Tony enters tombs that have been sealed shut for thousands of years, meets mummies, holds an Ancient Egyptian prime minister's heart and discovers hieroglyphs only ever seen by the people who created them.

Tony travels the length of the Nile - from Cairo to Aswan - to investigate tombs of all shapes and sizes, and also meets the archaeologists who are unearthing these extraordinary wonders. He enters tombs that have been sealed shut for thousands of years, and discovers hieroglyphs that have only ever been seen by the ancient Egyptians who created them.