It ’s like the age of the pharaohs play the era of reality boob tube . Indiana Jones meets " divvy up or No Deal " . Tutankhamun contact " The Bachelor " .
On Sunday evening , a team of archaeologist will break open a seal off ancient Egyptian sarcophagus for the very first metre on live television . What could peradventure go wrong ?
The 2 - hour alive show , “ Expedition Unkown : Egypt Live , ” will bare on Sunday , April 7 , at 8 pm ET/5pm PT on Discovery , as well as the Travel and Science channels . Josh Gates will present the show alongside Egyptologist Dr Zahi Hawass and Mostafa Waziri , the secretarial assistant - worldwide of the Supreme Council of Antiquities of Egypt .
Together , they will also research the inner William Chambers of an archeological site site on the outskirt of Minya , a metropolis along the Nile River south of the Giza pyramid composite , that ’s home to up to 40 ancient mummies . As part of the show ’s main effect , the team will spread a limestone sarcophagus hold in a 3,000 - class - old momma .
So , who can we expect to find in the sarcophagus ? Well , do n’t counter any spirit of the undead or the swearing of the pharaohs . The tomb is believed to be the final resting place of elite phallus of Egyptian company . However , even the conferrer are n’t indisputable of what they may find .
“ form of the ravisher of this is , I do n’t know , and I think that ’s the merriment of it , " Gates told the NPR wireless showHere & Now . “ We know that there are a lot of mummies that are down there . "
" A few eld ago , [ archaeologists ] come out take a crap some really significant find here : a series of entombment shaft leading down to a internet of chambers and tunnels , " Gates added . " There ’s a lot of folks bury down in these chamber . A lot of baronial elite group , high-pitched priests , thing like that . "
Needless to say , not everyone is totally convert by the show ’s premise . While the extravaganza has the potency to educate and call forth public interest , a few archeologists are n’t betray on the idea of opening up a grave on primetime television receiver .
Tourism from the country ’s fertile chronicle is a major source of income for Egypt . However , tourism has sufferedgreatly in the backwash of the nation ’s fail revolution , a number of aircraft disasters , and continued political stability in the region . Understandably , the Egyptian government is keen to draw back this important author of revenue to their coffers .
" 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 mightily , " an Egyptian archeologist , who asked to remain anonymous , toldAFP word agency .
