Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb (2020)

An Egyptian team opens an untouched tomb from the 25th century BC at Saqqara and works out who was buried there. Kids get the thrill of a real dig: narrow shafts, painted walls and scores of mummified animals, including a lion cub. Meeting everyone from the dig director to the foreman shows that archaeology is teamwork, not one hero with a whip. It is slow and runs close to two hours, with plenty of talk about evidence, so younger viewers may do better with it split over two evenings. Skeletons and mummies appear throughout.