Mummification was a sacred, transformative practice in Ancient Egypt - a ritual process that made one’s body and soul fit for existence in the afterlife. It begs the question: when and why did the Mummy become the popular movie monster that we are so fami...

It’s another sweltering morning in Memphis, Egypt. As the sunlight brightens the Nile, Peseshet checks her supplies. Honey, garlic, cumin, acacia leaves, cedar oil -- she’s well stocked with the essentials she needs to treat her patients. Elizabeth Cox ou...

As anyone who’s seen a mummy knows, ancient Egyptian priests went to a lot of trouble to evade decomposition. But how successful were they? Len Bloch details the mummification process and examines its results thousands of years later.

Cairo, 1920, an archaeologist is about to discover the secret of the Egyptian Pyramids...

Alexandria, a royal Greek city in the land of the Pharaohs. Along the sandy banks of the Nile delta on the African Mediterranean coast, the most powerful metropolis of its time rose from virtually nothing. The Hellenistic culture mingled with the legacy o...

Queen Nefertiti was once the most beautiful and powerful woman in Egypt, renowned throughout the ancient world. But she vanished without a trace, lost to the sands of Egypt for more than 3,000 years.

Take an inside look at the tombs of ancient Egypt, and the chilling message encoded within the walls, in this clip from Season 1, "Cars & Planes."

Bastet was the goddess of protection, pleasure, and the bringer of good health. She had the head of a cat and a slender female body. Bastet was the daughter of Ra, sister of Sekhmet, the wife of Ptah, and the mother of Mihos. Since the Second Dynasty, Bas...

Ra, Horus,Osiris, Seth, Anubis, Bastet

The Pharaoh's of Ancient Egypt were the rulers and even gods of their day. The people worshipped them and together they did incredible things like build the great pyramids. The Pharaoh's also did things that were considered quite scandalous. Join us today...

If you're like me you love history and always curious. This bread comes from the wall of a Tomb nearly 4000 years old! One of the after death delicacies was bread.

Ever wonder where Lemonade originated from? Here is a history lesson while making a classic recipe from a french chef in 1651.

Today we are going on a journey to ancient Egypt. The history of this great country gave us a lot of rulers hidden behind the name "Pharaoh". Only a few of them are known to the masses. And even less we know about the ancient Egyptian queens and princesse...

Of all the ancient civilizations, Egypt has left the greatest legacy. But is there a hidden secret about their belief in the afterlife lurking within the recordings known as the Book of the Dead? One unique artifact may hold the answers.

The professor explores one of Saqqara's last pyramid complexes to illustrate how Ancient Egypt's `Pyramid Age' came to an end. A worsening climate combined with political upheaval, famine and economic difficulties to plunge the state into a dark era of ci...