In Saqqara, Egypt, an underground network of burial chambers and deep shafts lie an unparalleled wealth of unseen treasures. Stunning tombs, dozens of mummies, extraordinary artifacts from intricate funerary cats to sacred crocodile statues. This site and its finds are strictly controlled by the Egyptian authorities. Now for the first time in one place it will be possible to piece together the evolution of the Egyptian attitude to death and burial – tomb building, mummification, funerary equipment and funerary texts. Each episode will feature stunning on-camera discoveries of tombs, sarcophagi, mummies – human and animal – and their grave goods. “Tomb Hunters” will offer a unique window into life and death in the Royal Court of the Pharaohs.