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COLLECTION · Series · 2010

Chasing Mummies

Chasing Mummies: The Amazing Adventures of Zahi Hawass is a reality television series which is airing on The History Channel in the United States. Produced by Boutique TV, this series depicts the adventures of archaeologist and Egyptologist Dr. Zahi Hawass and his discoveries in Egypt as he is followed by young archeological fellows and a camera crew. The series began on Wednesday, 14 July 2010 and aired Wednesdays at 10pm on the History Channel. The shows illustrates the complexities in the almost never-ending quest to preserve and discover artifacts from ancient Egypt.

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* 1.5 (2)ActionAdventureDocumentaryUnited States
Countries
United States
Studios
History · The Greif Company · Thinkfactory Media
Runtime
44–60 min/ep
Age rating
TV-PG
ViolenceStrong Language
Release
14/07/2010
Score
1.5 / 10 (2)
Where to watch
Streaming
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Seasons and episodes
Season 1
Season 1
10 episodes · 2010
Episode 1. Stuck
2010-07-14

Zahi supervises the restoration of the Step Pyramid; Lindsay almost loses her job; Zoe gets locked inside the pyramid and Zahi races to save her.

Episode 2. Trapped
2010-07-21

Zahi takes a final journey to the Five Chambers pyramid to document the ancient graffiti on the walls and prove his theory; a near-death experience leaves all gasping for air.

Episode 3. Lost
2010-07-28

Most people experience something rare or exceptional once or twice in a lifetime, but Zahi Hawass, unimpeded by his tireless lust for adventure, lives many lifetimes in a single day; Zahi moves from a dig site in Saqqara...descending deep…

Episode 4. Discovered
2010-08-04

Army maneuvers have shut down the guys journey to restore an ancient minaret and now they must take a treacherous journey through the White Desert to camp overnight.

Episode 5. Sunken
2010-08-11

Zahi permits archaeologists from the Hellenic Institute to dive into the Mediterranean Sea and bring up a nine-ton pylon that is a confirmed part of Cleopatra's historic shrine.

Episode 6. Robbed
2010-08-18

Zahi heads to Sheikh Sobey and discovers an amazing mummy inside a sarcophagus; a missing piece of an offering table is headed back to Karnak Temple in Luxor from New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Episode 7. Meltdown
2010-08-25

Zahi is getting ready to open two sealed tombs for the first time in thousands of years, but Zoe is late again; At the ``Festival of the Sacrifice,'' Derek and Allan begin to learn about the customs and traditions of their host country.

Episode 8. Bats
2010-09-01

Zahi goes to the Giza Plateau to explore caves beneath the plateau in an effort to disprove a theory about underground passages to the Sphinx, but he has to contend with the bats that dwell there; and he agrees to attend a local wedding…

Episode 9. Cursed
2010-09-08

Alice, the marine archaeologist from Alexandria, wants to ask Zahi for a spot in the fellowship program; Zahi wants to see if the long-forgotten Falcon Galleries can be restored as a new tourist destination.

Episode 10. Buried
2010-09-15

Zahi's truly-devoted archaeological workers name a brand new tomb complex in Luxor after their boss; the crew goes deep underground to discover five intact burials and a murdered mummy.

Cast by season
Zahi Hawass
Zahi Hawass
Self
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Leslie Greif
Narrator
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Keywords
mummyancient egyptdiscoveryarchaeological expeditionsocial & cultural documentary
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