About Mummifying A Man For The First Time In 3,000 Years
This BAFTA and RTS award winning film follows a team of pioneering scientists attempting to solve the 3000-year-old enigma by mummifying the body of Alan Billis, a taxi-driver from Torquay. Filmed inside one of the UK’s leading forensic pathology labs, the scientists want to unlock the preservation techniques used during the “Golden Age” of Tutankhamen. Using a secret and complex blend of ingredients and processes, priests managed to stop decomposition almost entirely. But what were the mysterious and complex recipes they were using? And could this represent the greatest scientific achievement of Ancient Egypt? Odyssey is your journey into the world of Ancient History; from the dawn of Mesopotamia to the fall of Rome. We'll be bringing you only the best documentaries that journey into the mysteries and ruins of worlds long lost. :european_castle: You can now become a History Hit member right here on the original video platform! Join for access to a new exclusive documentary every week, and access to over 160+ of our documentaries presented by world renowned historians like Dan Snow, Eleanor Janega, Tristan Hughes, Mary
Mummifying A Man For The First Time In 3,000 Years is presented by Odyssey - Ancient History Documentaries. Its listed runtime is 47 minutes. The source link and publisher attribution are provided with the embedded film.
As a society documentary, Mummifying A Man For The First Time In 3,000 Years uses mummifying, first, years as its central frame. Social documentaries work best as invitations to examine systems through lived experience. Distinguish individual testimony from wider claims, and consider which institutions, incentives and inequalities shape the choices shown.
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- Title
- Mummifying A Man For The First Time In 3,000 Years
- Category
- Society
- Runtime
- 47 minutes
- Language
- English
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