All language subtitles for Mummy Unexplained Files - 1x04_track3_eng

Narrator: AN EMPTY TOMB...

A MISSING PHARAOH...

SOMEBODY HAD A GOOD REASON
TO PLACE IT SOMEWHERE ELSE,

DESECRATE THE MEMORY.

Narrator: WHAT HAPPENED
TO ANCIENT EGYPT'S

MOST MYSTERIOUS
AND CONTROVERSIAL RULER?

HE REALLY IS ONE OF MY HEROES.

THIS IS A MYSTERY THAT'S BEEN
GOING ON FOR OVER A CENTURY.

Narrator: A TEAM OF THE WORLD'S
LEADING EXPERTS INVESTIGATE

THE LOST HISTORY
OF A REVOLUTIONARY RULER.

HIS STATUS AS PHARAOH
IS AT STAKE HERE.

HE'S GOT TO GET IT RIGHT.

YOU REALLY CANNOT
DIVORCE POLITICS FROM RELIGION.

Narrator:
HOW DID SHE COME TO POWER?

WHY WAS HER REIGN CUT SHORT?

Naunton: SORT OF MAKES YOU WANT
TO GET IN TOUCH WITH HER

AND SAY, "STOP, DON'T DO THAT."

Narrator: IT'S A TOXIC TALE

OF AMBITION, INFIDELITY,
POWER AND POISON.

SOMEONE REALLY WANTED
TO GET RID OF HER.

WHO DID IT AND WHAT WAS
THE MOTIVATION FOR THAT ACT?

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Narrator: EGYPT, 1903.

A YOUNG ARCHEOLOGIST
NAMED HOWARD CARTER

IS IN SEARCH OF THE LOST TOMBS
OF THE PHARAOHS.

IN A REMOTE CORNER
OF THE VALLEY OF THE KINGS,

HE BECOMES THE FIRST PERSON
IN 3,000 YEARS

TO INVESTIGATE
A MYSTERIOUS ROYAL CRYPT.

IT MUST HAVE BEEN SO THRILLING.

AND ALL THE TIME,

THERE MUST HAVE BEEN THIS
HEIGHTENED SENSE OF EXCITEMENT.

Naunton: INSIDE,
A SARCOPHAGUS WAS FOUND.

IT WAS INSCRIBED
WITH THE NAME MAATKARE,

THE CORONATION NAME
OF HATSHEPSUT.

Narrator: IT'S A DISCOVERY
THAT HAS THE POTENTIAL

TO MAKE HOWARD CARTER
WORLD FAMOUS.

HATSHEPSUT IS ONE OF THE ANCIENT
WORLD'S MOST ENIGMATIC RULERS

AND PERHAPS EGYPT'S
MOST POWERFUL QUEEN.

Bianchi: THE NUMBER OF WOMEN WHO
BECOME PHARAOH

IS VERY, VERY SMALL.

OUT OF THE ENTIRE
4,000-YEAR SPAN

OF EGYPTIAN HISTORY,

WE HAVE THREE
OR FOUR INDIVIDUALS.

SHE WAS A WOMAN
IN A MAN'S WORLD.

THIS WAS A STRONGLY
PATRIARCHAL SOCIETY.

SHE REALLY LEFT A MARK
IN THE LANDSCAPE

AND IN THE MINDS OF EGYPTIANS
BY HER ACTIONS.

Narrator: HATSHEPSUT'S IMPACT
ON EGYPTIAN HISTORY LOOMS LARGE.

HER GREATEST MONUMENT --

THE QUEEN'S
MAGNIFICENT MORTUARY TEMPLE.

I ALWAYS GET A RUSH
OF EXCITEMENT

WHEN I LOOK AT THIS BUILDING

BECAUSE IT REALLY SHOWS
HOW MUCH SHE ACHIEVED.

Narrator: HATSHEPSUT CONTINUALLY
BUILDS HER EMPIRE

UNTIL HER REIGN IS CUT SHORT.

VIEWING IT TODAY,

HER TEMPLE HINTS
AT A DARK SECRET.

THAT THE GREAT QUEEN
SO ANGERED HER SUCCESSORS,

THEY ATTEMPTED TO WIPE HER
FROM HISTORY.

THIS WAS MEANT TO BE A RELIEF
SHOWING HATSHEPSUT

IN ALL OF HER GLORY.

SHE'S BEEN ALMOST
TOTALLY ERASED.

Narrator: WHAT DID THE QUEEN DO
TO DESERVE

SUCH A DEVASTATING INSULT?

THREE MILLENNIA ON,

HOWARD CARTER BELIEVES HE'S ON
THE VERGE OF ANSWERING

ONE OF ANCIENT EGYPT'S
GREATEST MYSTERIES.

COULD ALL THE ANSWERS LIE
INSIDE HER ORNATE SARCOPHAGUS?

WHEN CARSON OPENED IT UP...

¶¶

...THAT WAS NOTHING THERE.

Narrator:
HATSHEPSUT'S MUMMY IS GONE,

AND WITH IT, CARTER'S CHANCE

OF SOLVING THE MYSTERY
OF EGYPT'S LOST QUEEN.

HAVING FOUND THE SARCOPHAGUS
HERE EMPTY,

CARTER MIGHT WELL HAVE FELT

AS THOUGH THE TRAIL
WAS COMPLETELY COLD.

WAS SHE NEVER INTERRED
IN THE FIRST PLACE?

WAS HER SARCOPHAGUS
ROBBED IN ANTIQUITY?

WE REALLY DON'T KNOW.

AND HE MUST HAVE BEEN
ASKING THESE QUESTIONS.

Narrator: 19 YEARS LATER,

HOWARD CARTER DOES
BECOME WORLD FAMOUS.

ON NOVEMBER 4, 1922,

HE DISCOVERS THE TOMB
AND RICHES OF TUTANKHAMUN.

BUT FOR THE WORLD-RENOWNED
EGYPTOLOGIST,

HATSHEPSUT REMAINS
THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY.

WHO TOOK HER BODY
FROM HER SARCOPHAGUS?

AND WHERE IS SHE NOW?

THIS IS A MYSTERY THAT'S BEEN
GOING ON FOR OVER A CENTURY.

¶¶

Narrator: CAIRO,

300 MILES NORTH
OF THE VALLEY OF THE KINGS.

EGYPTOLOGIST PROFESSOR
SALIMA IKRAM

IS INVESTIGATING

WHAT COULD BE
AN ASTONISHING BREAKTHROUGH,

ONE FINALLY IN REACH

BECAUSE OF MODERN-DAY
SCIENTIFIC ADVANCES.

THIS BOX, CURIOUSLY,
IT'S INSCRIBED WITH THE NAME

OF QUEEN HATSHEPSUT
AND INSIDE, VERY WEIRDLY,

IT CONTAINS
WHAT LOOKS LIKE A LIVER.

WE KNOW THAT THIS BOX WAS MADE
FOR QUEEN HATSHEPSUT.

SO THE ASSUMPTION IS THAT
THE LIVER IN IT BELONGS TO HER.

Narrator: NORMALLY, WHEN
A PHARAOH IS MUMMIFIED,

THE INTERNAL ORGANS OF THE DEAD
ARE REMOVED

AND PLACED IN SPECIAL VESSELS
KNOWN AS CANOPIC JARS.

BUT THIS BOX FOUND
IN ANOTHER TOMB IS DIFFERENT.

IT'S NOT A CANOPIC JAR
IN ITSELF.

THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT SO BIZARRE
IN THIS CONTEXT.

Ikram:
THIS IS A BOX FOR MAKE-UP.

IT'S A BOX FOR JEWELRY.

FINDING A LIVER IN A BOX

AND IN FACT,
BEING SHOVED INTO A BOX

WHERE IT DOESN'T EVEN FIT
IS REALLY PECULIAR,

ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES
TO ROYALTY.

SO THE PLOT THICKENS.

¶¶

Narrator:
FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGIST
ANGELIQUE CORTHALS

HAS SPENT MUCH OF HER CAREER

HELPING UNRAVEL THE SECRETS
OF EGYPT'S ANCIENTS.

FOR YEARS, RESEARCHERS THOUGHT
HATSHEPSUT'S JEWELRY BOX

CONTAINED JUST
HER DESICCATED LIVER.

NOW A CT SCAN REVEALS

THERE IS SOMETHING ELSE
INSIDE THE BOX.

FOR CORTHALS, IT'S SOMETHING

THAT OFFERS THE INVESTIGATION
A STARTING POINT.

YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE WAS
AN OPAQUE MASS

THAT CAME OUT VERY VIVIDLY.

AND THAT OPAQUE MASS IS,
IN FACT, A MOLAR.

Narrator: A SINGLE TOOTH HIDDEN
FOR 3,000 YEARS.

A DISCOVERY WITH UNKNOWN
POTENTIAL.

Ikram: IT'S SURPRISING ENOUGH

TO FIND A LIVER
IN A BOX LIKE THIS,

WHICH IS GENERALLY USED
FOR JEWELRY OR MAKE-UP.

BUT WHAT'S EVEN MORE PECULIAR
IS FINDING A TOOTH

OR PARTS OF A TOOTH
WRAPPED UP WITH THE LIVER.

IT'S NOT UNCOMMON FOR EMBALMERS

TO RETRIEVE THE PIECES
OF THE BODY

THAT MAY HAVE FALLEN OFF
DURING THE EMBALMING PROCESS.

EVERY PART OF THE BODY
WAS CONSIDERED SACRED.

THE BODY HAD TO BE COMPLETE.

ANY BITS THAT FELL OFF WOULD BE
CHUCKED INTO THE CANOPIC JAR.

Narrator: IF THE BOX IS
HATSHEPSUT'S AS IT IS INSCRIBED,

COULD BOTH THE LIVER
AND THE TOOTH

ALSO BELONG TO THE LOST QUEEN?

Naunton:
THIS IS NOT THE KIND OF THING

YOU WOULD NORMALLY
EXPECT TO FIND.

AND, OF COURSE, IT RAISES
ALL KINDS OF QUESTIONS.

Narrator:
IT'S A MIRACULOUS FIND.

THE SEARCH IS NOW ON FOR A MUMMY
WITH A MISSING TOOTH.

IF THE EXAMINATION OF THE MOLAR
FROM THE BOX

AND THE ROOT OF THE MOLAR
IN THE JAW OF A MUMMY MATCHED,

WE MIGHT HAVE THE IDENTIFICATION
OF HATSHEPSUT.

Narrator: THERE ARE SEVEN
ANONYMOUS CANDIDATES --

FIVE FEMALE MUMMIES
THAT HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED

AMONGST ROYAL BURIALS
IN THE VALLEY OF THE KINGS

AND TWO MUMMIFIED WOMEN

FOUND IN THE TOMB
OF HATSHEPSUT'S SERVANT.

ONE OF THE SEVEN MUMMIES
STANDS OUT.

Ashrafian: WE THINK WE HAVE
A LIKELY CANDIDATE,

AND THIS LIKELY CANDIDATE
WAS A WOMAN

WHO DIED IN APPROXIMATELY
HER FIFTH DECADE.

AND LO AND BEHOLD,
IT WAS MISSING A MOLAR.

Narrator: HATSHEPSUT HAS BEEN
MISSING FOR OVER 3,000 YEARS.

HAVE EXPERTS FINALLY
IDENTIFIED THE MUMMY

OF HISTORY'S
MOST FORMIDABLE FEMALE PHARAOH?

AND COULD IT REVEAL WHY HER BODY
WAS STOLEN FROM HER TOMB?

A VENDETTA AGAINST HER
BECOMES NOTHING LESS

THAN THE ERASURE OF HATSHEPSUT,
FULL STOP,

BOTH IN THIS LIFE AND THE NEXT.

IT COULD BE SOMEBODY
HAD A GOOD REASON

TO REMOVE THE BURIAL
FROM THE TOMB,

DESECRATE THE MEMORY.

Narrator: COULD THESE
UNIDENTIFIED ANCIENT REMAINS

BE THE MISSING BODY OF THE
FEMALE PHARAOH HATSHEPSUT?

A GREAT QUEEN WHO MAKES
A HUGE MARK IN LIFE,

YET IS MYSTERIOUSLY
SHUNNED IN DEATH.

CAN A TOOTH FOUND INSIDE A BOX
WITH THE QUEEN'S NAME ON IT

FINALLY CONFIRM THIS ANONYMOUS
MUMMY IS THE LOST QUEEN

AND HELP SOLVE THE MYSTERY OF
HER DISAPPEARANCE FROM HER TOMB

AND HISTORY?

IT'S A VERY, VERY EXCITING
POSSIBILITY TO THINK

THAT THIS GREAT AND FAMOUS
PHARAOH MIGHT BE IDENTIFIED.

Narrator: THIS ANCIENT JANE DOE
IS FIRST DISCOVERED IN 1903

BY NONE OTHER THAN
A YOUNG HOWARD CARTER.

IN THE SAME YEAR THAT HE FINDS

HATSHEPSUT'S
EMPTY ROYAL SARCOPHAGUS,

HE ALSO STUMBLES
ACROSS ANOTHER TOMB

LINKED TO THE MISSING QUEEN.

HOWARD CARTER WAS ABLE TO
IDENTIFY THE TOMB

AS BELONGING TO A WET NURSE
OF QUEEN HATSHEPSUT.

INSIDE THIS TOMB,
HE FOUND TWO MUMMIES,

PLUS A LOT OF MUMMIFIED GEESE.

Narrator: PERHAPS IT'S THE LOWLY
STATUS OF THE TOMB,

OR PERHAPS IT'S BECAUSE

THE MUMMIES
AREN'T BURIED IN SARCOPHAGI

THAT LEADS HOWARD CARTER TO MAKE
A BIZARRE AND FATEFUL DECISION.

Bianchi: FOR SOME UNKNOWN
REASON, HE TAKES THE GEESE,

REMOVES THEM FROM THE TOMB,

LEAVES THE TWO BODIES IN THERE
AND THEN SEALS THE TOMB UP.

¶¶

Narrator: IT TAKES ANOTHER
104 YEARS BEFORE THIS MUMMY

IS FINALLY REMOVED
FROM THE SERVANT'S TOMB

AND BROUGHT TO THE CAIRO MUSEUM,

WHERE EGYPTOLOGISTS
CAN NOW SEE THIS BODY

DOES HAVE THE POTENTIAL
TO BE A ROYAL.

THE AMOUNT OF BANDAGES,
THE QUALITY OF THE LINEN,

ALL POINT
TO A HIGHER-LEVEL MUMMIFICATION.

YOU HAVE ONE ARM CROSSED
OVER THE CHEST

AND THAT'S VERY LIKELY
GONNA BE AN INDICATION

OF VERY HIGH SOCIAL STATUS.

Narrator: BUT IT DOESN'T PROVE
THIS MUMMY IS HATSHEPSUT.

HER BODY DOESN'T SEEM TO MATCH
THE IMAGES OF THE QUEEN

FOUND IN ANCIENT RELIEFS,
STATUES AND SCULPTURES.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS MUMMY,

YOU THINK THAT SHE'S
FAIRLY SLENDER,

EXCEPT FOR THIS
LITTLE BULGE HERE.

BUT IN FACT, SHE WAS QUITE OBESE

AND THAT'S WHY
SHE HAS THE BULGE.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT HER FACE,

YOU CAN SEE THAT,
ESPECIALLY BY HER EARS,

THERE'S SORT OF ROLLS
OR FOLDS OF SKIN.

THEY LOOK A BIT LIKE WRINKLES,

BUT ACTUALLY THEY ARE
FOLDS OF FLESH.

SO YOU HAVE EXTRA FLESH,

WHICH MEANS THAT SHE HAD QUITE
PLUMP CHEEKS WHEN SHE WAS ALIVE.

Bradshaw: THIS IS VERY, VERY
DIFFERENT TO THE IMAGES

THAT WE HAVE OF HATSHEPSUT.

SO WE HAVE THE IDEALIZED
FEMININE-MASCULINE PHARAOH

AND WE HAVE WHAT
CAN ONLY REALLY BE DESCRIBED

AS EXTREMELY UNWELL OLDER WOMAN.

Narrator:
HOWEVER, IF THIS IS HATSHEPSUT,

EGYPTOLOGISTS HAVE DISCOVERED

ANCIENT EGYPT'S
GREATEST LOST QUEEN --

A QUEEN WHO RULES
FOR OVER 20 YEARS

BEFORE HER DEATH IN 1458 B.C.,

A REIGN THAT TRANSFORMS
THE FORTUNES OF THE COUNTRY.

Bradshaw: THIS IS QUITE
AN ASTONISHING RELIEF.

IT SHOWS IN REALLY VIVID COLOR

HATSHEPSUT'S EXPEDITION
TO AFRICA.

SHE WAS BRINGING BACK
ALL OF THIS FABULOUS STUFF,

INCLUDING LOTS OF EBONY, IVORY,
ANIMAL SKINS.

Ikram: LOTS OF INCENSE,

BECAUSE THIS WAS BURNT
IN TEMPLES

AND USED IN MUMMIFICATION,
GOLD, EXOTIC ANIMALS

AND ALL SORTS OF GREAT
AND WONDERFUL THINGS.

Narrator: HATSHEPSUT OVERSEES
THE EXPANSION OF EGYPT

AND DEVELOPS TRADE ROUTES
ACROSS THE ANCIENT WORLD.

Bianchi: THE 18th DYNASTY IS
ALMOST UNIVERSALLY REGARDED

AS THE APOGEE
OF EGYPTIAN CIVILIZATION.

THE EGYPTIANS ARE BASICALLY
IN CONTROL

OF THE KNOWN
MEDITERRANEAN WORLD.

ALL OF THE RESOURCES
OF THAT KNOWN WORLD

POURED INTO THE COFFERS
OF ANCIENT EGYPT.

EGYPT WAS FLOURISHING.

IT SEEMED TO BE A TIME OF PEACE
AND PLENTY.

Narrator: YET DESPITE
THE PROSPERITY, AFTER HER DEATH,

HATSHEPSUT MYSTERIOUSLY
DISAPPEARS FROM HISTORY.

IT SEEMS THAT SHE WAS BUILDING

RIGHT UP
UNTIL THE MOMENT SHE DIED.

SPECULATION ABOUT THE SUDDEN
DISAPPEARANCE OF HATSHEPSUT

HAS SPAWNED A LOT OF THEORIES.

Narrator: HATSHEPSUT'S DEATH,
HER MISSING BODY,

AND HER BEING WIPED
FROM HISTORY --

COULD THEY ALL BE PART
OF THE SAME ANCIENT CONSPIRACY?

IT COULD BE SOMEBODY HAD A GOOD
REASON TO REMOVE THE BURIAL

FROM THE TOMB, PLACE IT
SOMEWHERE ELSE,

DESECRATE THE MEMORY.

Bradshaw: SO ALL THIS
AMAZING ACHIEVEMENT,

ALL OF HER INCREDIBLY HARD WORK,

THE INTERESTING AND ACTUALLY
FAIRLY DEVASTATING THING

IS THAT WE END UP
WITH RELIEFS OF HATSHEPSUT

BEING ERASED FROM THE RECORD.

THIS WASN'T SOMETHING THAT
WAS DONE ON A WHIM BY ACCIDENT.

THIS WAS VERY CAREFULLY
THOUGHT THROUGH.

Narrator: IT'S A MYSTERY THAT
HAS LONG PUZZLED EGYPTOLOGISTS,

IMPOSSIBLE TO SOLVE
WITHOUT HER BODY.

NOW THE TOOTH DISCOVERED
IN THE QUEEN'S OWN JEWELRY BOX

AND THIS ANONYMOUS BODY
WITH A MISSING MOLAR

COULD CHANGE EVERYTHING.

THERE'S ONE TOOTH MISSING
AND THERE'S A ROOT THERE,

AND SO THE TOOTH
FROM THE LIVER BOX

AND THIS ROOT ARE MATCHED UP.

BUT OVERLOOKED FOR SO LONG,

NOW WE KNOW THAT ACTUALLY THIS
IS A VERY IMPORTANT MUMMY.

THE TOOTH FITS PERFECTLY IN THE
JAW LIKE CINDERELLA'S SLIPPER.

SO VOILà, THIS IS HATSHEPSUT.

Narrator: AT LONG LAST,

HATSHEPSUT CAN LIE IN STATE
AMONG THE ANCIENT ROYAL ELITE.

IT'S REALLY AMAZING TO BE ABLE

TO LOOK INTO THE FACE
OF QUEEN HATSHEPSUT,

AND SHE REALLY
IS ONE OF MY HEROES.

Narrator: INCREDIBLY, HATSHEPSUT
HAS BEEN HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT

FOR OVER 100 YEARS.

Naunton: CARTER WOULD NOT HAVE
HAD ANY IDEA

THAT HE MIGHT HAVE STUMBLED
ACROSS THE MUMMY

OF HATSHEPSUT HERSELF.

Narrator: IT'S ONE OF
ARCHAEOLOGY'S GREATEST IRONIES.

UNWITTINGLY, THE GREAT
HOWARD CARTER HAD FOUND

AND THEN IGNORED THE BODY
OF EGYPT'S LOST FEMALE PHARAOH.

IF HE WERE SOMEHOW TO DISCOVER
NOW THAT HE CAME

THAT CLOSE TO DISCOVERING
THE MUMMY OF HATSHEPSUT,

HE MIGHT BE PRETTY FRUSTRATED.

Narrator: HATSHEPSUT'S MISSING
MUMMY HAS BEEN FOUND.

CAN HER REMAINS NOW SOLVE
A 3,000-YEAR-OLD MYSTERY?

DID A CONSPIRACY TO WIPE HER
FROM HISTORY

START WITH THE GREAT
QUEEN'S MURDER?

THEY ESSENTIALLY
WANTED TO FORGET

THAT HATSHEPSUT'S REIGN
HAD EVER HAPPENED.

HE TAKES HIS REVENGE OUT
AGAINST THIS EVIL WOMAN

THAT USURPS HIS POSITION.

Narrator:
MISSING FOR 3,000 YEARS,

THE GREAT FEMALE PHARAOH
HATSHEPSUT HAS BEEN FOUND,

BUT THE MYSTERY SWIRLING AROUND
THE REMOVAL FROM HER TOMB,

THE DESTRUCTION OF HER IMAGES

AND THE CAUSE OF HER
UNTIMELY DEATH CONTINUES.

YOU'VE GOT FRAGMENTS OF EVIDENCE
FROM HERE AND THERE.

BUT HOW DO THEY FIT TOGETHER?

AND WHAT'S THE STORY?
WHAT HAPPENED HERE?

THE JOB OF A EGYPTOLOGIST

IS OFTEN LIKE A JOB
OF A DETECTIVE.

THE MORE BITS AND PIECES
THAT WE FIND OUT,

THE MORE COMPLEX IS THE MYSTERY.

Narrator: WHO HAD THE MOTIVE
AND THE MEANS

TO WIPE HER FROM HISTORY?

AND DID THEIR PLOT START
BY MURDERING THE QUEEN?

THERE IS ONE KEY SUSPECT.

I THINK IT IS POSSIBLE
THAT THUTMOSE III

MIGHT WELL
HAVE WANTED REVENGE.

Narrator: THUTMOSE III
IS HATSHEPSUT'S STEPSON

AND CO-RULER.

COULD HE HAVE THE MOTIVE
TO TAKE OUT THE QUEEN?

EGYPTOLOGISTS BELIEVE
THE ANSWER LIES

IN HATSHEPSUT'S
CONTROVERSIAL RISE TO THE TOP.

SHE WAS THE WIFE OF A KING
AND A DAUGHTER OF A KING,

BUT SHE WAS NOT
SUPPOSED TO BE KING.

Narrator: AS THE PRINCIPAL WIFE
OF PHARAOH THUTMOSE II,

HATSHEPSUT
IS THE HIGHEST-RANKING WOMAN

IN ANCIENT EGYPT.

BUT AS A WOMAN, SHE IS NOT
CONSIDERED FIT TO BE PHARAOH.

HATSHEPSUT WAS EXTREMELY
AMBITIOUS AND EXTREMELY CLEVER

IN MANEUVERING HERSELF
INTO POSITIONS OF POWER.

SHE DIDN'T REALLY COME BY HER
POWER 100% LEGITIMATELY.

Narrator: WHEN HATSHEPSUT'S
HUSBAND DIES,

HER STEPSON THUTMOSE III
IS NAMED HEIR TO THE THRONE.

IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY
SHE REFUSES TO LET SLIP BY.

Ikram:
THERE WAS NO HEIR OF HER BODY,

BUT HER HUSBAND
HAD ANOTHER WIFE.

AND SO THIS CHILD CAME TO
THE THRONE

AND SHE ACTED AS HIS REGENT.

HATSHEPSUT MANEUVERS HERSELF

AS CO-REGENT
FOR THIS YOUNG KING.

THEN APPARENTLY DISSATISFIED
WITH THAT ROLE,

ACTUALLY MANAGES TO TURN HERSELF
INTO A PHARAOH.

Ikram: SHE TOOK ON ALL THE POWER
AND THE TITLES OF KING.

SO TO A CERTAIN EXTENT,
SHE HAD PINCHED HIS POWER.

Naunton: IT'S QUITE POSSIBLE

THAT THIS WAS
A STRAIGHTFORWARD POWER GRAB.

SHE'S A USURPER.
SHE'S NOT A LEGITIMATE PHARAOH.

Narrator: IN THE POISONOUS WORLD
OF EGYPTIAN POLITICS,

HATSHEPSUT'S SEIZING OF THE
THRONE IS ABSOLUTELY ENOUGH

TO TRIGGER AN INTERFAMILY WAR.

Bradshaw: IF THUTMOSE III HAD
A VENDETTA AGAINST HATSHEPSUT,

THEN THIS ERASURE OF HER IMAGES
BECOMES NOTHING LESS

THAN THE ERASURE OF HATSHEPSUT,
FULL STOP,

BOTH IN THIS LIFE AND THE NEXT.

Bianchi: HE TAKES HIS REVENGE
OUT AGAINST THIS EVIL WOMAN,

THAT USURPS HIS POSITION.

Bradshaw: THAT WAS THE IDEA
FOR A LONG TIME

THAT THUTMOSE HAD MURDERED
HIS STEPMUM.

Narrator:
IT'S A COMPELLING THEORY.

DOES IT STACK UP
AGAINST THE EVIDENCE

FROM HATSHEPSUT'S
NEWLY IDENTIFIED BODY?

Bianchi: THE MUMMIFIED REMAINS
OF THE QUEEN

SHOWS NO SIGNS OF TRAUMA.

SO THE EARLIER SUGGESTION THAT
SHE WAS THE VICTIM OF FOUL PLAY

IS NOW COMPLETELY EXPLODED.

Narrator:
ARCHEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE,

INCLUDING RINGS
AND INSCRIPTIONS,

REVEALED THUTMOSE
HAPPILY CO-RULED WITH HATSHEPSUT

AND EVEN SAW HER
AS AN INSPIRATION.

Bradshaw: THERE'S EVIDENCE
TO SHOW THAT THUTMOSE III

REALLY TOOK ADVANTAGE
OF THIS TIME.

THUTMOSE III WAS ONE OF
THE BEST PHARAOHS EGYPT HAD,

AND HE WAS A PUPIL
OF HATSHEPSUT.

Ikram: ONE COULD EVEN HAVE
THOUGHT THAT THUTMOSE III

HAD REALLY ACTUALLY
ADMIRED AND LOVED HATSHEPSUT.

Narrator: THUTMOSE MAY HAVE
REVERED HATSHEPSUT IN LIFE,

BUT IT DIDN'T STOP HER IMAGES
BEING ERASED AFTER HER DEATH.

SO WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE?

TO BE PHARAOH IS --
IS TO JOIN THIS GREAT,

LONG, DISTINGUISHED LINE
OF PEOPLE

WHO RULED THE COUNTRY
THROUGHOUT HISTORY.

SO TO REMOVE THE NAME
OF A PHARAOH FROM THE RECORDS

IS A VERY SERIOUS STEP.

Narrator: SURPRISINGLY, THERE
SEEMS TO BE ONLY ONE CANDIDATE.

IN ALL LIKELIHOOD, THE PERSON
RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS

WAS THUTMOSE III.

Bradshaw: BUT IT SEEMS THAT
FAR FROM BEING SOMETHING

THAT WAS DONE ABSOLUTELY
IMMEDIATELY UPON HER DEATH,

THAT THIS HAPPENED 20 YEARS
OR SO

INTO THE REIGN OF THUTMOSE III

AND WAS THEREFORE NOT A SORT OF
KICK BACK OR GUT REACTION

AS SOON AS SHE DIED.

Narrator:
THE PUPIL-TURNED-PHARAOH

APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN FORCED
TO WIPE HER FROM HISTORY.

IT SEEMS DESPITE HER SUCCESS,

THE ELITE SAW HATSHEPSUT'S RULE
AS AN ABERRATION.

HER CRIME IS SHE ISN'T PART
OF THE PHARAOH'S FAMILY LINE,

AND MORE HORRIFYING,
SHE'S A WOMAN.

Ikram: FOR THE EGYPTIANS,
BEING A KING,

BY DEFINITION, MEANT
THAT YOU WERE MALE.

Bradshaw: HATSHEPSUT WAS
COMPLETELY UNPRECEDENTED

IN WHAT SHE WAS TRYING TO DO.

THERE WILL HAVE BEEN SOME PEOPLE
WHO WEREN'T HAPPY

WITH HER AT ALL.

THIS WAS A PATRIARCHAL SOCIETY,

AND IT WAS NEVER GOING
TO BE THAT EASY,

DARE I SAY IT,
TO BREAK IT.

Naunton: IT MAY BE THAT THIS WAS
A MORE COLDLY POLITICAL MOVE.

THEY ESSENTIALLY WANTED
TO FORGET

THAT HATSHEPSUT'S REIGN
HAD EVER HAPPENED.

Narrator: SOME EGYPTOLOGISTS
BELIEVE THUTMOSE III

IS ALSO SECURING
HIS OWN ROYAL LINE.

Bradshaw: IT SEEMS LESS LIKE
A VENDETTA AGAINST HATSHEPSUT

AND MORE ABOUT A VISION
FOR THE FUTURE

AND HOW TO REALLY STABILIZE
YOUR LINE AND THE SUCCESSION.

Bianchi: THE MEMORY
OF HATSHEPSUT WAS CONDEMNED.

HER NAME AND IMAGES
WERE ATTACKED

IN AN ATTEMPT
TO RITUALLY ANNIHILATE HER...

...TO CREATE A BREAK IN THE
FAMILY THAT SHE REPRESENTED.

Narrator: HATSHEPSUT'S DEATH
GIVES HER STEPSON THE POWER

TO REWRITE HISTORY.

BUT IF HE DIDN'T KILL HER,
THEN WHO OR WHAT DID?

NOW HER BODY
HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED,

CAN EXPERTS DISCOVER WHAT ENDS
THE REBEL QUEEN'S RULE?

SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN BEDRIDDEN
FOR THE LAST YEAR OF HER LIFE,

AT THE VERY LEAST.

IT MUST HAVE BEEN
JUST A LIVING AGONY.

Narrator:
THE NEWLY DISCOVERED BODY

OF EGYPT'S GREATEST
FEMALE PHARAOH, HATSHEPSUT,

IS OFFERING EXPERTS
A UNIQUE GLIMPSE

INTO THE FINAL DAYS
OF THE REVOLUTIONARY QUEEN.

FORENSIC INSPECTION OF HER
REMAINS REVEALS

THE QUEEN SURVIVED
WELL INTO HER FIFTH DECADE.

THEN HER LIFE
AND REIGN ABRUPTLY END.

THERE IS NO EVIDENCE
OF AN ASSASSIN'S BLADE,

BUT THERE ARE CLUES

HER OWN BODY
WAS CONSPIRING AGAINST HER.

Corthals:
SHE HAD A VERY, VERY RICH DIET,

AND SHE PROBABLY HAD
A LITTLE BIT OF A SWEET TOOTH.

AND WE CAN TELL THAT
SHE HAD VERY, VERY BAD TEETH.

AND IF WE PUT THAT TOGETHER
WITH HER BEING OVERWEIGHT

AND THE GENERAL SCAN
OF THE BODY,

WE CAN REALLY ASSUME
THAT SHE SUFFERED FROM DIABETES.

Narrator: DIABETES IS KNOWN
TO CAUSE HEART DISEASE,

KIDNEY FAILURE
AND FATAL INFECTION.

HATSHEPSUT ACTUALLY SUFFERED
FROM MASSIVE ABSCESS

IN THE MAXILLARY REGION
OF THE JAW.

SHE ALSO SUFFERED FROM KIND OF
AN INSIDIOUS SKIN DISEASE,

WHICH MUST HAVE BEEN VERY ITCHY
AND VERY UNCOMFORTABLE.

Narrator: THE FINAL YEARS
OF HATSHEPSUT'S REIGN

SEES THE QUEEN
IN CONSTANT AGONY

AS HER BODY DISINTEGRATES.

Bradshaw: WE NEED TO RESPECT HER
EVEN MORE

BECAUSE SHE CONTINUES TO ACHIEVE

AND CONTINUES TO MAINTAIN
HER HOLD ON POWER.

Narrator: SO WHAT DID BRING THIS
GREAT QUEEN'S REIGN TO AN END?

HER NEWLY DISCOVERED BODY

IS ABLE TO PROVE
THE SHOCKING TRUTH.

THE EVIDENCE COMES FROM
THE WORK OF ANGELIQUE CORTHALS

AND A TEAM WHO FORENSICALLY
REEXAMINED THE QUEEN'S REMAINS.

Corthals:
WE WERE TAKING BIOPSIES

FROM HATSHEPSUT,
FROM THE HIP BONES,

AND WE WERE TAKING FROM THE TOP
OF THE HIP BONE RIGHT HERE.

I WAS EXPECTING TO ENCOUNTER
A COUNTERFORCE,

AT LEAST RESISTANCE
FROM THE BONE,

AND IT WENT RIGHT THROUGH.

THAT INDICATED TO ME THAT
THE BONE WAS NO LONGER SOLID,

SO THEREFORE IT MUST HAVE
HAD A TUMOR IN IT.

Narrator: THE GREAT FEMALE
PHARAOH IS RIDDLED WITH CANCER.

Ashrafian: THERE IS EVIDENCE
FROM THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS

THAT THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS
WHO SUFFERED FROM CANCER

AND THAT THE TREATMENTS
FOR THESE WERE VERY POOR.

SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN BEDRIDDEN
FOR THE LAST YEAR OF HER LIFE,

AT THE VERY LEAST.

Bianchi:
TOWARD THE END OF HER LIFE,

SHE MUST HAVE BEEN ONE MISERABLE
HUMAN BEING.

IT MUST HAVE BEEN JUST
A LIVING AGONY.

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Narrator: COLOGNE, GERMANY --

THE BASE
FOR A TEAM OF SCIENTISTS

AND EGYPTOLOGISTS WHO COME
ACROSS A BIZARRE FINDING

INSIDE A BOTTLE RETRIEVED
FROM HATSHEPSUT'S TOMB.

IN ANCIENT EGYPT,
THE PHARAOHS WERE ENTOMBED

WITH EVERY POSSIBLE PROVISION
FOR THE AFTERLIFE,

FROM TREASURE...

TO FOOD...

TO BEAUTIFULLY
BOTTLED COSMETICS.

I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE PERFUME

BECAUSE THE BOTTLE LOOKS
LIKE A PERFUME BOTTLE.

Wiedenfeld:
CAN YOU IMAGINE, HUH?

NOT CHANEL NO. 5,

HATSHEPSUT NUMBER FIVE.

Narrator: TESTS REVEAL
THE CONTENTS OF THIS TINY VIAL

ARE UNLIKE ANYTHING RESEARCHERS
HAVE FOUND BEFORE.

HE FOUND THIS CARBOHYDRATES,
THE TAR, TAR PRODUCTS INSIDE.

THAT IS NOT A PERFUME.

Narrator: THE ANALYSIS SHOWS

THE BOTTLE CONTAINS
VARIOUS COMPOUNDS,

INCLUDING FATS AND PLANT OILS,

SUGGESTING IT WAS
A TOPICAL MEDICATION,

A LOTION OR MOISTURIZER
FOR THE QUEEN'S SKIN.

IT ALSO CONTAINS AN UNEXPECTED
AND POSSIBLY LETHAL INGREDIENT.

WE FOUND BENZOPYRENE.

AND BENZOPYRENE
IS A VERY TOXIC,

CANCER-PRODUCING COMPONENT.

Narrator:
THE CONTENTS OF THIS TINY BOTTLE

HAVE THE POTENTIAL
TO CAUSE CANCER,

MEANING HATSHEPSUT
IS DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE

FOR HER OWN FATAL CONDITION.

OF COURSE, THAT WAS A BIG,
ASTONISHING RESULT.

Narrator: HATSHEPSUT'S DEATH

CAN'T BE WRITTEN OFF
AS NATURAL CAUSES.

HAVING SURVIVED ALL THREATS
TO HER THRONE,

IS IT POSSIBLE THE QUEEN

MAY HAVE ACTUALLY DIED
BY HER OWN HAND?

DID SHE KILL HERSELF?
CAN BE.

IT SORT OF MAKES YOU WANT TO GET
IN TOUCH WITH HER

AND SAY, "STOP, DON'T DO THAT."

Narrator: HATSHEPSUT,
EGYPT'S LOST QUEEN,

DEFIES CONVENTION.

SHE SUCCESSFULLY RULED
FOR OVER 20 YEARS --

THE LONGEST FEMALE PHARAOH EVER.

SHE DOES IT THROUGH THE PAIN
OF DIABETES

AND MULTIPLE OTHER ILLNESSES,

BUT HER REIGN APPEARS TO HAVE
BEEN CUT SHORT BY A DISEASE

EVEN SHE CAN'T DEFEAT.

DIABETES IN AND OF ITSELF
DOES NOT REALLY KILL YOU.

THE CONSEQUENCES OF DIABETES

WILL DEFINITELY
SHORTEN YOUR LIFE SPAN.

Ashrafian: THE BODY OF THE MUMMY
HAS MANY DISEASES.

THERE ARE MULTIPLE TUMORS.

SHE DIED FROM
A CANCEROUS CONDITION.

Narrator: WORSE,
NEW EVIDENCE SUGGESTS

SHE HAD A HAND IN HER OWN DEATH.

THE DIRECT RESULT
OF USING A CREAM

CONTAINING A HIGHLY TOXIC
CARCINOGEN CALLED BENZOPYRENE.

WHY WOULD THE QUEEN

BE USING SUCH
A POTENTIALLY LETHAL POTION?

WE FOUND FATTY OILS.
MUST HAVE BEEN COCONUT PALM OIL.

I ASKED MICHAEL,
"IS IT POSSIBLE THAT IT

IS A REMEDY TO TREAT SKIN
DISEASES OF HATSHEPSUT?"

HE SAID, "YES, OF COURSE."

HATSHEPSUT
WAS SUFFERING OF PSORIASIS.

IT'S NO DOUBT THAT SUCH
A COMPOSITION OF FATTY OILS

AND TAR WILL HEAL PSORIASIS.

Narrator: PSORIASIS -- A
PAINFUL, UNSIGHTLY CONDITION.

YET SURVIVING IMAGES
OF THE FEMALE PHARAOH

SHOW NO EVIDENCE OF SUCH
A DEVASTATING SKIN DISEASE.

SHE LOOKS INCREDIBLY HEALTHY.

SHE'S GOT A GREAT FACE

AND IS LOOKING EXTREMELY
STRONG AND POWERFUL.

Narrator: HATSHEPSUT HAS
AN IMAGE TO PROTECT,

AN IMAGE
THAT HELPS KEEP HER IN POWER.

BECAUSE IN ANCIENT EGYPT,

PR AND PROJECTING
A STRONG PUBLIC PERSONA

ARE THE KEY TO SUCCESS.

ANCIENT EGYPT HAD A WONDERFUL
PROPAGANDA MACHINE.

AND REALLY THE IMAGERY
THAT WE SEE IS KEY TO IT.

Narrator: HATSHEPSUT'S OBSESSION
WITH IMAGE IS NO DIFFERENT.

BUT SHE HAS A PROBLEM.

SHE IS A WOMAN.

PHARAOH IS CONVENTIONALLY A MAN,

AND THEREFORE SHE HAD
TO BE DEPICTED IN THAT WAY.

WHEN SHE STARTED HER REIGN,
SHE WAS FIRST SHOWN AS A QUEEN

AND MAINTAINED A FEMALE FIGURE,
WHICH THEN DECREASED,

AND THEN SHE BEGAN
TO BE SHOWN AS A KING.

SO SHE LOSES HER BREASTS.
SHE'S WEARING THE FALSE BEARD.

Bradshaw: IT WAS REALLY
IMPORTANT FOR HATSHEPSUT

TO SHOW HERSELF AS A MAN

BECAUSE THIS WAS
PART OF LEGITIMIZATION,

HATSHEPSUT HAD TO BE A KING

BECAUSE
THERE WAS NO WORD FOR QUEEN.

Narrator: EVERY IMAGE PORTRAYS
HATSHEPSUT AS THE PERFECT,

FIT AND HEALTHY LEADER.

A DISFIGURING DISEASE
LIKE PSORIASIS

CANNOT BE ALLOWED
TO THREATEN THAT.

Bradshaw: THERE'S A WOMAN
IN A MAN'S WORLD,

AND SHE HAD TO WORK DOUBLY
AS HARD TO SHOW HERSELF

AS A STRONG AND CAPABLE RULER.

OTHERWISE, THERE MAY VERY WELL
HAVE BEEN TROUBLE.

PERHAPS HER STATUS AS PHARAOH
IS AT STAKE HERE.

SHE'S GOT TO GET IT RIGHT.

HATSHEPSUT WAS A VERY,
VERY GOOD PR WOMAN.

SHE KNEW EXACTLY
WHAT SHE WAS DOING.

Narrator: EXPERTS SUSPECT

THAT IF HATSHEPSUT'S CONDITION
HAD BEEN KNOWN,

IT WOULD HAVE UNDERMINED
EVERYTHING SHE HAD WORKED FOR.

THIS COULD HAVE BEEN SEEN
AS A SIGN OF THE GODS

THAT THEY WERE NOT HAPPY
ABOUT HER ACTIONS.

SO IT WAS NECESSARY THAT
SHE HIDES HER SKIN CONDITION

WITH THE HELP
OF THE CONTENTS OF THE BOTTLE.

I BELIEVE SHE DID
EVERYTHING TO HEAL IT.

Hoeveler-Mueller:
IT FITS LIKE A PUZZLE PIECE

INTO THE WHOLE HISTORY

BECAUSE HATSHEPSUT
HAD GET THIS SKIN DISEASE,

WE HAVE THE MEDICINE
IN THE BOTTLE.

SHE HAD CANCER
AND WE HAVE THE POSSIBLE THING

THAT CREATES CANCER IN HER BODY.

SHE HAD A REMEDY,
BUT A DRAMATICAL SIDE EFFECT

IS THAT, BY STEP,
SHE POISONED HERSELF.

Naunton: IT SORT OF MAKES YOU
WANT TO GET IN TOUCH WITH HER

AND SAY, "STOP, DON'T DO THAT."

Narrator:
HATSHEPSUT SPENT A LIFETIME

PERFECTING HER
PHARAONIC IMAGE --

AN IMAGE SHE MAY HAVE PAID
THE ULTIMATE PRICE FOR.

BUT HER SUFFERING
CONTINUES AFTER DEATH.

HER BODY SNATCHED FROM HER
ROYAL SARCOPHAGUS AND TOMB

AND DUMPED IN A SERVANT'S CRYPT.

WHO HAD SHE OFFENDED
TO DESERVE SUCH DESECRATION?

WE GET THIS FEELING THAT SOMEONE
REALLY WANTED TO GET RID OF HER.

THE MAIN QUESTION REMAINS
WHO DID IT

AND WHAT WAS
THE MOTIVATION FOR THAT ACT?

Narrator:
QUEEN HATSHEPSUT'S MONUMENTS

ARE SYMBOLS OF THE PROSPERITY
AND POWER

THAT THE FEMALE PHARAOH
BROUGHT TO ANCIENT EGYPT.

BUT HER FINAL RESTING PLACE
IS A LOWLY SERVANTS TOMB.

IS THIS A DELIBERATE
SNUB TO THE QUEEN,

A CALCULATED INSULT

BY THE MEN RESPONSIBLE
FOR BURYING PHARAOHS,

THE WEALTHY
AND POWERFUL PRIESTS?

THE PRIESTS WERE ONLY A RUNG
OR TWO BELOW THE PHARAOH,

SO THEY WOULD HAVE HAD ENORMOUS
AMOUNTS OF POWER AND AGENCY

TO DO THEIR OWN THING.

Bianchi: YOU REALLY CANNOT
DIVORCE POLITICS FROM RELIGION.

THEY'RE THE SAME.
THEY'RE INTERWOVEN.

Bradshaw:
KINGSHIP IN ANCIENT EGYPT

WAS ALL ABOUT MASCULINITY.

SO, BY BEING A FEMALE,

SHE POTENTIALLY COULD HAVE
CHALLENGED

POWERFUL CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS
SUCH AS THE PRIESTHOOD.

BY MANEUVERING HERSELF
INTO POSITION AS PHARAOH,

HATSHEPSUT WAS, OF COURSE,
TAKING A MASSIVE, MASSIVE RISK.

Narrator: AS A FEMALE PHARAOH,

HATSHEPSUT'S
TWO DECADES ON THE THRONE

BREAKS THOUSANDS OF YEARS
OF RELIGIOUS CONVENTION.

Bradshaw: THE PRIESTS REALLY
NEEDED TO UPHOLD TRADITION.

SO IT'S NOT UNREASONABLE
TO THINK

THAT THEY WEREN'T HAPPY
WITH HATSHEPSUT.

HATSHEPSUT NEEDED
THE PRIESTS ON HER SIDE

BECAUSE SHE WAS IN
A VERY UNUSUAL POSITION

AND THESE WERE A VERY POWERFUL
GROUP OF PEOPLE.

IF THE PRIEST OPPOSED ANY
PHARAOH FOR WHATEVER REASON,

THEY POTENTIALLY COULD MAKE LIFE
QUITE DIFFICULT.

Narrator: THE PRIESTS POSE
A VERY REAL THREAT

TO HER REIGN...

...BUT HATSHEPSUT IS READY
TO TAKE ON THE CHALLENGE.

Bianchi: IF YOU SUSPECT
THAT THE CLERGY

IS PLANNING SOME KIND OF A MOVE

THAT WILL
THREATEN YOUR POSITION,

PUTTING AN ALLY IN THEIR MIDST
TO MONITOR THEIR BEHAVIOR

IS CERTAINLY A VERY WISE MOVE.

Narrator: HATSHEPSUT KEEPS
THE PRIESTS ONSIDE...

WITH THE HELP OF ANOTHER
ROYAL WOMAN.

HATSHEPSUT PUT HER DAUGHTER,
WHOSE NAME WAS NEFERURE,

INTO THE ROLE OF GOD'S WIFE
OF AMUN.

IT RANKED AMONG THE HIGHEST
CLERICAL POSITIONS IN THE LAND.

Narrator: AS THE EARTHLY WIFE
OF THE GOD AMUN,

HATSHEPSUT'S DAUGHTER IS FIRMLY
AT THE CENTER

OF THE PRIEST'S UPPER ORDERS.

IT COULD BE REGARDED
AS A VERY, VERY OVERT WAY

OF LETTING THE PRIESTS KNOW

THAT I'M PUTTING SOMEBODY
THAT IS VERY CLOSE TO ME

IN THE MIDDLE
OF YOUR ENVIRONMENT

IN ORDER TO KEEP AN EYE
ON YOUR BEHAVIOR.

I WOULD NOT RULE THAT OUT.

Narrator:
THE GAMBLE PAYS OFF.

Bradshaw:
FROM THE STABILITY OF HER REIGN,

WE CAN ASSUME THAT SHE HAD
THE PRIESTHOOD PRETTY MUCH

WHERE SHE NEEDED THEM,
WHICH WAS ONSIDE.

Narrator: SO WHY IS HATSHEPSUT'S
BODY NOT FOUND

IN THE ROYAL SARCOPHAGUS
HER PRIEST PREPARED FOR HER?

EGYPTOLOGISTS SUSPECT IT IS
THE POWERFUL PRIESTHOOD

WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS
APPARENT ACT OF DESECRATION.

BUT THEY AREN'T SEEKING
TO DEFILE THE QUEEN'S NAME

AND DESTROY HER LEGACY.

Naunton:
AT THE END OF THE NEW KINGDOM,

MUMMIES WOULD HAVE BEEN
GATHERED TOGETHER

IN CACHES TO PREVENT THEM
FROM BEING ROBBED.

THE POTENTIAL THAT A TOMB WOULD
BE ROBBED WAS VERY, VERY GREAT.

AND THE EGYPTIANS
WERE WELL AWARE OF THAT.

SO THEY SELECTED
THE VALLEY OF THE KINGS

BECAUSE IT WAS
RELATIVELY INACCESSIBLE.

IT COULD BE POLICED.

THE BODY WAS MOVED INTO ANOTHER
PLACE FOR REASONS OF SAFETY.

Narrator: HATSHEPSUT'S INTACT
MUMMY ONLY SURVIVES TODAY

BECAUSE OF THE RESPECT
SHE EARNED FROM HER DEALINGS

WITH THE PRIESTHOOD.

CHOOSING A LOCATION FOR A TOMB
THAT WAS EASY TO CONCEAL

AND BASICALLY UNKNOWN
TO EVERYONE

TRIED TO ENSURE
THE ETERNAL RESTING

OF THE PEOPLE
WHO WERE BURIED WITHIN IT.

Narrator: HATSHEPSUT'S
SUCCESSORS MAY HAVE SET OUT

TO WIPE THE QUEEN FROM HISTORY.

BUT NOW, 3,000 YEARS LATER,

THE ACTIONS OF ANCIENT PRIESTS

HAVE FINALLY
ALLOWED EGYPTOLOGISTS

TO GIVE THE MISSING PHARAOH
BACK HER UNIQUE IDENTITY...

...AN IDENTITY SHE PERFECTED
TO HOLD ONTO POWER

AGAINST ALL ODDS...

BUT WHICH MAY HAVE
EVENTUALLY LED TO HER DEATH.

A BRILLIANT STRATEGIST WHO
TURNED HERSELF INTO A PHARAOH

IN A WAY THAT NO ONE
HAD EVER DONE BEFORE.

I THINK THE PROOF
IS IN THE PUDDING.

SHE REIGNED AS PHARAOH
FOR 20 YEARS.

THAT'S A SUCCESS BY ANY MEASURE.

AND SHE REALLY LEFT A MARK
IN THE LANDSCAPE

AND IN THE MINDS OF EGYPTIANS,

EVEN IF SHE HERSELF
WAS DELIBERATELY FORGOTTEN.

Bradshaw: SHE WAS A WOMAN.

AND THE FACT THAT SHE WAS ABLE
TO ACHIEVE WHAT SHE DID,

I THINK, IS REALLY
QUITE REMARKABLE.