Chasing Mummies (2010)
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.
Seasons & Episode
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 celebration.