Egyptologist Dr Joann Fletcher discovers what life was really like for ordina...
Life and Death in the Valley of the Kings
Season 1 Episode 2: Death
This episode reveals a strange and mysterious world - the ancient Egyptian afterlife. To them life was just a dress rehearsal for the perfect afterlife they were trying to reach. Joann clambers into rarely visited tombs, explores a treasure trove of long-buried objects and examines spectacular mummies to discover just why the Egyptians spent a fortune preparing for death - and what they hoped to find when they got there.