Egyptologist Dr Chris Naunton has said it is “vital” to see television programmes about history and archaeology alongside EastEnders and Keeping Up With The Kardashians.
The expert on ancient Egypt is featured in two Channel 5 documentaries which are scheduled for broadcast on Friday.
In the first at 8pm, The Lost City Of The Pharaohs charts the discovery of Ramesses the Great’s lost city of Pi-Ramesses.
It will be followed by a programme about King Tutankhamun called King Tut’s Tomb: The Hidden Chamber, in which, for the first time ever on TV, evidence will be presented supporting the theory that Queen Nefertiti is buried in a chamber next to his tomb.
“It’s great that we can get on Channel 5,” Dr Naunton told the Press Association.
“History and archaeology and understanding the past is an enriching thing. The reality is that if anyone is ever going to get interested enough to think about the past like that, we need films like these to be given a platform.”
The expert on ancient Egypt is featured in two Channel 5 documentaries which are scheduled for broadcast on Friday.
In the first at 8pm, The Lost City Of The Pharaohs charts the discovery of Ramesses the Great’s lost city of Pi-Ramesses.
It will be followed by a programme about King Tutankhamun called King Tut’s Tomb: The Hidden Chamber, in which, for the first time ever on TV, evidence will be presented supporting the theory that Queen Nefertiti is buried in a chamber next to his tomb.
“It’s great that we can get on Channel 5,” Dr Naunton told the Press Association.
“History and archaeology and understanding the past is an enriching thing. The reality is that if anyone is ever going to get interested enough to think about the past like that, we need films like these to be given a platform.”
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