALL THE WAY
TO GET THAT ONE SPECIFIC SALT?

BECAUSE THAT SALT
IS SPECIAL.

♪♪

THEY COULD HAVE GOT IT
FROM THE RED SEA.

THEY COULD HAVE GOT IT FROM
DIFFERENT LAKES THAT DRIED OUT.

BUT THE QUALITY OF THE SALT
HERE REALLY HELPS IN DEHYDRATING

WHATEVER MATERIAL
REALLY STRONGLY AND FASTLY.

♪♪

HOW IMPORTANT IS THE PURITY
OF THE SALT THAT WE GATHER?

I WOULD IMAGINE THAT THEY HAVE
USED SOMETHING VERY PURE.

YES. SO OUR MISSION IS
THE PUREST SALT THERE IS.

THE PUREST THAT WE CAN
GET OUR HANDS ON, YEAH.

HERE WE ARE --
THE SALT LAKE OF NATRON VALLEY.

♪♪

SO, THIS IS WHAT
WE'RE LOOKING FOR.

YEAH, WE'RE LOOKING FOR
SOMETHING AS CLEAN AS THAT.

THIS WOULD'VE BEEN VERY USEFUL
TO MUMMIFY A KING.

♪♪

THIS GOOD?IT'S PERFECT.

WELL, LET'S GO
MAKE A MUMMY.

♪♪

SO, THE PLAN IS TO TRY
TO REPLICATE THE SAME SCENARIO

THAT HAPPENED
INSIDE KING TUT'S TOMB.

EXACTLY. SO, BASICALLY, WE HAVE
SOME DRIED MEAT HERE,

AND WE DRIED IT IN THE SALT
WE GOT FROM THE NATRON VALLEY.

GREAT. DRIED-OUT MEAT,
KING TUT'S BODY.

YEAH.

AND THIS IS
LINSEED OIL, RIGHT?

THIS IS LINSEED OIL.

AND NOW, LINSEED OIL
IS A MATERIAL

THAT IS KNOWN TO SELF-COMBUST,
AND THAT IS BECAUSE

IT HAS A LOT OF
UNSATURATED CARBOHYDRATES IN IT.

AND CONTACT WITH OXYGEN,
IT TRIES TO ACTUALLY POLYMERIZE,

AND THAT'S
AN EXOTHERMIC REACTION,

WHICH ACTUALLY
RESULTS IN HEAT.

THE PRIESTS RUBBED LINSEED OIL
ON KING TUT'S BODY,

BECAUSE AS IT DRIED, IT HARDENED
INTO A PROTECTIVE COATING.

HOWEVER, AS IT COMBINED
WITH OXYGEN,

THE RESULTING CHEMICAL REACTION
WOULD HAVE CREATED HEAT,

AND WE'RE TESTING TO SEE
IF THAT HEAT WAS SUFFICIENT

TO CREATE SPONTANEOUS
COMBUSTION.

COULD THAT BE WHAT CAUSED
THE CHARRING ON KING TUT'S BODY?

SO, BACK IN THE TIME,
YOU WOULD BE THE HIGH PRIEST.

YOU'VE HAVE
THE SAME HAIRCUT,

AND YOU LOOK
QUITE HIGH-PRIESTY.

GREAT.NOW LET'S SEE.

HERE YOU GO.

FOR SAFETY REASONS, WE NEED
TO PUT THESE SAMPLES

UNDER THE EXHAUST HOOD.

AND THEN WE GO
TO THE COOL DEVICE.

♪♪

IF LINSEED OIL IS TO BLAME,
THEN WE SHOULD SEE

SOME SORT OF A CHEMICAL REACTION
THAT PRODUCES SIMILAR CHARRING

TO WHAT WAS FOUND
ON TUT'S MUMMY.

THIS IS HEATING UP FAST.

YEAH, IT IS.

180.

♪♪

AND JUST TO BE CLEAR,
WE'RE NOT HEATING THESE.

WE'RE NOT ADDING
ANY HEAT SOURCE.

NO. NO, THIS IS COMPLETELY
A CHEMICAL REACTION.

I DIDN'T KNOW
THIS WAS POSSIBLE.

TEMPERATURE'S UP.

[ SIZZLING ]WHOA!

Romany: SO, THE PLAN IS TO TRY
TO REPLICATE THE SAME SCENARIO

THAT HAPPENED
INSIDE KING TUT'S TOMB.

EXACTLY.

Romany: DR. ABDEL-MOTALLEB AND I
ARE PERFORMING AN EXPERIMENT

TO SEE IF SPONTANEOUS
COMBUSTION IS POSSIBLE

USING ANCIENT
MUMMIFICATION MATERIALS.

THIS COULD HELP BRING US CLOSER
TO SOLVING THE MYSTERY

BEHIND KING TUT'S BURNT MUMMY.

♪♪

180.

THIS IS HEATING UP FAST.

YEAH, IT IS.

YOU SEE THE SMOKE, HUH?

YEAH.

IT'S REALLY, REALLY AMAZING
TO BE LOOKING AT THOSE

AND SEEING THAT TRICKLE
OF SMOKE COMING OUT,

KNOWING THAT
KING TUT'S TOMB,

3,000 YEARS AGO,

COULD'VE BEEN SMOKING LIKE THIS
WITHOUT ANYONE KNOWING.

WHOA!
THAT'S A FULL-ON FIRE.

YEAH. AND, I MEAN, THIS ONE
IS ACTUALLY BURNING.

I WOULD IMAGINE IF THERE WAS
LESS AIR IN THERE,

IT WOULD ACTUALLY STOP
AND COMPLETELY CHAR LIKE THIS.

♪♪

CHARRED LINEN
WRAPPING POWDER.

THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WAS
IN THE NOTES OF HOWARD CARTER.

WELL, AND WE REPLICATED IT
IN THE LAB.

THE SMOLDERING HERE CONFIRMS

THAT SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION
WAS POSSIBLE.

BUT WHAT KEPT THIS OUTCOME
FROM BEFALLING

ALL MUMMIES PRIOR TO TUT?

THE ANSWER IS LIKELY CONNECTED
TO THE OTHER ANOMALY

OF TUT'S MUMMY --
THE EXCESSIVE RESIN.

WHEN NORMAL AMOUNTS OF RESIN
ARE USED,

THIN LAYERS
COULD'VE ALLOWED THE HEAT

FROM THE CHEMICAL REACTION
TO ESCAPE.

BUT THE AMOUNT ON TUT'S MUMMY

COULD'VE INSTEAD BECOME
A LAYER OF INSULATION

THAT PREVENTED THE HEAT
FROM ESCAPING.

THE QUESTION IS,
WHY MAKE THIS VARIATION

TO A 3,000-YEAR-OLD PRACTICE?

WHICH MAKES ME THINK
THIS WAS ON PURPOSE.

THEY KNEW EXACTLY WHAT THEY WERE
DOING, BUT WHY WOULD THEY DO IT?

COULD THEY HAVE
BEEN EXPERIMENTING

SOMETHING NEW?

THE SCIENCE IS CLEAR,

AND THE EGYPTIANS
WERE AMAZING CHEMISTS

AS MUCH AS ASTRONOMERS
AND ENGINEERS.

SO...

IT'S UP TO YOU
TO FIGURE IT OUT.

♪♪

CHANGING THE TRADITIONAL
MUMMIFICATION PROCEDURE

ON A KING WAS A RADICAL MOVE,

AND EXPLAINING IT
MAY TAKE A RADICAL THEORY.

THAT'S WHY I'VE CONTACTED
RESEARCHER FLORIN CHIRIAC.

HE'S STUDIED
ALTERNATIVE THEORIES

ON EGYPTIAN MUMMIFICATION
FOR YEARS,

INCLUDING THE UNIQUE
CHARACTERISTICS

OF THE NATRON VALLEY SALT.

♪♪

NOW, FLORIN, YOU HAVE A VERY
INTERESTING THEORY OF YOUR OWN.

I WAS LOOKING
AT NATRON SALT.

THE VERY SPECIAL SALT
THEY USED

THAT IS ALL THE WAY
FROM NATRON VALLEY.

THIS SALT IS VERY ALKALINIC.

IF YOU'RE COVERING UP
THE REMAINS OF SOMEONE

WITH THIS KIND OF SALT,

ALL THESE REMAINS WILL BE
PENETRATED BY THE ALKALINE SALT

AND WILL TRANSFORM THE BODY
INTO AN ALKALINE CORE.

AN ALKALINE BODY. OKAY. AND I WAS -- YEAH.

THEN YOU ARE WRAPPING THE MUMMY
WITH THE LINEN, RIGHT?

YES. AND THE PROCESS INVOLVES

ALSO POURING A RESIN
THAT IS HIGHLY ACIDIC,

AND THE LINEN WILL CREATE
A NEUTRAL BARRIER, OKAY?

WITH THE LINEN IN BETWEEN
AS THE NEUTRAL.

YES.

WHEN YOU PUT
ALL THIS STUFF TOGETHER

INTO GOLD COFFINS,

YOU WILL OBTAIN A BATTERY.

SO, YOU BELIEVE THE MUMMY
COULD'VE BEEN A BATTERY,

BUT THEN, WHAT WOULD A BATTERY
BE USEFUL FOR IN THIS FORM?

WHAT IF THE WHOLE
MUMMIFICATION PROCESS

WILL BE KEEPING
THE SPARK OF LIFE

INSIDE THE BODY?

ANCIENT EGYPTIANS BELIEVED
THAT THERE WERE FIVE PARTS

TO A PERSON'S SOUL.

THE KA WAS THE SPARK OF LIFE,
THE VITAL FORCE

THAT DISTINGUISHED
THE LIVING FROM THE DEAD.

ALL LIVING THINGS HAD THE KA,

FROM PLANTS AND ANIMALS
TO PEOPLE AND EVEN GODS.

IN DEATH, THE KA WOULD
REANIMATE THE BODY,

MAKING IMMORTALITY
A POSSIBILITY.

WE ARE DEALING HERE

WITH THE PRESERVATION
OF THE SPARK OF LIFE.

THE THING IS, FROM MY EXPERIENCE
WITH ANCIENT EGYPT,

I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY EVIDENCE
THAT THEY HAVE MANAGED

TO CREATE ELECTRICITY
OR A BATTERY.

THEY INVENTED CHEMISTRY.

MM.
RIGHT?

I MEAN, THE OLDEST FORMS
OF CHEMISTRY

ARE BORN IN EGYPT.

WHAT YOU'RE SAYING
IS A FACT,

BUT WHETHER THAT WAS
ON PURPOSE OR NOT

OR WHETHER THAT'S A PART
OF A BIGGER PLAN OR NOT,

THAT'S THE QUESTION.

♪♪

CREATING A BATTERY
TO HARNESS THE SPARK OF LIFE

IS, YES,
AN UNCONVENTIONAL THEORY.

HOWEVER, JUST THINK OF
A SIMPLE BATTERY'S COMPONENTS.

THE ALKALINE CORE,
THE NEUTRAL BARRIER,

AND THE ACIDIC LAYER
COULD HAVE BEEN MIRRORED

BY THE ANCIENT EGYPTIAN
MUMMIFICATION PROCESS,

AND THAT IS
DEFINITELY INTRIGUING.

COULD THIS BE THE KEY BEHIND
WHAT THEY WERE ATTEMPTING

WITH KING TUT'S MUMMY?

♪♪

THE ANSWER MIGHT BE
7,000 MILES AWAY,

SO THAT'S WHERE
I'M HEADED NEXT.

I AM JUST OUTSIDE
OF PHOENIX, ARIZONA,

AT A COMPANY CALLED ALCOR,

WHICH IS ONE OF THE ONLY
CRYOPRESERVATION COMPANIES

IN THE WORLD.

CRYOPRESERVATION IS WHEN
YOU FREEZE A DEAD BODY

IN HOPES THAT,
ONE DAY IN THE FUTURE,

YOU'LL BE ABLE TO REVIVE IT,

TRYING TO ACHIEVE ONE GOAL --
IMMORTALITY,

THE SAME GOAL
ANCIENT EGYPTIANS HAD

WHEN THEY TRIED
TO MUMMIFY THEIR BODIES

THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO.

BELIEVE IT OR NOT,
THIS PLACE MIGHT HAVE ANSWERS

TO QUESTIONS I HAVE
ABOUT ANCIENT EGYPTIAN MUMMIES.

♪♪

SO, WHAT'S
IN THIS PLACE, CHRIS?

SO, THIS IS
OUR PATIENT CARE BAY.

SO, AFTER OUR PATIENTS
HAVE COME FROM THE O.R. SUITE,

WE WILL BRING THEM IN HERE FOR
FURTHER CRYOPRESERVATION PROCESS

USING THE LIQUID NITROGEN.

I'M HERE TO TALK
WITH CHRISTOPHER DIVVER,

THE MEDICAL-RESPONSE
DIRECTOR AT ALCOR.

HE'S AN EXPERT ON
THE CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGY

USED IN CRYONICS.

SO, ALL OF THESE DEWARS
CONTAIN OUR PATIENTS.

INSIDE THESE CYLINDERS?

YES, SIR, EXACTLY.

SO, INSIDE THIS CYLINDER,

THERE ARE A BUNCH OF DEAD,
FROZEN PEOPLE?

YES, SIR.

CRYONICALLY PRESERVED BODIES
ARE STORED

AT EXTREMELY LOW TEMPERATURES --

AROUND MINUS-200
DEGREES FAHRENHEIT.

THE BODY IS FIRST RAPIDLY
COOLED IN A BATH OF ICE WATER,

THEN THE BLOOD IS REMOVED
FROM THE BODY

AND REPLACED
WITH A CHEMICAL SOLUTION

THAT PROTECTS THE BODY FROM
THE FORMATION OF ICE CRYSTALS.

THE PATIENT IS THEN PLACED

IN A DOUBLE-WALLED
STAINLESS-STEEL CONTAINER

FILLED WITH LIQUID NITROGEN.

A BUDGET-MINDED PATIENT

MAY CHOOSE TO HAVE
THE SAME PROCEDURE DONE

BUT ONLY TO THEIR HEAD.

THERE ARE FOUR WHOLE-BODY
PATIENTS IN HERE

AND FIVE NEURO PATIENTS
IN HERE.

WHAT ABOUT A DEWAR
AS SMALL AS THIS ONE?

WE USE THAT SMALLER DEWAR
FOR OUR ANIMALS.

SOME OF OUR PATIENTS
HAVE REQUESTED

THAT THEY WANT TO BRING
THEIR PETS INTO THE AFTER --

YES, OF COURSE.INTO THE FUTURE WITH THEM.

THAT'S FASCINATING. IT'S EXACTLY
WHAT ANCIENT EGYPTIANS DID.

THEY DIDN'T JUST
MUMMIFY THEIR DEAD.

THEY ALSO MUMMIFIED
THEIR PETS.

SAME STORY.

AND LOOKING AT THIS,

THIS IS BASICALLY THE
MASS-BURIAL SITE OF THE FUTURE.

YES. IT IS JUST NOT
IN A PYRAMID.

CRYONICS AND MUMMIFICATION SEEM
TO SHARE SEVERAL CONNECTIONS.

THE ANSWER TO WHAT THE HIGH
PRIESTS OF ANCIENT EGYPT

WERE INTENDING
FOR KING TUT'S MUMMIFICATION,

THE SPARK OF LIFE, IMMORTALITY,

COULD BE FOUND
WITHIN THESE WALLS.

WOW!
LOOK AT THAT.

THIS IS BASICALLY THE
MASS-BURIAL SITE OF THE FUTURE.

YES. IT IS JUST NOT
IN A PYRAMID.

Romany:
I'M AT A CRYONIC PRESERVATION
LAB OUTSIDE OF PHOENIX, ARIZONA,

TO SEE IF MODERN SCIENCE
AND ANCIENT EGYPTIAN TECHNOLOGY

COULD'VE BEEN ZEROING IN
ON THE SAME TARGET --

MAINTAINING THE SPARK OF LIFE.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT I LOVE THE MOST
ABOUT ALL THIS?

WHAT'S THAT?

IF WE KEEP MUMMIFYING PEOPLE
INTO THE FUTURE,

I WILL NEVER
BE OUT OF A JOB.

YOU AND I BOTH.

[ BOTH LAUGH ]

AND HOW OFTEN DO YOU NEED
TO GO INSIDE AND FIX THINGS?

WE DON'T GO INSIDE THE DEWAR
AT ALL.

ONCE THE TOP IS SEALED,
THE PATIENTS ARE PRESERVED.

IF YOU TAKE THE LID OFF
THE TOP OF IT,

THE LIQUID NITROGEN
WILL START TO BOIL OFF,

WHICH WE DO NOT WANT.

SO WE NEED TO KEEP
THE PATIENTS IMMERSED

IN A LIQUID-NITROGEN BATH,
WHICH IS WHAT THIS DOES.

SO, EVERY WEEK,
WE'LL TOP OFF THESE TANKS,

BECAUSE THE BOIL-OFF
STILL HAPPENS.

DO YOU NEED HELP?

MY FRIEND MIKE IN THE BACK
IS GONNA HELP US WITH THAT.

♪♪

WOW!
LOOK AT THAT.

EVEN THOUGH THE LIQUID NITROGEN
IS IN A VACUUM SEAL,

IT STILL DOES BOIL OFF
AT ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURES.

THAT'S AMAZING.

♪♪

ARE WE SAFE STANDING HERE?!YES.

YOU'RE GONNA GET COLD, BUT
YOU'RE VERY SAFE STANDING HERE.

IT'S LIKE WATCHING
A SCI-FI MOVIE.

YES.MAKING THE MUMMIES OF THE FUTURE

USING LIQUID NITROGEN.

EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE DOING.

SO, IN ANCIENT EGYPT,

THEY WRAPPED THEM UP
TO TRY AND PRESERVE THEM.

WHAT THE LIQUID NITROGEN DOES
IS, IT IMMERSES THEM IN A BATH,

KEEPS THEM TO THAT
INCREDIBLY COLD TEMPERATURE

SO THERE'S NO MORE
AGING PROCESS

SO THAT THEY CAN STAY
THE WAY THAT THEY ARE

WHEN THEY WERE PLACED
INTO THE DEWAR.

WHATEVER DISEASE YOU DIED FROM,
ONCE THAT IS CURABLE,

THERE'S NO REASON
THAT THEY CANNOT REANIMATE YOU,

CURE WHATEVER THE DISEASE
PROCESS WAS,

AND THEN YOU JUST
CONTINUE TO LIVE.

WHAT IS DEATH?

ON THE VERY TECHNICAL TERMS,
NOT PHILOSOPHY.

I WOULD SAY THAT YOU ARE DEAD
WHEN YOU ARE --

YOU'RE FLATLINE. THERE'S NO MORE
ELECTRICITY IN YOUR HEART,

THERE'S NO PULSE.
THERE'S NO BRAINWAVES.

SO, BASICALLY, WHEN THERE'S NO
MORE ELECTRICITY IN THE BODY,

THE BODY IS DEAD.CORRECT.

BUT HOW DO YOU
BRING LIFE BACK?

WHAT IS THAT SPARK?
WHAT IS THAT THING

THAT WILL MAKE THIS FROZEN BODY
A LIVING HUMAN?

I BELIEVE THAT THE PROCESS
WILL INVOLVE ELECTRICITY,

AND IT'LL INVOLVE A LOT
OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

THAT WE HAVE NOT
CONQUERED YET.

AND YOU BELIEVE, ONE DAY,

THE PATIENTS HERE
WILL HAVE SOMETHING

AS SIMPLE AS ELECTRICAL CURRENTS
BACK INTO THEIR BODY,

AND THEY LIVE AGAIN?

YES.

IT'S ABSOLUTELY
FASCINATING.

THE SIMILARITIES BETWEEN
ANCIENT EGYPTIAN MUMMIFICATION

AND CRYOPRESERVATION
JUST BLOWS MY MIND AWAY.

IT'S VERY SIMILAR

HOW HUMANS ACT...AMAZING SIMILARITIES. YEP.

...OVER THOUSANDS OF YEARS.

THEY ALL WANT TO ACHIEVE
ONE GOAL -- IMMORTALITY.

YES.

♪♪

UNDERSTANDING
THAT THE ELECTRICAL CURRENT

IS TODAY'S MEDICAL MEASURE
OF LIFE AND DEATH

IS A CRUCIAL PIECE
OF INFORMATION,

AND THAT FOR AT LEAST
CRYONIC PATIENTS,

THE SPARK OF LIFE
IS SOMETHING FAR MORE LITERAL.

NOW AS I HEAD BACK TO EGYPT,
IT SEEMS MUCH MORE PLAUSIBLE

THAT THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS

WERE WORKING TOWARDS
UNDERSTANDING BIOELECTRICITY.

AND TO LEARN MORE
ABOUT THE SPARK OF LIFE

AND HOW IT MAY CONNECT
TO KING TUT,

I'M GOING TO THE MUSEUM
OF EGYPTIAN ANTIQUITIES IN CAIRO

TO MEET WITH
A WORLD-RENOWNED TUT EXPERT

AND A FAMILY FRIEND,
DR. SALIMA IKRAM.

I WAS IN PHOENIX, ARIZONA,

AT A PLACE THAT DOES
CRYOPRESERVATION.

HOW COOL.THERE'S A LOT OF SIMILARITIES

BETWEEN ANCIENT EGYPTIAN
MUMMIFICATION

AND CRYOPRESERVATION
FROM TODAY.

I ALWAYS SAY EVERYTHING WAS
INVENTED IN ANCIENT EGYPT.

YES, YES, EXACTLY.

BUT THEN, I WENT
TO KING TUT'S TOMB,

AND AS WE BOTH KNOW,
THE MUMMY OF KING TUT

WAS BURNT AFTER BURIAL,

INSIDE HIS COFFIN.

EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE MULTIPLE
DIFFERENT ANOMALIES

IN KING TUT'S MUMMY,

I WONDER IF THEY WERE
TRYING TO TEST

A NEW TYPE OF...

TECHNOLOGY?...TECHNOLOGY

TO MAKE SURE THAT KING TUT
GETS IMMORTALITY.

SO, WHEN YOU LOOK
AT ALL OF THIS TOGETHER,

IT'S WEIRD BECAUSE
IT DOESN'T FIT ANY PATTERN.

BUT THE ONLY PATTERN IT DOES FIT
IS THAT OF THE GOD OSIRIS.

SO, TUTANKHAMUN WAS BRINGING
EVERYTHING BACK

TO THE OLD RELIGION,
AND ONE OF THE THINGS IS THAT,

WHEN YOU DIE,
YOU BECOME THE GOD OSIRIS,

THE LIVING EMBODIMENT,
OR RATHER THE DEAD EMBODIMENT,

OF OSIRIS.

GOD OSIRIS REPRESENTS
REBIRTH AND REGENERATION.

BORN A KING, HE WAS MURDERED
BY HIS BROTHER

AND RESURRECTED TO RULE
THE AFTERLIFE.

ANCIENT EGYPTIANS BELIEVED THAT,
IN ORDER TO REACH THE AFTERLIFE,

ONE'S HEART HAD TO BE
WEIGHED BY OSIRIS

ON A SCALE AGAINST A FEATHER.

IF THE HEART WAS LIGHTER
THAN THE FEATHER,

THEN THE KA, OR THE SPIRIT,

WAS FREE TO REJOIN THE BODY
IN THE AFTERLIFE.

BUT IF THE HEART WAS HEAVIER
THAN THE FEATHER,

IT WOULD BE DEVOURED
BY THE BEAST-LIKE GODDESS AMMUT,

AND THE SOUL WOULD
CEASE TO EXIST.

COME OVER HERE, RAMY, BECAUSE
I WANT TO SHOW YOU SOMETHING.

OKAY. YOU KNOW THE GOD OSIRIS,
WHO YOU SEE RIGHT THERE.

Romany: YES.

AND THERE'S TUTANKHAMUN
IN THE MIDDLE.

AND THIS IS RIGHT AT THE DOOR
WHERE HE WAS BURIED.

HE WAS BURIED
INSIDE THIS BOX.

ABSOLUTELY. SO, REALLY,
THIS WAS THE GATEWAY

FOR TUTANKHAMUN'S
RESURRECTION.

IN HIS TOMB,
HE'S SHOWN AS OSIRIS.

SO, IN OTHER TOMBS,
YOU GET OSIRIS WITH THE KING,

MEETING AND GREETING
LIKE YOU GET HERE.

BUT TUTANKHAMUN'S TOMB
IS THE ONLY ONE

WHERE YOU HAVE
TUTANKHAMUN AS OSIRIS.

IT DOES EMPHASIZE THE IDEA
OF RESURRECTION AND REBIRTH.

INTERESTING.

BUT I CAN'T EVEN PRETEND
TO HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS.

YEAH, BUT THAT'S THE THING
WITH KING TUT'S MUMMY --

THERE'S SO MANY ANOMALIES,
SO MANY QUESTIONS,

AND I THINK OSIRIS
MIGHT BE KEY.

I HOPE SO.

SALIMA'S THEORY,
THE OSIRIS-KING TUT CONNECTION,

IS INTRIGUING.

I THINK IT WAS SOMETHING
THAT HAD TO DO

WITH THE AFTERLIFE
WITH IMMORTALITY.

AND I KNOW OF ONE PLACE
THAT MIGHT HAVE THE ANSWERS --

A SUBTERRANEAN TOMB COMPLEX
BEHIND THE SPHINX IN GIZA --

THE SHAFT OF OSIRIS.

[ HEARTBEAT ]

♪♪

HERE WE ARE --
THE GREAT PYRAMIDS OF GIZA.

I'M INVESTIGATING KING TUT'S
MYSTERIOUSLY BURNT MUMMY.

SOME BELIEVE
THAT THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS

WERE HARNESSING
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY

TO CREATE A CHEMICAL REACTION

THAT COULD MAINTAIN
THE SPARK OF LIFE

AND HELP KING TUT
ACHIEVE IMMORTALITY.

♪♪

TO PROVE SUCH A RADICAL THEORY,
I NEED TO FIND EVIDENCE

THAT THEY CONTINUED THE NEW
BURIAL PRACTICE AFTER KING TUT.

I NEED TO FIND
OTHER BURNT SARCOPHAGI,

AND THE SHAFT OF OSIRIS
IS THE IDEAL PLACE TO SEARCH.

WE'RE ABOUT TO GO INTO THE
TUNNEL RIGHT BEHIND THE SPHINX

THAT WAS JUST EXCAVATED
20 YEARS AGO.

THAT PLACE IS CALLED
[SPEAKING EGYPTIAN]

WHICH MEANS
THE HOUSE OF GOD OSIRIS,

THE GOD OF UNDERGROUND TUNNELS.

BUT BEFORE I DESCEND
INTO THE SHAFT,

IT'S WORTH GETTING ADVICE
FROM THE MAN WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE

FOR EXCAVATING IT --
MY GODFATHER, DR. ZAHI HAWASS.

WHAT DOES OSIRIS REALLY MEAN
FOR ANCIENT EGYPTIANS?

OSIRIS IS THE KING OF
THE KINGDOM OF THE UNDERWORLD.

OSIRIS, HE WAS KILLED,

BUT BECAUSE
HE CAME TO LIFE AGAIN,

THEY THOUGHT ABOUT
THE AFTERLIFE,

AND THAT IS THE IDEA
THAT BUILT EGYPT.

SO, HE MEANS
IMMORTALITY.

OSIRIS MEANS IMMORTALITY.

OSIRIS IS A MOST IMPORTANT KING
FOR THE AFTERLIFE.

THE SHAFT OF OSIRIS
IS THE IDEAL PLACE TO SEARCH

BECAUSE IT IS THAT CONNECTION
OF ALL OF ANCIENT EGYPT

IN ONE SHAFT.

TUT WAS A MEMBER
OF THE 18th DYNASTY,

AND THE SARCOPHAGI
THAT HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED

INSIDE THE SHAFT
DATE UP TO THE 26th DYNASTY,

HUNDREDS OF YEARS
AFTER KING TUT.

NOW, DO YOU HAVE ANY ADVICE
FOR ME BEFORE I COMMIT?

I WANT YOU TO WATCH OUT.

IT'S NOT EASY.

IT'S DANGEROUS.

AND THE MOST IMPORTANT THING
THAT I CANNOT TELL YOU,

ABOUT THE LEVEL
OF THE WATER.

THE LEVEL OF THE WATER,
IT CHANGE, EVERY MONTH.

THE WATER TABLE CAN GO UP,
OR IT CAN GO DOWN.

IT TOOK US ABOUT THREE MONTHS
TO TAKE THE WATER OUT,

BECAUSE THAT SHAFT DIVIDED
TO THREE FLOORS --

FIRST, SECOND,
AND THE THIRD.

THE SHAFT OF OSIRIS
IS ONE OF THE MANY

ARCHAEOLOGICAL
MYSTERIES AT GIZA.

UNLIKE THE PYRAMIDS
AND THE GREAT SPHINX,

THE SHAFT WASN'T EXCAVATED

TILL THE END
OF THE 20th CENTURY.

THE REASON WHY -- THE STRUCTURE
WAS COMPLETELY UNDERGROUND,

AND FOR MUCH OF MODERN HISTORY,
IT WAS FILLED WITH WATER.

THE OPENING OF THE SHAFT
WAS ACTUALLY USED BY THE LOCALS

AS A SWIMMING HOLE.

OVER TIME,
THE WATER TABLE SHIFTED,

AND IN 1999,
DR. ZAHI HAWASS AND HIS TEAM

WERE ABLE TO DRAIN AND THEN
EXCAVATE SOME OF THE SHAFT.

ARCHAEOLOGISTS BELIEVE
THAT THE DEEPEST LEVEL

WAS BUILT AS A BURIAL CHAMBER

FOR THE LORD OF THE UNDERWORLD,
GOD OSIRIS,

AND THAT THERE'S STILL
UNEXCAVATED TUNNEL

COMING OFF OF IT

THAT CONNECTED TO OTHER
STRUCTURES ON THE PLATEAU.

♪♪

RIGHT, HERE IT IS.

♪♪

UNLIKE A LOT OF PLACES
ON THE GIZA PLATEAU,

THIS PLACE IS
A COMPLETE MYSTERY,

BECAUSE, TILL TODAY,

WE DON'T REALLY KNOW
WHEN THEY BUILT IT,

HOW THEY BUILT IT,
WHY THEY BUILT IT.

BUT I THINK THAT TUNNEL
MIGHT GET US CLOSER

TO SOLVING THIS MYSTERY.

HOW CLOSE WERE THE ANCIENT
EGYPTIANS TO IMMORTALITY?

HOW CLOSE WAS KING TUT

TO REACHING THAT HIGH-TECH
MUMMIFICATION PROCESS?

♪♪

120 FEET INTO THE CENTER
OF THE EARTH,

GOD OSIRIS' SARCOPHAGUS.

THIS FIRST LEVEL
IS THE EASY ONE.

WHEN THEY FIRST HEARD
ABOUT THIS PLACE,

THIS WAS ALL JUST WATER TABLE.

THE WATER ROSE
ALL THE WAY UP HERE.

IT WAS SUCH A FAMOUS PLACE
THAT ALL THE KIDS WOULD COME

TO THE PYRAMIDS
AND SWIM ABOUT HERE.

♪♪

AFTER THEY TOOK THE WATER OUT,
THEY FOUND THIS.

♪♪

AN ENDLESS SHAFT. TREACHEROUS.

AND YOU CAN'T REALLY
SEE THE BOTTOM,

AND THE WATER LEVEL
CHANGES HERE ALL THE TIME,

DEPENDING ON
THE FLOOD SEASON OR NOT,

BECAUSE THIS IS JUST
THE WATER TABLE.

IF YOU HAVE A FEAR OF HEIGHTS,
DON'T BE AN EGYPTOLOGIST.

THE BEST WAY BEFORE YOU GO DOWN

IS TO TEST SOMETHING
OTHER THAN YOURSELF FIRST.

IF THE GROUND WATER LEVEL
WAS TOO HIGH,

THE SECOND CHAMBER
COULD BE COMPLETELY FLOODED,

MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE

FOR ME TO FIND THE EVIDENCE
I'M SEARCHING FOR --

ADDITIONAL BURNT SARCOPHAGI --

THAT WOULD SHOW THAT
THE EGYPTIANS EXTENDED

THEIR NEW TECHNOLOGICAL BURIAL
PRACTICES BEYOND KING TUT.

♪♪

OKAY. LET'S SEE
IF WE GET TO KEEP GOING.

[ GLOW STICK CRACKS ]

♪♪

THERE'S NO WATER
ON THE SECOND LEVEL.

GONNA KEEP GOING DOWN.

♪♪

THIS DOES FEEL LIKE

IT'S A JOURNEY
TO THE UNDERWORLD.

AND IT IS.

THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT
THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS

INTENDED IT TO BE --

A GATEWAY THAT TAKES YOU
TO IMMORTALITY.

♪♪

♪♪

AND YOU CAN SEE THE RUST.

THIS LADDER RIGHT HERE?

COMPLETELY BROKE OFF, BECAUSE
THIS IS NORMALLY FULL OF WATER.

♪♪

HERE IT IS.

THE SECOND LEVEL.

THIS PLACE WAS HIDDEN
FOR A LONG TIME

UNDER THE WATER.

THERE'S ONE MORE LEVEL HERE

THAT I'M HOPING CONTAINS
THE SARCOPHAGUSES.

[ WATER DRIPPING ]

OH, WOW.

[ WATER DRIPPING ]

THAT'S NOT GOOD NEWS.

DO YOU HEAR THAT?

THAT'S WATER.

IF THE THIRD LEVEL IS FLOODED,
THEN IT'S UNLIKELY

I'LL BE ABLE TO REACH
THE SARCOPHAGUS BURIED THERE.

BUT NOW I ACTUALLY DON'T KNOW
WHAT I'M GONNA DO.

♪♪

[BLEEP]

♪♪

Romany:
THE GREAT PYRAMIDS OF GIZA --

KHUFU, KHEFREN, AND MENKAURE.

THE GREAT PYRAMID ITSELF
IS STILL BEING DISCOVERED.

JUST TWO YEARS AGO,
THEY FOUND A VOID

THAT IS AS LARGE
AS THE STATUE OF LIBERTY.

BACK AT KING TUT'S TIME,

THESE WERE
1,000 YEARS OLD ALREADY.

KING TUT WOULD COME
AND VISIT IT WITH HIS FAMILY.

THEY WERE A TOURIST ATTRACTION
EVEN BACK THEN.

I'VE BEEN HERE OVER
A THOUSAND TIMES,

AND I'M NOT EXAGGERATING --
OVER A THOUSAND TIMES.

BUT EVERY TIME I'M HERE,
I STAND,

I LOOK AT THEM...

I'M STILL MIND-BLOWN.

♪♪

Romany: THIS PLACE WAS HIDDEN
FOR A LONG TIME

UNDER THE WATER.

I'M 120 FEET DEEP

BEHIND THE SPHINX
IN THE SHAFT OF OSIRIS,

INVESTIGATING IF THE ANOMALIES
IN KING TUT'S MUMMY

WERE ACTUALLY
ENERGY-HARNESSING TECHNOLOGY

THAT WAS MEANT
TO GUARANTEE IMMORTALITY.

AND IF THE PRACTICE
CONTINUED AFTER TUT,

I'M HOPING THE THIRD AND
DEEPEST CHAMBER OF THIS SHAFT

HOLDS THE ANSWERS.

BUT WITH THE CONSTANTLY SHIFTING
WATER TABLE,

IT'S UNCERTAIN
IF I CAN EVEN REACH IT.

WELL, THERE'S
ONE MORE LEVEL HERE.

♪♪

OH, WOW.

[ WATER DRIPPING ]

THAT'S NOT GOOD NEWS.

DO YOU HEAR THAT?

THAT'S WATER.

BUT NOW I ACTUALLY DON'T KNOW
WHAT I'M GONNA DO.

♪♪

[BLEEP]

THE WATER LEVEL IS MUCH HIGHER
THAN I WAS HOPING FOR,

BUT I'VE COME THIS FAR,

SO I'M GOING TO SEE
IF THERE'S SECTIONS

THAT I CAN STILL EXPLORE
IN THE THIRD CHAMBER.

♪♪

I FOUND A DRY SPOT.

[ GRUNTING ]

ALL RIGHT, I'M HERE.

THIS IS IT.

OH, MY GOD.

♪♪

♪♪

[ WATER PLOPS ]

WHAT WAS THAT?

♪♪

NOTHING, I GUESS.

♪♪

♪♪

♪♪

AND THIS RIGHT HERE
IS WHERE THE SARCOPHAGUS IS.

CAN BARELY SEE
UNDER THE WATER NOW.

THIS IS THE TOMB OF OSIRIS,
THE OSIRIS SHAFT.

I CAME HERE HOPING
TO INVESTIGATE THE SARCOPHAGUS

OF GOD OSIRIS,

TO SEE IF IT HAD THE SAME
ANOMALIES AS KING TUT'S,

BUT, UNFORTUNATELY,
THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE POSSIBLE

WITH IT BEING COMPLETELY
SUBMERGED UNDERWATER.

HOWEVER, THERE ARE STILL
OTHER CHAMBERS TO EXPLORE.

♪♪

♪♪

RIGHT HERE. THIS.

♪♪

THAT SARCOPHAGUS RIGHT HERE.

I'M ACTUALLY NOTICING...

THIS LOOKS PRETTY BURNT.

♪♪

IT'S QUITE BURNT HERE.

LOOKING AT THIS AND THE AMOUNT
OF RESIN ON TOP OF IT,

THE AMOUNT
OF BLACK, DARK RESIN --

EVEN ON TOP OF THE CHAMBER --

YOU GOT TO WONDER
IF THE SAME THING HAPPENED

TO THIS SARCOPHAGUS
AS IT HAPPENED IN TUT'S.

THESE SARCOPHAGI, THESE ARE NOT
FROM THE OLD KINGDOM,

NOT FROM THE TIME
OF THE PYRAMID BUILDERS.

BUT THIS DATES BACK
TO THE 26th DYNASTY,

WHICH IS NEARLY
ANOTHER 600, 700 YEARS

AFTER KING TUT HIMSELF.

AND IF KING TUT HAD STARTED
A NEW TECHNOLOGY

WITH MUMMIFICATION,

IT COULD'VE VERY WELL
CARRIED TO HERE.

THIS IS EVIDENCE THAT THE BURIAL
PRACTICES USED ON KING TUT,

ADVANCED CHEMISTRY INTENDED
TO HARNESS THE SPARK OF LIFE,

WERE NO MISTAKE.

TUT WAS SIMPLY THE FIRST PHARAOH

TO UNDERGO THE NEW PROCESS.

AND THE PRIESTS
CONTINUED THIS TECHNIQUE

FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS.

I THINK HOW MUCH DID
THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS PUT FORTH

OF SUPERHUMAN POWER
AND TECHNOLOGY

AND SO MUCH TIME
JUST FOR ONE PURPOSE

AND ONE PURPOSE ONLY --
TO ACHIEVE IMMORTALITY.

THIS ADVANCED CIVILIZATION
COULD HAVE BEEN

EVEN FURTHER ALONG
IN THE APPLICATION OF SCIENCES

THAN EGYPTOLOGISTS
FIRST IMAGINED.

IF KING TUT'S MUMMY SIGNALS
THE AWARENESS OF BIOELECTRICITY,

THE TRUE SPARK OF LIFE,

JUST HOW CLOSE DID THEY COME
TO THAT ACHIEVEMENT?

♪♪

ONE DAY, WE MAY DISCOVER THE KEY
THAT UNLOCKS IMMORTALITY,

AND I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF
THE ANSWER ALL STARTED

IN A TOMB
MORE THAN 3,000 YEARS OLD

IN THE VALLEY OF THE KINGS,

WITH THE MUMMY OF KING TUT.