10. Pharaoh Khufu's boat

Over four-and-a-half thousand years ago, the pharaoh Khufu ordered the construction of the Great Pyramid. What he buried beneath it is, in its own way, every bit as impressive. Thirteen storeys tall if you stand it on its end, and made up of 12,000 parts held together with little pieces of wood and a kind of sewing, why would Khufu bury a ship in the desert beside his pyramid? 

9. The Unfinished Obelisk quarry

The Unfinished Obelisk weighs over 1,000 tonnes and lies in the ancient quarry of Aswan, in upper Egypt. The obelisk was never removed from its quarry. Archaeologists have tried to understand why after so much work it was abandoned. If finished, it would have towered 10 storeys above the ground, been decorated with images and hieroglyphs, and would have stood as a vital component in a temple complex.

8. Tombs of the pyramid workers

Dr Hawass has made a discovery that reveals the mystery of who built the pyramids. The discovery is a tale of patient detective work and archaeological forensic science.  In 1990, Dr Hawass found some mysterious and compelling evidence to help us finally provide a substantiated answer to this age-old question.

7. Tutankhamun's treasure

The Valley of the Kings contains 63 tombs. But for centuries, the one belonging to Tutankhamun lay hidden. In 1922, the great explorer and Egyptologist Howard Carter set out to find it. Howard Carter stayed for five years, five seasons, trying to find the tomb, until one day in the morning when the workmen began to clean around they found 15 steps that led to the entrance of the tomb.

The tomb contained not only the body of the pharaoh, but over 3,000 treasures buried with it. Ever since, the tomb has been a magnet for Egyptologists examining and analysing the mummy and its treasures.  And now, archaeologists can go deeper than ever.  They can see the Boy King as he’s never been seen before.  

6. The town of the tomb builders

The fifth discovery offers a chance to understand the lives of ordinary citizens in the town of the tomb builders. The town of Deir el Medinah, which stood on the west bank of the Nile, gives a rare insight into daily life in ancient Egypt. An uncontaminated Egyptian town is a rare and very valuable discovery, and provides a fascinating insight into the lives of the workers who built some of the tombs of the Pharaohs.