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Egypt’s Great Mummies: Unwrapped with Bettany Hughes

Egypt’s Great Mummies: Unwrapped with Bettany Hughes

Bettany explores the faces behind the history, as she reveals stories of glimmering treasure, journeys into the afterlife, and cruel revenge, some of which are only coming to light after thousands of years.

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