En Égypte, en plein désert, des archéologues découvrent une pyramide unique en son genre. En y pénétrant, ils vont affronter bien plus qu’une malédiction. Ils sont piégés au cœur d’un labyrinthe, et quelque chose les traque…
1912. La reporter et feuilletoniste Adèle Blanc-Sec parvient à ramener d'Égypte la momie du médecin personnel de Ramsès II, dont le savoir millénaire pourrait sauver sa soeur, plongée dans un état cataleptique depuis un accident survenu cinq ans plus tôt. Mais à son arrivée à Paris, l'intrépide jeune femme apprend que son ami Espérandieu, le vieux savant qui devait ranimer la momie, a été emprisonné puis condamné à mort pour avoir fait éclore l'oeuf d'un ptérodactyle. Sans se démonter, Adèle planifie l'évasion d'Espérandieu, tout en tentant de retrouver le volatile préhistorique, qui terrorise Paris, avant qu'il ne soit abattu par le chasseur de fauves Justin de Saint-Hubert, dépêché sur les lieux pour seconder l'inspecteur Caponi dans son enquête. L'aventureuse écrivaine reçoit alors l'aide inespérée d'Andrej Sporovski, un jeune scientifique futé mais très timide, qui lui avoue maladroitement son profond amour pour elle.
Contacté par l'armée américaine, le jeune égyptologue de génie, Daniel Jackson, résout en 1994 l'énigme du gigantesque anneau de pierre et d'acier découvert en 1928 sur le site de la grande pyramide de Gizeh. Cette mission va le projeter à des années-lumière de la Terre chez des extra-terrestres qui ont construit les Pyramides. Un nouveau monde s'ouvre alors ...
This documentary follows a team of local archaeologists excavating never before explored passageways, shafts, and tombs, piecing together the secrets of Egypt’s most significant find in almost 50 years in Saqqara.
The film tells the story of a prop from the 1923 movie The Ten Commandments that was actually an authentic artifact from antiquity with cursed powers. In the modern day these resurface leading to murder and mayhem.
For centuries, the Great Pyramids have fascinated Mankind. Patrice Pooyard's The Revelation Of The Pyramids reveals what lies behind the greatest of archaeological mysteries: a message of paramount importance for humanity. From China to Peru, from Egypt to Mexico, through the world's most enigmatic and most beautiful sites, the director has spent 6 years meeting eminent scientific specialists and verifying his discoveries. The result will shake the teaching of history to its very core, and revolutionize Egyptology entirely. A great odyssey along a breathtaking route climaxes in a revelation as unexpected as it is staggering.
Renowned Egyptologist Dr. Sherif Hawass must save the world and the woman he loves after he unknowingly releases an ancient evil found in one of his artifacts.
Howard Carter hunts for the tomb of the boy king Tutankhamun.
Plus ancien traité médical connu, le papyrus Ebers intéresse aujourd’hui encore la pharmacologie moderne. Retraçant la quête de l’égyptologue allemand qui l’a découvert, ce documentaire lève le voile sur les secrets du précieux document.
On the mythical site of Saqqara, the Apis bulls were buried for more than a thousand years in the immense underground necropolis of the Serapheum. Discovered in 1850 by the French Egyptologist Auguste Mariette, this place shelters a treasure of which a part is preserved in the Louvre. The collapse of the ceiling of one of the galleries had however prevented the archaeologist from venturing into the entire necropolis. More than 170 years later, the museum's Egyptologists are continuing the work of their famous predecessor. Investigating the cult of the Apis bull and the mysterious rituals that surrounded it, the team is especially looking for access to the unexplored parts, which have at least eight burial chambers, with the hope of finding intact tombs.
As part of a high-tech forensic probe into the demise of Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun, scientists use X-rays and CT scans as they attempt to reach a conclusion about just how this famed king died. In addition, they explore the mysterious curse on explorers linked to Tut's tomb excavation.
The adventurous life of Natacha Rambova (1897-1966), an American artist, born Winifred Kimball Shaughnessy, who reincarnated herself countless times: false Russian dancer, silent film actress, scenographer and costume designer, writer, spiritist, Egyptologist, indefatigable traveler, mysterious and curious; an amazing 20th century woman who created the myth of Rudolph Valentino.
This special takes a 21st century approach to ancient history, bringing together the latest scientific evidence to build the ultimate picture of King Tutankhamun.
3,200 years ago, Egypt is living the final hours of its golden age under the reign of Ramesses II. After ruling the country for 67 years, the great pharaoh dies at the old age of 92. His mummy is burried in the heart of the Valley of the Kings. This is the beginning of his great journey towards the afterlife but only under one condition: that his tomb remains off limits forever. However, in the 19th century, many European adventurers explore the tomb of the king searching for the burial chamber. Then begins an archeological investigation, which reveals the story of Ramesses II after-life.
Professor Joann Fletcher explores what it was like to be a woman of power in ancient Egypt. Through a wealth of spectacular buildings, personal artefacts and amazing tombs, Joann brings to life four of ancient Egypt's most powerful female rulers and discovers the remarkable influence wielded by women, whose power and freedom was unique in the ancient world. Throughout Egypt's history, women held the title of pharaoh no fewer than 15 times, and many other women played key roles in running the state and shaping every aspect of life. Joann Fletcher puts these influential women back at the heart of our understanding, revealing the other half of ancient Egypt.
For over 4000 years, the Sphinx has puzzled all who have laid eyes on it. What is this crouching lion, human-headed creature? Who built it and why? To unlock its secrets, two teams of scientists and sculptors immerse themselves in the world of ancient Egypt — a land of pharaohs and pyramids, animal gods and mummies, sun worship and human sacrifice.
The BBC version of "King Tut In Color" documentary. A century after the world’s most exciting archaeological find - the tomb of Tutankhamun - we can witness the dramatic scenes of its discovery and marvel at its extraordinary treasures exactly as they were then, in colour.