Tut's Treasures: Hidden Secrets

Episode 1

New Secrets of the Warrior King

Most of Howard Carter's fabulous find, the treasure of pharaoh Tutankhamen, has been kept locked in the reserves of Cairo's Archeological Museum, hence rarely studied at all. As the entire collection must be prepared for moving to the new museum, scientists seize the opportunity to catch up. A multidisciplinary team studying his elaborate leather body armor, chariot and arms -especially for archery- finds indications, compatible with data from the Luxor temples and other sources, suggesting the boy king may well have grown up to an ambitious ruler at least portraying himself as a conquering warrior taking on rebels in the Nubian south and foes among the Libyan tribes and especially the Hittite threat from the east, notably in greater Syria. His apparently hastily pre-mummified corpse suggests a battle field death.