Egypt Finding the Pharaohs

Overview

Fifty years before the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb, Frenchman Auguste Mariette and German Emil Brugsch worked together in Cairo and Luxor to identify and decipher the contents of the tombs where the Pharaohs were laid to rest. They discovered the names and dates of Egypt's earliest Pharaohs, the ones who created Egypt's Empire and civilisation; they started the collection that would become the legendary Egyptian Museum in Cairo; and most importantly they found the tomb - and the mummy - of the greatest Pharaoh of them all: Ramses II.