Revelations of a Mummy
Narrated by ERIC THOMPSON
The 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.
An entertaining 50 minutes.
(SUNDAY TIMES)
An absorbing programme, as exciting as any masterly detective story.
(DAILY EXPRESS)
Producer ANNA BENSON GYLES
Editor BRUCE NORMAN
An illustrated anthology from ten years of Chronicle programmes, 15.75, Jrom bookshops