Scanning The Nile - Season 1

Scanning The Nile - Season 1

Season 1

For the first time, an international team of scientists conduct a double scanning of the Nile in order to unveil its latest secrets. Get ready to board on a 5,000 year-long travel in time thanks to the most recent 2.0 Archaeology techniques.

Exceptional authorisations will allow a precise photogrammetry of the 6,700km long banks. Whereas an underwater robot equipped with a 4K camera, a light system as well as a measuring laser and sample analyser will offer a wide exploration of the river down to 200 meters! Wrecks, flooded villages and buildings will be brought to light, along with the river wildlife.

From the spring to the delta of the Nile, the viewer will admire fascinating vestiges -visible and invisible ones. They will watch an amazing mapping of the port of Alexandria at the times of Ptolemy and the Ancient Romans. Last but not the least, they will find out more about the remnants of a Neolithic village, that French and Egyptian archaeologists have recently discovered.

Besides possibly new discoveries, this 4-part series in 4K will awe your viewer with amazing landscapes and images.

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Episodes4
DatesNov. 20, 2020 - Dez. 18, 2020

Episodes

Lost Cities Of The Delta
Season 1Episode 160 min

Lost Cities Of The Delta

In northern Egypt, off the coast of Alexandria, the viewer sets off on a journey to discover the incredible stories of two ancient sunken cities at the mouth of the Nile. Underwater and aerial drones will reveal exceptional archaeological sites, whose stories are strictly linked to the astonishing evolution of the river Delta.

Nov. 20, 2020
Lost Routes To The Pyramids
Season 1Episode 260 min

Lost Routes To The Pyramids

In the region of Cairo, there is much evidence of how the floodings of the Nile had a big impact on ancient Egyptian civilisation. Of course they fertilised the Earth, but among other things they also provided water to the canals that were used for the construction of the pyramids. One of these canals has recently been found near Saqqarah, thanks to the use for the first time in Egypt of a LiDar scan

Nov. 27, 2020
Looking For The Pharaohs Of Luxor
Season 1Episode 360 min

Looking For The Pharaohs Of Luxor

Built on the shores of the Nile, Luxor is home to the greatest monuments of the New Kingdom: the Karnak complex, the temple of Denderah, and the million-year-old castle of Ramses II. The river has changed its course several times. The viewers are to discover several treasures and wonders engulfed by the waters of the Nile. Some of the latest technologies of archaeology 2.0 will help to explain the daily lives of the ancient Egyptians along the sacred river.

Dez. 11, 2020
Materials Convoys: A Pharaonic Task
Season 1Episode 460 min

Materials Convoys: A Pharaonic Task

The first cataract of the Nile cuts through Aswan, making it a natural border and a direct gateway to the gold of the Pharaohs. In this episode, the investigation leads the viewer on a dive into the waters of Elephantine Island in order to discover the oldest Nilometer.

Dez. 18, 2020

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