The first of three programmes

Henry Lincoln investigates the story of a young American artist, Joseph Lindon Smith, who in 1909 presented a ritual play in the Valley of the Queens for the entertainment of a group of archaeologists working on the west bank of the Nile.
The ritual was to be performed in an endeavour to lift a curse placed upon the Pharaoh Akhenaton in 1354 BC.

The final rehearsal was brought to an unexpected and dramatic end; a mysterious happening which caused all the players to question the supernatural power of the gods of ancient Egypt.