A series of six programmes 1: Revelations of a Mummy
Threat of the mummy's curse failed to deter the scholars in Manchester who unwrapped Mummy No 1770 - the first ancient Egyptian mummy to be scientifically investigated in this country since the turn of the century.
But what exactly is a mummy? Why did the ancient Egyptians preserve their dead in this way? And why was the Manchester mummy buried with gold nipples and a false phallus?
Chronicle records how modern science can tell us much that is new about ancient Egyptian society and shows how the 2,000-year-old mummy was brought back to life.
Narrator eric THOMPSON
Film editor KEITH RAVEN
Producer ANNA BENSON GYLES Series editor BRUCE NORMAN