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The Frankincense Trail

Episode 3: Egypt

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC HDLatest broadcast: on BBC HD

Kate Humble crosses the Red Sea from Saudi Arabia to Egypt following the frankincense trail of the Pharaohs. Travelling the length of the Nile, Kate enters Karnack, the world's largest religious site. She looks at the mummy of the once beautiful Queen of the Pharaohs, reveals the death rituals of the Pharaohs in the vast tomb of the Pyramids of Giza, jostles with thousands of ecstatic Christians, and in an extraordinatry ceremony in the Sinai desert is cleansed of evil spirits. Show less

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Presenter:
Kate Humble

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