Unknown: The Lost Pyramid, an investigative documentary based on an expedition to recover ancient treasures, will soon be released on Netflix. In the Saqqara desert outside of Cairo, Egypt, two of the world’s foremost Egyptologists, Dr. Zahi Hawass and his student and adversary, Dr. Mostafa Waziri, will go on an expedition. The documentary will be available on Netflix on July 3, 2023.
The documentary will be released in one hour and 24 minutes as the first part of a four-part documentary series called Unknown. The program created by Netflix in collaboration with Liz Garbus and Dan Cogan’s famous production company, Story Syndicate, will tell stories about adventures and discoveries in unknown places around the world. Max Salomon, well known for National Geographic Explorer (1985), directed the first episode of the series.
“Unknown: The Lost Pyramid” will have a mummy from 4,300 years ago, an old tomb and other surprises.
The executive producers of the project are Leslie Greif and Peter Isacksen. This Netflix documentary will follow the exploits of Dr. Zahi Hawass and Dr. Mostafa Waziri, two world-renowned Egyptologists in their search for ancient treasures in Egypt’s Saqqara desert outside of Cairo. While Dr. Zahi Hawass searches for the long-lost pyramid of an Egyptian ruler, his student and opponent, Dr. Mostafa Waziri, searches for an unlooted tomb in an old necropolis.
Netflix’s official summary of the title is as follows:
“In this documentary, Egyptian archaeologists dig through history, uncovering tombs and artifacts over 4,000 years old as they search for a buried pyramid.” Both teams race against time to see who can make the biggest discovery and leave their mark on history.”
The film begins with shots from a hunt and a scene of a 4300-year-old female mummy. The footage also shows the search for the entire papyrus, which is believed to be more valuable than gold. The trip is the first of its kind, and the teaser reveals that Egyptologists will show the audience the interior of the entire tomb.
The trailer opens with the following voiceover:
“A well-preserved tomb is like a time capsule, full of spells and curses that protect the dead.” We are the first to venture inside after thousands of years of silence.”
The Unknown: The Lost Pyramid will begin a four-part documentary series called The Unknown, which will take viewers on a journey of a lifetime.
Other episodes of the Netflix documentary series Nepoznato
While Unknown: The Lost Pyramid will launch on July 3, the other three projects in the project will also debut this month, with one episode to be released each week until July 24, 2023. According to the series’ official description:
“Through the stories of extraordinary people and places never before captured on camera, each film in the series pushes the boundaries of knowledge, ventures into uncharted territory, and reveals the secrets of our world.”
The remaining three installments follow:
- Unknown: Killer Robots – This title will focus on how artificial intelligence permeates all levels of the military. It will follow military-funded scientists as they race to develop technologies.
- Unknown: Cave of Bones – This episode will focus on paleoanthropologist Lee Berger’s discovery of the world’s oldest non-human burial ground. The story will take place in the South African cradle of humanity.
- The latest episode of Unknown: Cosmic Time Machine is about NASA’s ambitious project to launch the James Webb Space Telescope.
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