Dan Snow's History Hit - TUTANKHAMUN: Mini-Series Coming Soon!

Episode Date: October 24, 2022

On the 1st of November comes an immersive mini-series telling the story of one of the great discoveries of all time: the tomb of Tutankhamun. For more than 3000 years, the boy pharaoh lay undisturbed and almost forgotten in the Valley of the Kings; when in 1922 British archaeologist Howard Carter noticed a set of steps leading down into the earth, they would reveal the most extraordinary gateway to the afterlife the world had ever seenMarking the 100th anniversary of Howard Carter’s discovery, Dan Snow’s History Hit is bringing you a dramatic retelling, recorded from within the tombs of Egypt’s Valley of the Kings. With celebrated Egyptologists, Dan unravels the story of one of the world’s greatest ancient dynasties and the discovery that gripped the globe and still does to this day.Get lost in the Valley of the Kings with Dan, coming to the podcast soon…

For more than 3,000 years, Tutankhamun lay undisturbed in the Valley of the Kings, almost forgotten, until in 1922, Howard Carter noticed a set of steps leading down into the earth. Towards sunset, we had cleared down to the level of the 12th step, which was sufficient to expose a large part of the upper portion of a plastered and sealed doorway. The only decipherable impressions of the seals were those of the well-known royal necropolis seal, Anubis, symbolizing a king. They would reveal the most extraordinary gateway to the afterlife the world had ever seen.

The awe surrounding the discovery was not simply what was found, it was the fact that you could see inside, you could see the king's throne, you could see the statues, you could see the objects that had just been found. Coming to Dan Snow's history hit soon, a mini-series that tells one of the most extraordinary stories in history, the discovery of Tutankhamun. It's a tale of tombs lost beneath shifting desert sands, of adventurers, robbers and nations racing to uncover the greatest prize of all, an intact royal burial. It's extraordinary the kind of exploration he had to do. Pitch blackness, bats flying around, dust in your face, not really knowing what you were going to see next or what would happen next, snakes, the possibility of a ceiling falling down on you. From Egypt, in a dramatic retelling that reveals so much more than the version you learnt at school,

we're unravelling the story of one of the greatest dynasties of the ancient world and the discovery that gripped the globe and still does to this day. that gripped the globe and still does to this day. So this whole room was filled with a giant golden box inside which were lots of other smaller boxes. Until you get to the sarcophagus and afterwards you would find

the golden coffin within. On Dan Snow's history hit, a mini-series that tells one of the most extraordinary stories in history, the discovery of Tutankhamun. Make sure you subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.