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Mystic Britain

Season 1 Episode 6: Mummies

May 28, 2019TV-PG45m7.3

Mummification is usually associated with early Egyptians or Peruvians, but as Clive Anderson and Mary-Ann Ochota discover, the practice had reached Britain during the prehistoric Bronze Age.

Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 1 Witches and Demons

1. Witches and Demons

Aired: Apr 23, 2019

Comedian Clive Anderson and anthropologist Mary-Ann Ochota explore superstiti...

Episode 2 The Rollright Witch

2. The Rollright Witch

Aired: Apr 30, 2019

Just a few yards from a busy road in England lie the Rollright Stones, a grou...

Episode 3 Hadrian's Mystic Wall

3. Hadrian's Mystic Wall

Aired: May 7, 2019

A look at the Roman Empire's most impressive legacy in Britain: Hadrian's Wal...

Episode 4 The Revenants

4. The Revenants

Aired: May 14, 2019

In 1963, archaeologists discovered a pit full of human bones in a preserved m...

Episode 5 The Pagan Prince

5. The Pagan Prince

Aired: May 21, 2019

It was supposed to be a routine excavation of a small traffic island in Essex...

Episode 6 Mummies

6. Mummies

Aired: May 28, 2019

Mummification is usually associated with early Egyptians or Peruvians, but as...

Episode 7 Human Sacrifice

7. Human Sacrifice

Aired: Jun 4, 2019

When a mass grave at Britain's biggest Iron Age hill fort reveals evidence of...

Episode 8 Ice Age Shaman

8. Ice Age Shaman

Aired: Jun 11, 2019

Clive Anderson and Mary-Ann Ochota take a trip to Star Carr, North Yorkshire,...

Episode 9 Secrets of Stonehenge

9. Secrets of Stonehenge

Aired: Jun 18, 2019

Clive Anderson and Mary-Ann Ochota explore Britain's greatest mystic monument...

Episode 10 Time Tripping

10. Time Tripping

Aired: Jun 25, 2019

Host Clive Anderson and Mary-Ann Ochota are on a trip through time and across...

Info about Mystic Britain

Seasons: 2

Current Status: Returning Series

Network: Smithsonian Channel

Production Country: United Kingdom

Genres:Documentary