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Egypt

Episode 3 of 4

Kate Humble crosses the Red Sea from Saudi Arabia to Egypt following the frankincense trail of the Pharaohs. Kate enters Karnack, the world's largest religious site.

Kate Humble crosses the Red Sea from Saudi Arabia to Egypt following the frankincense trail of the Pharaohs. Travelling the length of the Nile, Kate enters Karnack, the world's largest religious site. She looks at the mummy of the once beautiful Queen of the Pharaohs, reveals the death rituals of the Pharaohs in the vast tomb of the Pyramids of Giza, jostles with thousands of ecstatic Christians, and in an extraordinatry ceremony in the Sinai desert is cleansed of evil spirits.

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Last on

Sat 9 Apr 201116:30
BBC HD

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PresenterKate Humble

Broadcasts

  • Thu 10 Sep 200920:00
    BBC HD & BBC Two except Yorkshire
  • Thu 17 Sep 200900:45
    BBC One except Northern Ireland & Wales
  • Tue 22 Sep 200900:15
    BBC One Northern Ireland
  • Wed 23 Sep 200901:05
    BBC One Wales
  • Sun 6 Dec 200916:15
    BBC HD
  • Wed 30 Mar 201118:00
    BBC HD
  • Thu 31 Mar 201100:50
    BBC HD
  • Sat 9 Apr 201116:30
    BBC HD