Plot Synopsis

MUMMY MYSTERIES is a one-hour docuseries that follows an international team of experts, who reveal the shocking true stories behind Ancient Egypt's most infamous mummies. Using modern forensic science, they uncover horrific tales of life and death in one of history's most vicious and turbulent empires. Each 60-minute episode focuses on a different mummy. In the series opener, "Killing a King," the pockmarked mummy of Ramesses V reveals a shocking tale of bitter family infighting, civil insurrection and a cause of death that ultimately pushed ancient Egypt to the edge of collapse.