Plot Synopsis

LOST TREASURES OF EGYPT is a one-hour docuseries that follows international teams of Egyptologists as they unearth the world's richest seam of ancient archaeology: Egypt's Valley of the Kings. The teams on the front line of archaeology have unprecedented access to excavations, and these modern day explorers battle searing heat and inhospitable terrain to make the discoveries of a lifetime. Using innovative technology and age-old intuition in their quest to uncover the secrets of these ancient sites, can the team's discoveries re-write ancient history?

Season 3 of LOST TREASURES OF EGYPT premiered on Monday, September 13, 2021 from 8-11pm ET/PT, as National Geographic Channel debuted three back-to-back episodes. In the first three episodes, archaeologists investigate the mystery of King Tutankhamun's strange tomb (8pm), the Pyramid Kings and discover a lost temple (9pm), and the reign of Ramses the Great (10pm).
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On Thursday, May 2, 2024 at 9pm ET/PT, National Geographic Channel premiered the fifth season of LOST TREASURES OF EGYPT. In the season opener, "Khufu's Palace," in the shadow of the Great Pyramid, archaeologists unearth a royal palace.