Great Mysteries and Myths of the Twentieth Century Season 1 Episode 5
“At first I could see nothing, the hot air escaping form the chamber causing the candle flame to flicker, but presently, as my eyes grew accustomed to the light, details of the room within emerged slowly from the mist, strange animals, statues and gold – everywhere the glint of gold.? With these words, Howard Carter described the greatest archaeological discovery ever made. Nothing before or since has equalled the splendour and magnificence of the tomb he had uncovered in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings. But did the Pharaoh’s tomb hide a darker secret which was to claim the lives of twenty-one victims?
Episode Title: The Tutankhamun Mystery
Air Date: 1970-01-01
