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    Default Ancient Egyptian mummy’s sarcophagus to be opened live on TV in a world first

    Discovery Channel is set to broadcast a live episode that will see hosts open an ancient sarcophagus live from Egypt for the first time on television.

    The station will air two-hour special Expedition Unknown: Egypt Live on Sunday from a “less-visited part of the country” where, according to Here & Now, ”new exciting finds are coming to light.”

    When asked what he thinks he’ll find upon opening the stone coffin, host Josh Gates said: ”[The] kind of the beauty of this is, I don’t know and I think that’s the fun of it.”

    He continued: “We know that there are a lot of mummies that are down there.”

    Gates added that the burial site they’ll be broadcasting from is the final resting place of some of Egypt’s higher-class citizens and expects to find physical remains.




    The channel will be filming the episode at a site overseen by head of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities, Mostafa Waziri.



    Egypt has sought to promote archaeological discoveries across the country in a bid to revive tourism hit by turmoil after the 2011 uprising against Hosni Mubarak.

    Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has overseen a crackdown on dissent, banning protests and jailing Islamists as well as liberal and secular activists.

    He regularly evokes political stability to draw foreign investment. The tourism sector has begun to return, with arrivals reaching 8.3 million in 2017, according to government figures.


    Asked by media about a possible financial deal between the channel and the Egyptian state for permission to film and open the grave, the spokesman for Discovery refused all comment.

    “It’s a media spectacle in the end — but it could make people love antiquities and is a good promotional opportunity for tourism, if done right,” an Egyptian archaeologist who asked to remain anonymous told AFP.

    She said the broadcasters should not open the tomb without providing solid archaeological context, but “the main problem” is something else.

    “If money is being paid by a major channel to the ministry to show antiquities, where is it going to end up?” the archaeologist asked.

    “Will it go in the state’s purse-strings or end up elsewhere? We need more transparency on where the money is going.”

    Discovery’s broadcast also comes with global interest in Egyptian archaeology generated by a “once in a generation” exhibition about the Pharaoh Tutankhamun, which opened in Paris last month and will tour the world.


    https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-e...-a8850331.html
    https://www.news.com.au/technology/s...4a9cbd609adea4

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    Here's the link for live show:https://www.discovery.com/watch/discovery

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    Finally some human skulls, I've been waiting for...
    Where are all TA Anthropology experts?
    Please classify:https://www.discovery.com/watch/discovery

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    Mahmood is going to open the sarcophagus after the commercial break guys, you still have time to catch up watch live show.

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