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Narrator: In a tomb
deep underground,

Archaeologists carefully
remove the lid

From an ancient
stone sarcophagus.

(man yells)

Inside lie the mummified
remains of an egyptian priest,

Hidden for the past
2,500 years.

Man: Oh, my god.
This is beautiful!

Narrator:
On closer inspection, though,

The mummy isn't what it seems.

Man: No way.

Narrator: And the investigation
takes a surprise turn...

Man: There is something
quite mind-blowing.

Narrator: ...Forcing the team
to question

All that it's found so far.

Man: I might be wrong,
but I would be very surprised

If there is no more surprises
in this complex.

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Narrator: Inside the ancient
cemetery of saqqara,

Renowned egyptologist
dr. Ramadan hussein

And his team of archaeologists

Are excavating
a remarkable new site.

Ramadan hussein:
When I started archaeology,

I never thought
I would be discovering

Something on that magnitude.

Narrator: Extensive 3d scans

Reveal a unique ancient
egyptian funeral complex,

Dating from around 600 bc,

Where the dead were brought
to be mummified and buried

In an assortment of chambers
deep underground.

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Salima ikram: This tomb complex
dates to the 26th dynasty,

And that's about 700 years
after tutankhamun

And about 600 years
before cleopatra

And the end of egyptian history
as we knew it.

This time period is interesting,
because this is when egypt

Had had a huge renaissance
in religion and burial ideas,

So this find is really
a snapshot in time

And crucial to our understanding
of mummification.

(man yells)

Narrator: Today, ramadan and
his team are investigating

A pair of stone sarcophagi.

They lie in a small chamber,

Almost 100 feet
below the surface.

Ramadan: We have two
sealed sarcophagi.

One in what we call
an anthropoid sarcophagus--

It means it takes
the human form--

And another one that is
a rectangular sarcophagus.

Narrator: What makes them
so special

Is that unlike the other
sarcophagi in this complex,

They're both inscribed
with text.

Ramadan: Once we discovered
this writing,

We understood
how valuable this is,

So we have put
protective paper here.

This is our means of
communication with the ancients.

Narrator: The inscriptions are
carved on one sarcophagus

And painted on the other,

And they provide
fascinating clues

About the people buried inside.

Ramadan: For me, it is a moment

That I can read the minds
of these two persons,

To be able to know what
they wanted to convey us,

What they wanted to tell us.

Narrator: The ancient egyptians
believed that remembering

The name of the deceased
by writing it down

Would lead to
their immortality,

And the text on the caskets
reveals a pair of male names,

Tjanimit and ayput.

But the text also contains

Another vital piece
of information: Their jobs.

And interestingly,
they both match.

Ramadan: So far, from the text
material we have collected,

We have two priests.

This is tjanimit.

Right behind me here is another
priest, and his name is ayput.

Narrator: While this is
priceless information,

It raises
an important question.

Why are these two priests here?

Is it purely by chance that
they share the same tomb,

Or could they be
in some way connected?

Ramadan: That is pretty much
the mystery.

Why do you have two priests
right next to one another?

This is a question
to be answered

When we lift up this lid.

(man yells)

Narrator: To learn more
about the two priests,

Ramadan must open up
the sarcophagi

And investigate their contents
in forensic detail.

Narrator: Led by
their foreman, ammar,

The team is starting with

The rectangular sarcophagus
of tjanimit.

Narrator: The first task is
to break open the thick layer

Of mortar running round
the edge of the lid.

Intended as a seal
to deter grave robbers,

Its presence can mean
only one thing.

Ramadan: This sarcophagus
is 2,600 years old,

And it hasn't been touched since
tjanimit was buried inside it.

(men speaking arabic)

This is a three-man job,

So we'll see how successful
this is going to be.

Ramadan: It is a very intense
moment for me.

What is inside this sarcophagus?

Ramadan: Seems to be working.

Narrator: Now the casket
is partway open,

Ramadan uses
an inspection camera

To take a preliminary peek.

Ramadan: This is unbelievable.

Narrator: What it reveals
is like nothing else

From the complex.

Ramadan: Ah. Glittering stuff.

Narrator:
A 2,600-year-old mummy,

Adorned from head to toe

In an elaborate
beaded burial shroud,

And amazingly,
still in one piece.

Ramadan: This beautiful
beaded net, it is so elegant.

This is so beautiful.

Not as pristine as you would
see it in museums,

But this is a mummy

That carries the dust
and aging of 2,600 years.

This is a remarkably
decorated mummy.

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This definitely stands out

As one of the most
remarkable sarcophagus

That I have ever opened.

I have a job to bring
tjanimit back to life.

We want his story to be told,

And I think I'm going to tell
the story of tjanimit

From now until I die.

I have so much to do.

Narrator: Beneath the ancient
pyramids of saqqara,

The task of opening
tjanimit's stone sarcophagus

Is well under way.

Narrator: After glimpsing
a beaded shroud

Lying on tjanimit's mummy,

Project director ramadan
is keen to learn more

About this mysterious priest.

Ramadan: Ammar and his team
has just lifted up the lid.

Ramadan: It's a difficult job.

It's a lot of labor,
a lot of sweat.

Ramadan: Before we roll it out,
we need to make sure

That nothing will fall
on this beautiful mummy,

So we're spreading a cloth
underneath the lid.

Ramadan: Ammar?

We're good to go.

Narrator: The lid,
carved from solid limestone,

Weighs almost 2,000 pounds,

And the team will slide it out
on steel rollers.

Ramadan: When you move a large
piece of stone like this lid...

You don't want this stone
to smash somebody's bones.

That's first.

Second is not to damage
and destroy any object

Inside the sarcophagus.

So those are
the two main concerns.

The safety of the living,
and also the safety of the dead.

(men talking)

Ramadan: Now I think
we're gonna have a full look

At the mummy of tjanimit.

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Oh, my god!

It's just unbelievable.

It is as if, actually,
it was made yesterday.

It's just beautiful.

Narrator: Made from hundreds
of glazed clay beads,

Tjanimit's perfectly preserved
burial shroud

Was intended to protect him
in the afterlife.

Its quality and craftsmanship
are a clear sign

That tjanimit was
a wealthy individual.

Ramadan: This is the work
of an artist

That was done 2,600 years ago,

And now we're getting
a first look at it, bit by bit.

The color is coming out.

It's so beautiful,
also beaded right here.

The head of the mummy.

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It's still wrapped,

But see his eyes and the nose
and the eyebrows

And even the mouth drawn
on these linen bandages.

This is one of the most
beautiful mummies

I have ever seen in my life.

What is so amazing is the
preservation of the beaded net

And the necklace
after 2,600 years.

It's unbelievable.

It's just beautiful.

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But now the question
that is on my mind,

Who is this person

To have deserved such
an elaborate burial?

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Narrator: To shed light on why
a priest like tjanimit

Was able to afford
such luxuries,

Project consultant salima ikram

Has come to one of the most
iconic sites in all of egypt.

The historic city of luxor
on the banks of the river nile.

Among the many nearby tombs
is a vast mausoleum

Belonging to a priest
called pediamenopet.

Salima: It was always in ancient
egypt good to be a priest,

Because, of course, religion
was of the utmost importance,

And also you enter into this
hierarchy of the temples

And the religion, and so
it's sort of like a brotherhood.

Narrator: For most priests,

Serving one of the many
egyptian gods or goddesses

Was a full-time job,

But for an elite few,
like pediamenopet,

It was a career that brought
wealth and status.

Salima: One of the most striking
things about pediamenopet's tomb

Is the fact that it is huge.

It's the largest non-royal tomb
in all of luxor.

The workmanship is exquisite,
and it's lavishly decorated,

And it would originally
have been painted,

And you can still see some
of the vestiges of paint,

Which means that he must
have been one of the richest

And most influential men
when he died.

Narrator: Almost every wall
of this enormous, 22-room tomb

Is covered in either paintings
or inscriptions.

And they contain
important information

About pediamenopet's life,

Including how he was able
to amass such wealth.

Salima: Priests were very
important in egyptian society,

And pediamenopet here,
you can see, was a priest,

A lector priest,
someone who reads.

But he was also a royal scribe,
he was known to the king,

He was a courtier,

And he, like many other priests,
had lots of jobs.

So priests weren't just
religious beings,

They were political,
they were industrial.

Some of them were
even in the military.

They really had their fingers
in all kinds of pies.

And so you wind up with people
who have enormous wealth

That they can amass from a huge
number of different sources.

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Narrator: So could tjanimit's
elaborate burial be a clue

To the sort of life
he led as a priest?

Ramadan is hoping
to find some answers

In the painted text
on his sarcophagus,

Now that its protective
covering is being removed.

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Ramadan: Text is so valuable
for every archaeologist.

It is that joy to be able to
read the minds of the ancients.

What we're reading here is,
if we can draw any analogy,

An identification card
of this person.

And right here, for example,

We see the name
of the deceased, tjanimit,

Which literally means
"the little child of the cat."

The worship of the cat among
egyptians was very, very common,

And it was notably common

Among a segment of
the egyptian society

That is mostly libyan immigrant.

So the name tjanimit,
could that be an indication

That we're dealing with
a libyan descent of some sort?

Narrator: And tjanimit's
heritage isn't all

That's contained
in the inscription.

Ramadan: So, working backwards,

We see some of his
priestly titles.

Here, for example, we could see
that he is a priest

Of the goddess sekhmet
and the goddess isis,

Two of the most
important goddesses

In the ancient
egyptian pantheon.

Then we continue to see more
of his priestly titles.

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Narrator: In other words, just
like the priest pediamenopet,

Tjanimit held more
than one position.

Ramadan: We're talking
about somebody

Who had evidently
a long career as a priest.

This must be somebody
who accumulated

A certain kind of wealth.

Narrator: So what brought
such a distinguished priest

Here to saqqara?

Ramadan: This burial chamber
has already given us

A lot to think about.

Narrator: And how, if at all,
is tjanimit connected to ayput,

The other priest buried
in the chamber?

Narrator: Inside the priests'
burial chamber,

Ramadan's team is preparing
to remove tjanimit's mummy

From the sarcophagus so they
can examine it for more clues.

Matthias lang: A little bit up.
A little bit to the right.

Narrator: As there's a chance
of damaging the mummy,

The project's digital team is
first creating a perfect copy,

Using a technique
called photogrammetry.

Matthias: So, first of all,
I took, like,

Thousands of pictures
of this mummy,

And we can put all these
pictures then in a software.

Philippe kluge: And then
the computers figures out

What we have done
with all the pictures

And creates out of all
the pictures, a 3d model.

Matthias: And it's
a complete new approach

Understanding
archaeological sites like this.

Philippe: Especially when
they're underground.

Narrator: The 3d map
of the tomb complex

Now contains tjanimit's
open sarcophagus.

And the real beauty
of this technique

Is that it records each stage
of the excavation,

Allowing the team to go back
and re-examine key details,

Like the faded text
on tjanimit's sarcophagus,

Where ramadan has spotted
a mysterious name.

Ramadan: We're looking now
at the titles of tjanimit,

Connecting him to several
gods and goddesses

From ancient egypt,
very prominent ones.

But what is so intriguing here

Is that he's a priest of
a goddess, a serpent goddess.

Her name is niut-shaes,

With this circle and then
a rectangle below it,

Then a bolt,
and at the end, a serpent.

When I first saw
the name niut-shaes,

I had trouble reading it,

Because we don't see

That name a lot.

Sounds really very strange.

Narrator: While this
latest discovery

Is an important development,

It now leaves ramadan with
a new set of questions.

Who was this obscure
serpent goddess?

And why was a priest of some
of the most important deities

In egypt in her service?

In search of clues,

Project consultant salima is
once more in the city of luxor.

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Salima: We're here
at luxor temple,

Which is one of the most
important temples in this area,

Because it contains lists
of gods and goddesses.

And if we're in search
of a particular deity,

This would be the place to go.

Narrator: Among
the many hieroglyphs

Covering the temple walls
is what's brought her here:

A tiny but familiar-looking
inscription.

Salima: And it's right up here
where you've got that circle

Up there with the cross in it,

And beneath that,
there's a funny hook

And this lovely snake.

Narrator: One of the very few
mentions of niut-shaes

To be found anywhere in egypt.

Salima: And, in fact,
this is the first time

Her name occurs ever.

Narrator: What's significant is
the inscription's location,

Inside a separate chapel
within the temple,

Dedicated to one
of the most eminent

Of all egyptian deities,

The great goddess mut.

Salima: Mut was so important

Because she was the consort of
the god amun, king of the gods.

So basically,
she's queen of the gods,

And mut is also
the great mother goddess,

And, in fact, the word for
mother in egyptian is "mut,"

And she was in charge of
the fertility of the land,

The people, the herds,
and a great protector of women.

Narrator: Mut was so revered
by the ancient egyptians

That they depicted her
in many different ways:

As the mother of the pharaoh,

As a powerful ruler,

Even as a lioness.

Salima: And so here
in this chapel

We have mut in all
of her different guises,

In all of her
different aspects.

Narrator: And one of mut's
other lesser-known guises

Was the serpent-like
niut-shaes.

Salima: Here you see that
niut-shaes is really

Just an aspect
of the goddess mut,

And an aspect in serpent form,
like you can see from her name.

She's not very significant,
it would seem,

And there are only
a handful of mentions

Of this very elusive
mythological figure

That we have
throughout egyptian history.

Now, 600 years later at saqqara
in the tomb of tjanimit,

It's a different story,

Because tjanimit is a priest
of the goddess niut-shaes,

And this means suddenly

Niut-shaes is
an independent entity.

Suddenly she becomes somebody.

Narrator: A fully fledged
goddess in her own right.

And what's remarkable is that
tjanimit wasn't alone

In worshipping this new deity.

In a small tomb next to
the priests' chamber,

Ramadan and his team have made
an extraordinary discovery:

A mummy wearing a priceless
gilded silver burial mask,

The first found in egypt
for almost a century.

One of the fascinating things
about this find

Is that the text on the coffin

Reveals that its owner was
a priest, just like tjanimit,

And that he, too, worshipped

The serpent goddess,
niut-shaes.

Which means that niut-shaes
must have become

A very significant
goddess indeed.

Ramadan: All of a sudden
in our complex here,

We have two individuals that
are connecting themselves

To the goddess niut-shaes,
being priests of this goddess.

This is definitely a revolution

In what we know
about this goddess.

We're hoping for more
information about her.

Narrator: In light
of the discovery

That tjanimit was a follower

Of the obscure
serpent goddess niut-shaes,

Ramadan is keen
to find out more

About the other priest
from tjanimit's tomb.

Ramadan: Today is going to be
a very interesting day,

Because our attention turns
to the second sarcophagus

In the burial chamber
that we've been working in,

And now it's the time
to learn more about ayput.

Narrator: He is hoping
that a closer inspection

Of ayput's casket might reveal

Why the two priests
share the same tomb.

Ramadan: The sarcophagus of
ayput stands out in this complex

Because it is the only
anthropoid sarcophagus,

A human form sarcophagus,

And you could see
the fingerprint of the person

Who applied this mortar in
the process of sealing the lid.

Narrator: Anthropoid sarcophagi
were intended to portray

An ideal of egyptian beauty.

And on ayput's, ramadan spots
an intriguing detail.

Ramadan: Interestingly,
you could see the face here.

That very triangle-shaped nose,

This very pointed,
very sharp nose,

And that very thin lips,

It is not egyptian
facial features.

It looks to me like possibly
a foreign person.

And the sarcophagus
is inscribed,

Giving us the name of the person
who is buried inside, ayput.

It's very interesting

Because it doesn't sound
like an egyptian name.

It does sound a foreign name,
particularly libyan name.

Something similar to what
we've seen with tjanimit.

Narrator: If ramadan is right,

And both tjanimit and ayput
were of libyan descent,

Then could that explain why
they share the same tomb?

Remarkably, the links
don't stop there,

Because the inscriptions
on ayput's sarcophagus

Also reveal the gods
whom he served,

And they include
a now familiar name.

On the foot of ayput's casket

Is the telltale symbol
of a serpent.

The same goddess, niut-shaes,

Ramadan saw on
tjanimit's sarcophagus,

And the coffin of the priest
with the silver mask.

Ramadan: There are strong
similarities and connections

Between these two persons.

One is both of them
were priests.

Second, they served
the same goddess, niut-shaes.

Third, both of them
possibly libyans,

Possibly libyan immigrants
who settled in egypt.

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Narrator: In the search
for more evidence,

The team's next step is to look
inside ayput's sarcophagus.

Ramadan: Ammar.

Ramadan: We are in
a very tight space.

Ramadan: And we have to move
this human-size lid.

Ramadan: We have to maneuver,
turn around,

And make sure nothing falls
inside the sarcophagus

That could damage the mummy.

(man yells)

Ammar. Ammar.

(man yells)

Ramadan: Ammar.

Narrator: While the team
has a rest,

Ramadan takes a quick look
inside ayput's sarcophagus.

Ramadan: It's beautiful.

What we have here is a mummy
similar to tjanimit's mummy,

Similar mummification to connect
with the two of them.

It's very interesting.

We see a lot of beads
at the feet of this mummy.

Looks like they were put around
the mummy, not really threaded,

And this is something
that I haven't seen before.

So we need to look closely to
the face and the body of ayput.

(man yells)

Narrator: Finally, for
the first time in 2,600 years,

Ayput's mummy is
fully revealed.

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Ramadan: A very beautifully
wrapped mummy

Coated with this black bitumen.

You could see
the old bandages here,

The mummy wrappings right here.

Narrator: Looking closer,
ramadan tries to make sense

Of the shape of the body
beneath the mummy wrappings,

And he spies something
totally unexpected.

Ramadan: There is something
quite mind-blowing.

Looking at the sarcophagus
of ayput and the text,

And his name that is
written right here,

And the title being
a priest of niut-shaes,

All speaks to me as a man,

But now looking at the mummy,
I'm seeing something different.

Could see a silhouette of
that left arm over the chest,

And then another
protrusion here,

Possibly the right shoulder

Going all the way down
along the body.

So what we have here is the left
arm crossed over the chest,

While the right arm
extended along the body

And possibly reaching
the pelvic area.

This is the position
that is restricted

To women of high status.

Narrator: In other words,
what the arm position suggests

Is that instead of being
a priest of niut-shaes,

Ayput may, in fact,
have been a priestess.

Ramadan: All these months I'm
talking about ayput as a man,

And all of a sudden
I have a mummy

With a hand and arm position
that is for a woman.

I might be wrong,
but I would be very surprised

If there is no more surprises
in this complex.

Now we need to have
this question answered,

And the identification
of the sex of this mummy

Confirmed by x-ray.

(man shouts)

Narrator: After
the shock discovery

That the priest, ayput,
may in fact be a woman,

Ramadan is keen
to re-investigate

The sex of another of
the priests from the complex,

The priest with
the gilded silver mask.

Salima: You were thinking
it's male?

Ramadan: Yeah, but now we might
have a very big surprise

In terms of the sex
of this mummy.

Narrator: Now that the painted
wooden coffin has been removed,

Project consultant salima
is able to identify

A crucial telltale feature.

Salima: I mean, certainly
I can see from the brow,

It's quite sharp.

That's certainly a female trait.

It's quite extraordinary.

Narrator: Just as revealing

Is the mummy's
crossed arm position.

Salima: When you have one arm
crossed over your breast

And one along your side,

That pose is something that is
only seen with female mummies,

And so the fact that this body
has the same pose

Would really argue, in addition

To all of the physical
characteristics on the skeleton,

That this is a woman.

Ramadan: This is a surprise.

Narrator: The potential
discovery of a second priestess

Is a fascinating development.

Salima: Having priestesses
buried here is significant,

Because it tells us what
ancient egyptian women were like

And what their
social status was.

They had the same
social economic class,

They had the same
level of wealth,

The same level of prestige
and privilege,

And, really, it emphasizes
the point that in ancient egypt,

More than any other
ancient culture,

Women had many more rights

And were far more equal
to men than elsewhere.

Narrator: To be sure of
the priest's sex, though,

What ramadan needs
is hard evidence.

So he's arranged for
the mummies to be x-rayed.

Starting with the priest,
tjanimit.

Woman: It's completely decayed,
so I'm trying to lift the mummy,

One piece, but I think
it's very hard.

Narrator: Held together
by a protective gauze...

Narrator: The fragile mummy
is carefully lifted out.

Woman: Okay. Yeah, good work.

Yeah, we get the mummy
one piece.

(laughs)

Narrator: As the remains
are too delicate

To be hoisted to the surface,

The team has created
an x-ray lab underground.

Narrator: Radiologist
professor sahar saleem

Will x-ray the mummy in stages.

Sahar saleem: Ah, okay,
clear, please.

Narrator: Starting
with the head.

Sahar: Okay, shoot.

Wow.

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Oh.

Unfortunately,
this doesn't look good.

Narrator:
It's disappointing news.

Sahar: This doesn't
look good at all.

The skull is so scrambled.

Narrator: Tjanimit's skull
is too damaged

To glean any information
from it.

Sahar: Unfortunately,
I cannot tell

Whether this is a man
or a woman,

So we'll go to the other clues
to determine the sex.

I'm counting now on the pelvis.

Narrator: Female pelvises
are usually wider and rounder

Than a male's...

Sahar: Shoot.

Narrator: ...Making them
a reliable indicator of sex.

Woman: It is bad news.

Sahar: Unfortunately,
the pelvis is totally destroyed.

You cannot see any
recognizable part of the hip.

Narrator: Unable to tell
tjanimit's sex,

The team switches to ayput,

The priest with the male name
but the female-looking mummy.

Ramadan: Ayput is a mummy that
keeps me thinking all the time.

The name is for a man,
the title is for a priest,

But we're still really not sure

Whether ayput is
a man or a woman.

Narrator: 100 feet beneath the
desert, inside a makeshift lab,

Radiologist sahar saleem
is getting ready to x-ray

The 2,500-year-old mummy
of ayput the priest.

Sahar: Clear, please.

Narrator: She's hoping
the scans will confirm

Whether ayput's skeleton
is male or female.

Sahar: Okay. I'll do my best.

I feel responsible for
making everybody happy.

Narrator: And the first thing
to check is the arm position.

Man: When we opened
the sarcophagus of ayput,

Dr. Ramadan was suspicious
about the position of the arm.

Now we are going
to x-ray this mummy

And figure out the real
position of the arm.

Sahar: Okay, ready?

Shoot.

Narrator:
The first x-rays confirm

The team's initial suspicions.

Sahar: Okay, good.

Ayput arm position, the crossing
of the left arm over the chest,

It looks like the burial
of a woman.

It is very clear.

Narrator: Further scans reveal
other specific clues.

Sahar: Shoot.

The skull is not really
in a good condition,

But this bone beneath the ear,
it is smooth,

And the roundness of the skull,

I have this feeling that
this could be a woman.

This pelvis?

The pelvis also is
not that intact,

But there is a big, round cavity
just towards a female.

Also the blades of the iliac
region, they are more flat.

This is also with a woman.

Ramadan: The x-ray is telling me
that ayput is a woman,

Not a man.

My journey in
understanding ayput

Is like a roller coaster
of understanding.

It go up on point, and then
all of a sudden you drop down.

This is what makes
archaeology so interesting.

Narrator: And while there's
no evidence to suggest

That tjanimit was a woman,
what the team can be sure of

Is that the two priests,
ayput and tjanimit,

Shared a similar
status and background.

Ramadan: This chamber presented
us with a trove of information

In the form of two
beautiful sarcophagi,

Inscribed for two persons.

Their names alone says something
about them being libyans,

Immigrants who lived in egypt

And become completely
egyptianized.

Narrator: Even more significant
is the goddess

These two libyans,

Along with the priestess in
the silver mask, worshipped.

Ramadan: Shaft k24 has
the largest number of mentions

Of the goddess niut-shaes
in one place

In the entire country of egypt.

I think we discovered
a new cult in ancient egypt,

The cult of a goddess
we didn't know much about,

With priests and priestesses
who served her.

Narrator: And to ramadan, a new
cult suggests something more.

Ramadan: Did niut-shaes
have her own shrine

In the immediate vicinity
of shaft k24?

Or a temple with
economic revenues

That allows the priesthood
to amass such wealth

That is reflected in
the richness of their burials?

Narrator:
It's questions like this

That are the reason why
the team is still digging.

Ramadan: Ammar.

Narrator: And if
the discoveries so far

Are anything to go by,

Then there will surely be
more secrets to uncover.

Salima: The only reason
to do egyptology

Is because you enjoy it
and you love it,

And you love
the ancient egyptians.

We really want to find out
what they were doing,

What they were thinking,
how they were functioning.

It is also lovely, because you
realize they might have lived

3,000, 2,000 years ago,

But there's very little
difference between them and us.

Ramadan: Our mission here,
what we're doing

Is looking for information
and rewriting the story

Of every individual
we discover here,

And we're still gonna
gather more of it.

This is, for us,
a lifelong research project.

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