Secrets in the Sand
Million Mummy Necropolis and the Enigmatic Horseshoe
Season 2 Episode 2
The Million Mummy Necropolis is an enormous cemetery that is believed to contain over one million burials of ordinary Egyptian citizens that were naturally mummified by the hot and dry desert sands over 1,500 years ago. From that vast cemetery to ancient bones on a Welsh beach, this episode examines how ancient burial sites illuminate forgotten lives and long-lost cultural shifts
Secrets in the Sand airs on Sky History at 2:00 PM, Tuesday 10 February. (New, subtitles.)
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