Series: Days That Shook the World
Season: Season 1
Episode Number: 7
Air Date:
Duration: 50 min
26 November 1922 and 17 September 1822. Two days that brought ancient Egypt dramatically to life. In 1822, Jean-Francois champollion cracks Egyptian hieroglyphs. One hundred years later, Howard Carter reads the name on a tomb and makes an amazing discovery.
Bill Locke
Executive Producer
Simon Coury
Jean-François Champollion
Peter Guinness
Narrator (voice)