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Treasures Decoded: Beasts of the Pharaohs

Treasures Decoded (2013)

Documentary, Historical, Mystery | Canada

Director: Christopher Puttock, Nick Hardie

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SEASON: 5

EPISODE: 5 - Beasts of the Pharaohs

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In the cemetery of Egypt's earliest rulers, archaeologists find the carefully buried corpses of baboons, jackals, leopards, and even a hippopotamus; forensic evidence shows these animals were not native to Egypt and were captured in faraway lands.

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Writer: Graeme Ball

Narrator: Mark Bazeley, Joseph May

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