Chasing Mummies

All Episodes 2010

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  • 2010-07-14T04:00:00Z
  • 44m
  • 7h 5m (10 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Documentary
Chasing Mummies: The Amazing Adventures of Zahi Hawass is a reality television series which is airing on The History Channel in the United States. Produced by Boutique TV, this series depicts the adventures of archaeologist and Egyptologist Dr. Zahi Hawass and his discoveries in Egypt as he is followed by young archeological fellows and a camera crew. The series began on Wednesday, 14 July 2010 and aired Wednesdays at 10pm on the History Channel. The shows illustrates the complexities in the almost never-ending quest to preserve and discover artifacts from ancient Egypt.

10 episodes

Series Premiere

2010-07-14T04:00:00Z

1x01 Stuck

Series Premiere

1x01 Stuck

  • 2010-07-14T04:00:00Z43m

Zahi supervises the restoration of the Step Pyramid; Lindsay almost loses her job; Zoe gets locked inside the pyramid and Zahi races to save her.

2010-07-21T04:00:00Z

1x02 Trapped

1x02 Trapped

  • 2010-07-21T04:00:00Z43m

Zahi takes a final journey to the Five Chambers pyramid to document the ancient graffiti on the walls and prove his theory; a near-death experience leaves all gasping for air.

2010-07-28T04:00:00Z

1x03 Lost

1x03 Lost

  • 2010-07-28T04:00:00Z42m

Most people experience something rare or exceptional once or twice in a lifetime, but Zahi Hawass, unimpeded by his tireless lust for adventure, lives many lifetimes in a single day; Zahi moves from a dig site in Saqqara...descending deep underground to uncover a cache of mummies; to the Workmen's Cemetery; and finally, discovers a rare and important piece of Egyptian history...a beautiful anthropoid sarcophagus from the 26th Dynasty! After a day like that, anyone would be ready to end their day...not Zahi...he's going to party at one of Cairo's latest hotspots!

2010-08-04T04:00:00Z

1x04 Discovered

1x04 Discovered

  • 2010-08-04T04:00:00Z43m

Army maneuvers have shut down the guys journey to restore an ancient minaret and now they must take a treacherous journey through the White Desert to camp overnight.

2010-08-11T04:00:00Z

1x05 Sunken

1x05 Sunken

  • 2010-08-11T04:00:00Z43m

Zahi permits archaeologists from the Hellenic Institute to dive into the Mediterranean Sea and bring up a nine-ton pylon that is a confirmed part of Cleopatra's historic shrine.

2010-08-18T04:00:00Z

1x06 Robbed

1x06 Robbed

  • 2010-08-18T04:00:00Z43m

Zahi heads to Sheikh Sobey and discovers an amazing mummy inside a sarcophagus; a missing piece of an offering table is headed back to Karnak Temple in Luxor from New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art.

2010-08-25T04:00:00Z

1x07 Meltdown

1x07 Meltdown

  • 2010-08-25T04:00:00Z40m

Zahi is getting ready to open two sealed tombs for the first time in thousands of years, but Zoe is late again; At the ``Festival of the Sacrifice,'' Derek and Allan begin to learn about the customs and traditions of their host country.

2010-09-01T04:00:00Z

1x08 Bats

1x08 Bats

  • 2010-09-01T04:00:00Z42m

Zahi goes to the Giza Plateau to explore caves beneath the plateau in an effort to disprove a theory about underground passages to the Sphinx, but he has to contend with the bats that dwell there; and he agrees to attend a local wedding celebration.

2010-09-08T04:00:00Z

1x09 Cursed

1x09 Cursed

  • 2010-09-08T04:00:00Z43m

Alice, the marine archaeologist from Alexandria, wants to ask Zahi for a spot in the fellowship program; Zahi wants to see if the long-forgotten Falcon Galleries can be restored as a new tourist destination.

2010-09-15T04:00:00Z

1x10 Buried

1x10 Buried

  • 2010-09-15T04:00:00Z43m

Zahi's truly-devoted archaeological workers name a brand new tomb complex in Luxor after their boss; the crew goes deep underground to discover five intact burials and a murdered mummy.

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