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[Josh Gates]
This place is unreal.
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What was the Kingdom of Kush?
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[man] A civilization
that lived here
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for almost 3,000 years.
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We don't understand,
I would say, most of it.
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[Josh] Kush goes from being
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under the thumb
of the Egyptians
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to ruling this entire region.
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What's in the third chamber?
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So, it should be the king.
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[Josh]
It's completely flooded.
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We decided to dive it.
You interested?
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We decided to dive it.
You interested?
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[Josh] This is, like,
the most dangerous diving
that you could do.
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[over radio]
I'm making my way through.
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All the dangers of going into
an unstable, crumbling ruin.
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Look at this place!
Are you kidding me?
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I'm nervous.
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That's not true. I'm scared.
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Dive team, it's topside,
you only got
five minutes left.
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[Josh over radio]
I think I can see the slab.
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What is that?
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Wait, what is this?
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Okay, pop quiz.
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Name a country that was
once ruled by pharaohs,
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has a capital on the Nile,
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and is home to more pyramids
than any other.
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Well, if you said Egypt,
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then you are absolutely wrong.
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The answer is
their southern neighbor,
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modern-day Sudan.
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modern-day Sudan.
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which was once home
to the Kingdom of Kush.
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A mysterious civilization
so powerful
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that it once conquered
the ancient Egyptians.
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For centuries,
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the pyramids and cities
of the Kushites
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were buried beneath
the sands of the Sahara.
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Once they were rediscovered
in the early 20th century,
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archeologists unearthed
glittering treasures
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that rivaled those
of King Tut.
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But they wrongly attributed
the Kushites' accomplishments
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to the neighboring Egyptians.
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to the neighboring Egyptians.
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And before history
could be corrected,
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many of those early finds
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were swallowed up
by the elements.
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Now, a new generation
of scientists
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is attempting to learn
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the real history
of the Kingdom of Kush.
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At a holy site
deep in the desert,
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explorers are unlocking
the secrets
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of what made Kush so powerful.
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And at an ancient
burial ground,
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a daring archeologist
is attempting something
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a daring archeologist
is attempting something
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that many would call 'insane'.
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Beneath the crumbling ruins
of a Kushite pyramid,
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he's planning to dive
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into the pitch-black
flooded tomb of a king,
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seeking the remains
of his long-lost mummy.
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And I've been invited
to join him.
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This is, by far,
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the most dangerous expedition
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I've ever considered.
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But also the most exciting.
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A chance to perhaps discover
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a Kush king in his pyramid,
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a Kush king in his pyramid,
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something that has never
been documented before.
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So, join me on a quest
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to a real-world Wakanda,
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and the greatest empire
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that you maybe
have never heard of.
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It's time to hunt
for the treasures
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and the truth
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behind the Kingdom of Kush.
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[theme song playing]
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[Josh] My name is Josh Gates.
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Hello!
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Explorer...
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Here goes nothing.
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...adventurer...
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[whooping]
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Oh, it's a long way down.
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Oh, it's a long way down.
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...and a guy who ends up
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in some very strange
situations.
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[screaming]
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I'm alive! For now.
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With a degree in archaeology
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and a passion
for the unexplained,
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I travel to the ends
of the Earth,
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investigating the greatest
legends in History.
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Let's rock and roll.
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This is Expedition Unknown.
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[all chanting]
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[Josh]
I begin my investigation
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into the ancient
and mysterious
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Kingdom of Kush,
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in the capital
of modern Sudan,
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Khartoum.
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To us in the West,
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the name has an almost
mythic quality,
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like some fabled African city
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or maybe something
out of The Arabian Nights.
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But in reality,
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this place is not
an ancient treasure.
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In fact, relatively speaking,
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Khartoum is, well,
kind of new.
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Established only
200 years ago,
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this is a bustling town.
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The beating heart
of a country, which,
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The beating heart
of a country, which,
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after years of fierce fighting
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and political upheaval
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seemed to be changing
for the better.
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[crowd clamoring]
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[Josh] Hopes were high
when a brutal civil war
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that devastated the country
ended in 2011.
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And in just
the last few years,
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Sudan has had a revolution,
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tossed out
an Islamic dictator,
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and is no longer designated
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a US State Sponsor
of Terrorism.
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So, that's a good thing.
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But sadly,
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Sudan has once again
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Sudan has once again
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been rocked by violence
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as rival military factions
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battle for control.
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The fighting began only weeks
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after my crew and I
left the country.
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What you're seeing
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are some of the last
quiet moments
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Khartoum would have
for some time.
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But while modern Sudan
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tries to build
a peaceful future,
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I'm here to delve
into its past.
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Right here, smack-dab
in the middle of Khartoum
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is one of the world's
great geologic features.
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is one of the world's
great geologic features.
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On my left is the White Nile,
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which has been flowing north
all the way from East Africa.
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On my right, the Blue Nile,
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which flows here
from Lake Tana in Ethiopia.
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And this is the spot
where they meet.
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It's called "the confluence."
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And together,
they form... the Nile!
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It's considered the longest
river in the world.
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And it's the life-giving force
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that made ancient Egypt's
success possible.
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But they weren't the river's
only beneficiary.
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But they weren't the river's
only beneficiary.
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Directly south
of modern Egypt,
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Sudan and South Sudan
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occupy over a million
square miles,
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and take up nearly 10%
of the African continent.
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Thousands of years ago,
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this was the land
referred to as Nubia.
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A vast area that gave rise
to the Kushites,
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who flourished between here
and Egypt's southern border.
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The earliest references
to people in this region
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are found
in Egyptian hieroglyphs,
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thousands of years old,
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thousands of years old,
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where they are portrayed
as warriors...
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and wrestlers.
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Khartoum Stadium.
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Within its walls,
a crowd has gathered
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to watch an ancient art.
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Part fight, part ritual,
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part dance.
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And full contact.
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[cheering]
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[cheering]
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[Josh] Weekly matches here
draw huge crowds.
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Including my new
friend, Biggy.
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This is very old
as tradition, yes?
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[Biggy] Yes, and it goes back
to the ancient Nubian kingdom.
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[Josh] All the way back?
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And has it changed much?
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Yes, I mean, back in the day,
they used to, uh...
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the used to wrestle naked.
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-Fully naked?
-Fully naked.
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[Josh] Okay.
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[crowd exclaiming]
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[Biggy] Do you wanna wrestle?
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-Do I wanna wrestle?
-Yes.
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You look like a big guy.
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I am a big guy.
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[Biggy] I know a few people
that can...
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[Josh] Oh, you can
get me in the ring?
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[Josh] Oh, you can
get me in the ring?
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Yeah, unfortunately,
I only wrestle naked.
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-[Biggy laughs]
-I'm a traditionalist.
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-Oh, okay.
-It would be against...
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it would be against my ways.
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I like to do it the old way.
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-I like that.
-Thank you.
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Thank you.
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[crowd cheering]
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[crowd cheering]
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[Josh] The matches end
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in the light
of the setting sun.
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This modern tradition echoes
the modern Kushites,
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who were clearly
proud warriors.
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But how did they take on
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But how did they take on
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a force as formidable
as ancient Egypt?
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I grab some shut-eye
while I can.
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Because tomorrow,
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I'm embarking
on a major expedition
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to find out.
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Good morning.
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It is dawn here in Khartoum
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and we are getting ready
to load out.
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We've got a fleet of 4X4s
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and the equipment truck.
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And we are gonna be heading
deep into the desert
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to go back in time
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to the ancient kingdom
of Kush.
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All right, boys, how we doing?
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All right, boys, how we doing?
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Doing good,
about five minutes out.
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[Josh] We're about
to embark on a drive
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through Saharan Africa's
most unforgiving terrain
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to the once massive city
known as Kerma.
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Okay, let's roll.
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I pull out ahead of the convoy
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and out of Khartoum.
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Well, out there
is the Nubian Desert.
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Well, out there
is the Nubian Desert.
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Part of the larger Sahara
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that stretches nearly
four million square miles
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from western Africa
all the way to the Red Sea.
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It is vast, it is beautiful.
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And it is not the place
that you wanna run out of gas.
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I have three-quarters
of a tank, though, so...
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we should be fine.
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Probably.
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Most likely.
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It takes about eight hours
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to traverse nearly
400 miles of desert,
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to the mysterious place
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where the Kingdom of Kush
got its start.
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I arrive at Kerma.
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At first glance,
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the landscape looks empty.
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But from above,
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a complicated pattern
comes into view.
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Joining me to explain
what all of this once was
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is archeologist
and former director
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of Sudan's Department
of Antiquities,
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Abdelrahman Ali.
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[Abdelrahman]
Josh, welcome to Kerma.
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The first great city
of the Kingdom of Kush.
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The first great city
of the Kingdom of Kush.
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When is all of this built?
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2500 B.C.
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[Josh] Wow, so this is...
this is an old city.
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Yeah, that that time,
it was the largest city
in Africa.
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This was the largest city
on the continent?
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-Yes, of course.
-Wow!
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[Josh] In every direction,
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a blueprint to the past.
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The ghostly foundations
of hundreds of structures.
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Five thousand years ago,
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this was an advanced society.
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This is like
when they're building
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the pyramids in Egypt, yeah?
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[Abdelrahman]
Yes, at that time,
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[Abdelrahman]
Yes, at that time,
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they are building
the Great Pyramids in Egypt.
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And in Sudan,
they are building this.
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[Josh] Whoa.
278
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[Abdelrahman] At the time,
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it was the largest structure
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in the sub-Saharan Africa.
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[Josh] Wow, incredible.
282
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This mud brick temple,
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known as the Deffufa,
284
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stands 65 feet tall
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and was once honeycombed
with an intricate network
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of chambers and corridors.
287
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of chambers and corridors.
288
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Wow.
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I'd like to say,
this building
is so impressive.
290
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Yeah, it is so impressive
291
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that the famous
American archaeologist,
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George Reisner,
293
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came here in the 19th century.
294
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He was convinced
295
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that it was built
by the Egyptians.
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[Josh] Harvard-trained
American archaeologist
George Reisner
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is considered the father
of Sudanese archaeology.
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From 1916 to 1923,
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From 1916 to 1923,
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Reisner was the first
to unearth
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almost every
significant location
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in Kushite history.
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His legacy, however,
304
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is more than
a little complicated.
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For one thing,
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he robbed the country blind,
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shipping all of the best finds
out of Sudan
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to Boston's
Museum of Fine Arts.
309
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And also, he got a lot wrong.
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Reisner thought
this is so sophisticated,
311
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this temple is so huge,
312
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it could not have been built
by the people of Kush.
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Yeah, yes, of course.
314
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Because he came
with the colonial perception
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Because he came
with the colonial perception
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of the early archaeologists.
317
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This is obviously
a really successful,
powerful civilization.
318
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So, what's making
Kush so wealthy?
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Mineral resources.
320
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When you said
"mineral resources,"
what did you mean?
321
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I mean the gold.
322
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-Gold.
-Yes.
323
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'Cause most
of the Egyptian gold
324
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came from Kush.
325
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[Josh] This is incredible,
326
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because when we think
of ancient Egypt,
327
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we think of gold.
328
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We think about, you know,
329
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these glittering death masks.
330
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But you're telling me
331
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most of that's not Egyptian?
332
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Most of the gold
of ancient Egypt
333
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Most of the gold
of ancient Egypt
334
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came from Kush.
335
00:12:32,700 --> 00:12:34,066
[Josh] And if there's
one thing we know
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about resources like gold
337
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is that many people want them.
338
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Egypt and the Kingdom of Kush
339
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view each other
as both trading partner
340
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and military rival.
341
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The relationship
officially turns toxic
342
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in 1500 B.C.,
343
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when the New Kingdom
Egyptian pharaoh Thutmose I
344
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invades Kush territory.
345
00:12:54,166 --> 00:12:55,166
The result?
346
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Mighty Kerma
347
00:12:56,634 --> 00:12:58,367
is burnt to the ground.
348
00:12:58,700 --> 00:12:59,700
[flames crackling]
349
00:12:59,700 --> 00:13:00,000
[distant screams]
350
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[distant screams]
351
00:13:01,166 --> 00:13:03,600
You know, once the Egyptians
have a foothold here,
352
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how long do they stay?
353
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The Egyptians stay
for about 500 years.
354
00:13:08,166 --> 00:13:09,533
Ho...! They really stay.
355
00:13:12,266 --> 00:13:13,467
With Kerma razed,
356
00:13:13,467 --> 00:13:15,900
Egypt controls
the Kingdom of Kush
357
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and all its resources.
358
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The Kushites become
completely Egyptianized,
359
00:13:20,867 --> 00:13:24,066
adopting their neighbor's
religion and traditions.
360
00:13:24,066 --> 00:13:25,800
But after five centuries,
361
00:13:25,900 --> 00:13:27,634
something unexpected happens.
362
00:13:27,634 --> 00:13:28,734
The Egyptians,
363
00:13:28,734 --> 00:13:30,000
dealing with political turmoil
at home, withdraw.
364
00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:31,734
dealing with political turmoil
at home, withdraw.
365
00:13:33,700 --> 00:13:35,066
So, what ends up happening?
366
00:13:35,100 --> 00:13:37,900
After the Egyptians withdraw,
367
00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:40,066
the Kush kingdom
rebuilt itself
368
00:13:40,100 --> 00:13:41,800
and became a superpower.
369
00:13:43,500 --> 00:13:46,467
[Josh] It is a remarkable turn
of the historical tide.
370
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The once subjugated Kushites
371
00:13:48,433 --> 00:13:49,467
even the score
372
00:13:49,533 --> 00:13:51,734
and successfully invade Egypt.
373
00:13:54,500 --> 00:13:56,800
But instead
of exacting revenge,
374
00:13:56,900 --> 00:13:58,734
five successive Kush kings
375
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rule as the pharaohs
of the 25th dynasty,
376
00:14:00,000 --> 00:14:02,634
rule as the pharaohs
of the 25th dynasty,
377
00:14:02,734 --> 00:14:04,166
bringing about a renaissance
378
00:14:04,166 --> 00:14:06,867
in classic Egyptian
arts and architecture,
379
00:14:06,867 --> 00:14:09,266
and rejuvenating
Egyptian culture.
380
00:14:12,467 --> 00:14:14,367
To find out how
they pulled it off,
381
00:14:14,367 --> 00:14:15,734
I need to leave Kerma
382
00:14:15,800 --> 00:14:18,634
and drive to the second
center of Kush power.
383
00:14:18,734 --> 00:14:21,166
A place known as Nuri.
384
00:14:21,166 --> 00:14:24,533
The road from Kerma to Nuri
will take us further south,
385
00:14:24,533 --> 00:14:26,266
following the course
of the Nile.
386
00:14:26,333 --> 00:14:28,734
And deeper
into the lands of Kush.
387
00:14:28,800 --> 00:14:30,000
The trip takes me southeast
388
00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:30,266
The trip takes me southeast
389
00:14:30,266 --> 00:14:33,266
into an even emptier expanse
of the Sahara,
390
00:14:33,266 --> 00:14:34,734
if that's even possible.
391
00:14:36,700 --> 00:14:38,900
Finally,
from behind the dunes,
392
00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:40,000
I see it.
393
00:14:45,367 --> 00:14:46,533
Not a mirage,
394
00:14:46,634 --> 00:14:48,800
but almost as unbelievable.
395
00:14:50,266 --> 00:14:51,333
Whoa.
396
00:14:56,734 --> 00:14:59,166
[Josh] This majestic city
is Nuri.
397
00:14:59,233 --> 00:15:00,066
The great necropolis
398
00:15:00,166 --> 00:15:03,467
of the mysterious
Kingdom of Kush.
399
00:15:03,467 --> 00:15:05,967
Here, in the sands
of modern Sudan,
400
00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:07,533
rows of grand pyramids
401
00:15:07,600 --> 00:15:10,333
loom over
a desolate landscape.
402
00:15:12,867 --> 00:15:14,867
To learn the secrets
of the Kushites,
403
00:15:14,900 --> 00:15:17,533
one archaeologist
has been making headlines
404
00:15:17,600 --> 00:15:18,533
with his daring,
405
00:15:18,533 --> 00:15:20,533
first-of-its-kind
investigation
406
00:15:20,533 --> 00:15:21,857
underneath one
of these pyramids.
407
00:15:21,857 --> 00:15:22,800
underneath one
of these pyramids.
408
00:15:23,800 --> 00:15:26,900
And I'm getting
unprecedented access
to his site.
409
00:15:26,900 --> 00:15:28,634
Which is why I'm so excited
410
00:15:28,734 --> 00:15:30,533
to meet Pearce Paul Creasman.
411
00:15:31,734 --> 00:15:33,734
-I'm guessing
you're Pearce Paul.
-Josh.
412
00:15:33,734 --> 00:15:35,100
[Josh] You're gonna have
to give me a minute,
413
00:15:35,100 --> 00:15:37,333
'cause I actually am kind of
in a state of shock.
414
00:15:37,367 --> 00:15:38,166
Yeah.
415
00:15:38,266 --> 00:15:40,867
This is just
a mind-blowing collection
416
00:15:40,867 --> 00:15:41,734
of ancient structures.
417
00:15:41,734 --> 00:15:43,967
It's awe-inspiring
to be here at Nuri.
418
00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:47,066
So, here we're at the home
of about two dozen kings
419
00:15:47,100 --> 00:15:48,867
of the second Kingdom of Kush.
420
00:15:48,900 --> 00:15:50,734
I think if you blindfolded
a lot of people
421
00:15:50,734 --> 00:15:51,857
and showed them this,
they'd say,
422
00:15:51,857 --> 00:15:52,433
and showed them this,
they'd say,
423
00:15:52,500 --> 00:15:53,900
-"Oh, it must be in Egypt."
-Yes.
424
00:15:53,900 --> 00:15:54,967
So, little known fact,
425
00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:56,867
there are more pyramids
in Sudan than Egypt.
426
00:15:56,867 --> 00:15:58,100
How many pyramids
in Sudan total?
427
00:15:58,100 --> 00:15:58,867
Hundreds.
428
00:15:58,867 --> 00:16:00,100
At this site alone,
429
00:16:00,100 --> 00:16:01,100
there were probably 80.
430
00:16:01,100 --> 00:16:02,734
-Yeah.
-80 pyramids in one site?
431
00:16:03,734 --> 00:16:04,734
For comparison,
432
00:16:04,734 --> 00:16:06,367
in all of ancient Egypt,
433
00:16:06,367 --> 00:16:09,433
we know of only 118 pyramids.
434
00:16:09,500 --> 00:16:10,634
So, in this respect,
435
00:16:10,634 --> 00:16:12,867
the Kush beat
the Egyptians again.
436
00:16:14,000 --> 00:16:16,634
Among the pyramids of Nuri
is this one.
437
00:16:16,634 --> 00:16:19,266
The first pyramid
built at this site.
438
00:16:19,333 --> 00:16:20,333
Big pyramid over there.
439
00:16:20,333 --> 00:16:21,857
So, the big pyramid,
the largest pyramid in Sudan,
440
00:16:21,857 --> 00:16:23,066
So, the big pyramid,
the largest pyramid in Sudan,
441
00:16:23,100 --> 00:16:25,000
this is the pyramid
of Taharqa.
442
00:16:25,000 --> 00:16:27,166
[Josh] King Taharqa
is the most celebrated
443
00:16:27,166 --> 00:16:29,000
of the five Kushite kings
444
00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:30,734
who ruled over Egypt.
445
00:16:30,734 --> 00:16:33,533
He reigns over a time
of great prosperity
446
00:16:33,600 --> 00:16:36,634
and controls as much
territory, if not more,
447
00:16:36,734 --> 00:16:39,533
than of any Egyptian
pharaoh ever.
448
00:16:39,600 --> 00:16:42,166
He even gets a shout-out
in the Old Testament.
449
00:16:42,166 --> 00:16:44,367
Taharqa is a major player
450
00:16:44,367 --> 00:16:45,367
in the story of Kush.
451
00:16:45,367 --> 00:16:47,734
Why does he choose
to build a pyramid here?
452
00:16:47,734 --> 00:16:49,100
We have no idea.
453
00:16:49,100 --> 00:16:50,467
-[laughing] Okay.
-And that's part
of why we're here.
454
00:16:50,467 --> 00:16:51,857
We're trying
to start addressing
455
00:16:51,857 --> 00:16:52,000
We're trying
to start addressing
456
00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:52,867
some of these questions,
457
00:16:52,867 --> 00:16:54,100
because they're
really important
458
00:16:54,100 --> 00:16:55,867
-to understanding the people.
-Right.
459
00:16:55,867 --> 00:16:57,166
I mean, they used this place
460
00:16:57,467 --> 00:16:58,333
for centuries.
461
00:16:59,266 --> 00:17:00,367
[Josh] After Taharqa,
462
00:17:00,367 --> 00:17:02,634
and clearly because
of his stature,
463
00:17:02,734 --> 00:17:04,367
nearly 20 future kings
464
00:17:04,367 --> 00:17:06,634
will erect their pyramids
here as well.
465
00:17:06,634 --> 00:17:08,433
And what are
the biggest mysteries
466
00:17:08,500 --> 00:17:09,367
about the Kingdom of Kush?
467
00:17:09,467 --> 00:17:12,333
We don't understand,
I would say, most of it.
468
00:17:12,367 --> 00:17:13,166
Wow.
469
00:17:13,166 --> 00:17:14,533
It's in part because
of where it is.
470
00:17:14,533 --> 00:17:15,867
It's in a part of the world
471
00:17:15,867 --> 00:17:17,634
that has been less accessible,
472
00:17:17,734 --> 00:17:19,533
to Western scholars, at least,
473
00:17:19,533 --> 00:17:20,734
for a very, very long time.
474
00:17:20,734 --> 00:17:21,734
[Josh] Yeah.
475
00:17:22,634 --> 00:17:23,867
Like at Kerma,
476
00:17:23,867 --> 00:17:26,467
George Reisner was the first
Western archaeologist
477
00:17:26,467 --> 00:17:27,900
to explore Nuri.
478
00:17:27,900 --> 00:17:30,634
And again, he underestimated
the Kushites.
479
00:17:30,734 --> 00:17:33,333
As he excavated his way
through the necropolis,
480
00:17:33,367 --> 00:17:35,266
Reisner credited
these pyramids
481
00:17:35,333 --> 00:17:36,634
to the Egyptians.
482
00:17:36,734 --> 00:17:38,100
Were there any
of these pyramids
483
00:17:38,100 --> 00:17:38,900
he didn't get into?
484
00:17:38,900 --> 00:17:40,166
Well, they didn't get into
485
00:17:40,166 --> 00:17:42,433
more than a dozen parts
of these pyramids,
486
00:17:42,500 --> 00:17:43,734
and including one entirely.
487
00:17:43,800 --> 00:17:44,533
Wow. Right.
488
00:17:44,600 --> 00:17:46,467
And so, we know
that at this site,
489
00:17:46,467 --> 00:17:47,634
for a variety of reasons,
490
00:17:47,734 --> 00:17:49,433
no one's worked at it
for 100 years.
491
00:17:49,500 --> 00:17:50,166
Right!
492
00:17:50,166 --> 00:17:51,634
For us, intellectually,
493
00:17:51,634 --> 00:17:51,857
that's a goldmine.
494
00:17:51,857 --> 00:17:52,634
that's a goldmine.
495
00:17:52,734 --> 00:17:53,867
Yeah!
496
00:17:53,900 --> 00:17:56,433
It might also be
an actual goldmine.
497
00:17:56,500 --> 00:17:58,367
Since several chambers
of these pyramids
498
00:17:58,367 --> 00:17:59,634
have never been entered,
499
00:17:59,634 --> 00:18:02,333
it's anyone's guess
what's inside.
500
00:18:02,367 --> 00:18:03,533
So, easy-peasy, right?
501
00:18:03,533 --> 00:18:04,634
You just walk
into the pyramids
502
00:18:04,634 --> 00:18:06,467
and, uh, get a whole
bunch of knowledge.
503
00:18:06,467 --> 00:18:08,734
Um... I wish it was that easy.
504
00:18:08,800 --> 00:18:10,333
-It's not?
-No, it's not.
505
00:18:11,800 --> 00:18:14,333
[Josh] To see exactly
how not easy it is,
506
00:18:14,367 --> 00:18:16,367
Pearce Paul brings me
over to the tomb
507
00:18:16,367 --> 00:18:18,533
that he's targeted
for exploration.
508
00:18:18,533 --> 00:18:19,533
[Josh exclaims]
509
00:18:19,533 --> 00:18:20,734
Pretty amazing, isn't it?
510
00:18:20,800 --> 00:18:21,634
It's pretty intimidating.
511
00:18:21,734 --> 00:18:21,857
Welcome to the pyramid
512
00:18:21,857 --> 00:18:23,166
Welcome to the pyramid
513
00:18:23,166 --> 00:18:25,333
and tomb of the King Nastasen.
514
00:18:27,634 --> 00:18:29,266
[Josh] Nastasen
was the king of Kush
515
00:18:29,266 --> 00:18:33,333
from roughly
335 B.C. to 310 B.C.
516
00:18:33,367 --> 00:18:34,867
During his reign,
he was celebrated
517
00:18:34,867 --> 00:18:38,166
for having repelled
another invasion from Egypt.
518
00:18:38,166 --> 00:18:39,367
And when he died,
519
00:18:39,367 --> 00:18:41,433
he became the final
Kushite king
520
00:18:41,500 --> 00:18:43,433
to be buried at Nuri.
521
00:18:43,500 --> 00:18:44,433
So, from the first king,
522
00:18:44,500 --> 00:18:45,333
-Taharqa...
-Mmm-hmm.
523
00:18:45,367 --> 00:18:46,867
...to the last, Nastasen.
524
00:18:46,867 --> 00:18:48,000
Yes.
525
00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:49,367
I can't help but notice
526
00:18:49,367 --> 00:18:50,967
some very murky-looking
water there.
527
00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:51,857
I'm guessing that wasn't here
2,300 years ago.
528
00:18:51,857 --> 00:18:53,333
I'm guessing that wasn't here
2,300 years ago.
529
00:18:53,367 --> 00:18:54,367
[Pearce Paul] It wasn't.
530
00:18:54,367 --> 00:18:55,634
So, in the Ancient Era,
when they built this,
531
00:18:55,634 --> 00:18:56,734
they would have walked down,
532
00:18:56,734 --> 00:18:57,867
their feet would
have been dry,
533
00:18:57,867 --> 00:18:59,000
they'd have gone into a door,
534
00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:01,266
and then it would have led
to the first chamber.
535
00:19:01,266 --> 00:19:03,867
Had another doorway
to a second chamber,
536
00:19:03,867 --> 00:19:05,734
and another doorway
to a third chamber.
537
00:19:05,734 --> 00:19:07,867
And the third chamber's
where you bury the king.
538
00:19:07,867 --> 00:19:09,900
When Reisner
got here to excavate,
539
00:19:09,900 --> 00:19:11,634
what were the conditions
of these three chambers?
540
00:19:11,634 --> 00:19:13,100
So, 100 years ago,
he showed up,
541
00:19:13,100 --> 00:19:15,433
and there were bricks
in front of the front door.
542
00:19:15,500 --> 00:19:16,634
It was in pretty good shape.
543
00:19:16,734 --> 00:19:17,634
And then, he gets in,
544
00:19:17,634 --> 00:19:19,467
excavates the first chamber.
545
00:19:19,467 --> 00:19:21,166
And then sees that
the second chamber
546
00:19:21,166 --> 00:19:21,857
is totally
and utterly collapsed.
547
00:19:21,857 --> 00:19:22,734
is totally
and utterly collapsed.
548
00:19:22,734 --> 00:19:24,100
The second
chamber's collapsed?
549
00:19:24,100 --> 00:19:27,467
There were thousands of pounds
of bedrock just crushed down.
550
00:19:27,467 --> 00:19:29,867
You can't tell that there is
a second chamber in there.
551
00:19:29,867 --> 00:19:32,000
[Josh] Reisner was
understandably wary
552
00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:33,900
about trying
to clear the rubble.
553
00:19:33,900 --> 00:19:35,867
While excavating
in another pyramid
554
00:19:35,867 --> 00:19:36,734
here at Nuri,
555
00:19:36,734 --> 00:19:38,867
a collapse
on the outer staircase
556
00:19:38,867 --> 00:19:41,433
took the lives
of five of his crew.
557
00:19:41,500 --> 00:19:44,367
So, the fallen ceiling
protected Nastasen's tomb,
558
00:19:44,367 --> 00:19:46,333
in a third chamber,
from Reisner,
559
00:19:46,367 --> 00:19:48,266
leaving it entirely intact.
560
00:19:48,900 --> 00:19:50,367
This is a big deal.
561
00:19:50,367 --> 00:19:51,857
Because no mummy
of a king of Kush
562
00:19:51,857 --> 00:19:52,734
Because no mummy
of a king of Kush
563
00:19:52,734 --> 00:19:54,367
has ever been confirmed
564
00:19:54,367 --> 00:19:56,533
to be recovered
from his own tomb.
565
00:19:56,600 --> 00:19:59,367
And Nastasen could still be
in that pyramid,
566
00:19:59,367 --> 00:20:02,066
along with untold
treasures and gold.
567
00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:04,634
In the past century, though,
568
00:20:04,634 --> 00:20:06,100
ground water from the Nile,
569
00:20:06,100 --> 00:20:07,433
only a mile away,
570
00:20:07,500 --> 00:20:08,634
has steadily risen,
571
00:20:08,634 --> 00:20:11,367
And now, all three chambers
of the pyramid
572
00:20:11,367 --> 00:20:13,467
are completely flooded.
573
00:20:13,467 --> 00:20:15,533
I see a lot of people
back there with hoses.
574
00:20:15,533 --> 00:20:16,734
and equipment.
575
00:20:16,800 --> 00:20:18,867
So, tell me what you've been
doing here since then.
576
00:20:18,867 --> 00:20:21,166
Okay, so, we decided
to dive in.
577
00:20:22,467 --> 00:20:23,867
-What's wrong with you?
-Lots of things.
578
00:20:23,867 --> 00:20:25,634
I'm so afraid
to ask this question.
579
00:20:25,734 --> 00:20:27,266
What's the visibility
in that water?
580
00:20:27,800 --> 00:20:28,533
Zero.
581
00:20:28,533 --> 00:20:29,634
-Nothing?
-Nothing.
582
00:20:29,734 --> 00:20:31,967
The instant you go inside,
583
00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:34,634
you stir up thousands of years
of dust and sediment.
584
00:20:34,734 --> 00:20:36,100
You're literally in the dark,
585
00:20:36,100 --> 00:20:37,800
like, blindfolded dark
down there.
586
00:20:38,634 --> 00:20:40,867
On the list of reasons
why diving the tomb
587
00:20:40,867 --> 00:20:42,066
is a bad idea,
588
00:20:42,100 --> 00:20:44,000
the dark is
only the beginning.
589
00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:46,266
There is also
the very real possibility
590
00:20:46,266 --> 00:20:49,000
of being trapped underwater
in a stone room
591
00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:51,000
that could collapse
at any moment.
592
00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:51,857
And if you're thinking
it would be safer
593
00:20:51,857 --> 00:20:52,634
And if you're thinking
it would be safer
594
00:20:52,634 --> 00:20:54,867
to just pump the water
out of the tomb,
595
00:20:54,867 --> 00:20:55,867
think again.
596
00:20:55,867 --> 00:20:57,867
The water in there
is the only thing
597
00:20:57,867 --> 00:20:59,634
keeping the walls standing.
598
00:20:59,634 --> 00:21:01,433
But there is one
very good reason
599
00:21:01,500 --> 00:21:03,266
for Pearce Paul
to risk his life.
600
00:21:03,266 --> 00:21:04,900
What's in the third chamber?
601
00:21:04,900 --> 00:21:07,533
So, theoretically,
it should be the king.
602
00:21:07,600 --> 00:21:10,000
In the middle of the room,
there is a giant slab.
603
00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:12,634
Like, a pancake-flat
piece of rock.
604
00:21:12,634 --> 00:21:13,734
So, it's worked stone.
605
00:21:13,734 --> 00:21:16,867
It is worked stone,
there is no question of it.
606
00:21:16,867 --> 00:21:19,734
[Josh] A slab like this
could be one of two things.
607
00:21:19,734 --> 00:21:21,467
Either a burial platform
608
00:21:21,467 --> 00:21:21,857
for Nastasen's body
to be laid out upon,
609
00:21:21,857 --> 00:21:24,100
for Nastasen's body
to be laid out upon,
610
00:21:24,100 --> 00:21:26,166
or the lid of a sarcophagus,
611
00:21:26,166 --> 00:21:28,533
inside of which
he would be sealed.
612
00:21:28,600 --> 00:21:29,734
But here's the rub.
613
00:21:29,734 --> 00:21:31,000
In this time period,
614
00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:32,900
kings were known
to have been entombed
615
00:21:32,900 --> 00:21:34,333
using both methods.
616
00:21:35,367 --> 00:21:37,000
So, our first
order of business
617
00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:39,867
is to try to learn
the purpose of the slab.
618
00:21:39,867 --> 00:21:42,100
And, if it turns out
to be a coffin lid,
619
00:21:42,100 --> 00:21:44,867
we have a chance at finding
Nastasen himself.
620
00:21:45,467 --> 00:21:46,867
What would it mean
621
00:21:46,867 --> 00:21:49,467
to find any piece of this guy?
622
00:21:49,467 --> 00:21:51,266
Intellectually, this would be
really powerful.
623
00:21:51,266 --> 00:21:51,857
One of the big issues
we run into
624
00:21:51,857 --> 00:21:52,967
One of the big issues
we run into
625
00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:55,367
is that there are very few
of these kings
626
00:21:55,367 --> 00:21:57,000
who are known
from anywhere else
627
00:21:57,000 --> 00:21:58,100
outside of this region.
628
00:21:58,100 --> 00:21:58,967
Right.
629
00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:00,367
Nastasen is.
630
00:22:00,367 --> 00:22:02,266
He's referenced in a couple
of other places.
631
00:22:02,266 --> 00:22:04,634
For us, he is
an historical anchor.
632
00:22:04,734 --> 00:22:06,433
If we can start with him,
633
00:22:06,500 --> 00:22:08,900
and start getting
pieces of him,
634
00:22:08,900 --> 00:22:11,333
for example,
to do DNA studies,
635
00:22:11,367 --> 00:22:14,100
we can start to rebuild
some of these major pieces
636
00:22:14,100 --> 00:22:15,166
from the history here.
637
00:22:15,166 --> 00:22:16,533
Okay.
638
00:22:16,533 --> 00:22:18,000
Well, I wish you
the best of luck.
639
00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:18,967
You interested?
640
00:22:19,634 --> 00:22:20,433
Huh.
641
00:22:20,500 --> 00:22:21,266
This is no joke.
642
00:22:21,367 --> 00:22:21,857
I mean, if you don't
have hesitations,
643
00:22:21,857 --> 00:22:23,100
I mean, if you don't
have hesitations,
644
00:22:23,100 --> 00:22:24,333
you can't come.
645
00:22:24,367 --> 00:22:25,266
Look, believe me,
646
00:22:25,266 --> 00:22:26,634
I would love to see
what's in there.
647
00:22:26,634 --> 00:22:27,634
You think that's possible?
648
00:22:27,734 --> 00:22:28,433
I think it's possible.
649
00:22:28,500 --> 00:22:29,867
-You bring a suit?
-Always.
650
00:22:29,867 --> 00:22:31,634
I have a weird job,
you never know.
651
00:22:31,634 --> 00:22:32,533
Come meet the team.
652
00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:34,066
Let's do it.
653
00:22:36,266 --> 00:22:37,734
[Josh]
One does not simply dive
654
00:22:37,800 --> 00:22:40,166
into the sunken pyramid
of Nastasen.
655
00:22:40,233 --> 00:22:41,867
To learn how
I'm going to survive
656
00:22:41,900 --> 00:22:44,100
one of the most lethal
environments on Earth,
657
00:22:44,100 --> 00:22:45,634
Pearce Paul brings me to meet
658
00:22:45,734 --> 00:22:47,333
his ace technical team.
659
00:22:47,367 --> 00:22:50,266
Justin Schneider,
Fred Fidler, and David Dunn.
660
00:22:50,333 --> 00:22:51,533
-What's going on, guys?
-Hey, there.
661
00:22:51,533 --> 00:22:51,857
I see a lot of hoses,
but no scuba tanks.
662
00:22:51,857 --> 00:22:54,734
I see a lot of hoses,
but no scuba tanks.
663
00:22:54,800 --> 00:22:56,467
We don't like tanks
inside the tomb.
664
00:22:56,467 --> 00:22:58,634
If you bang that big steel
or aluminum tank
665
00:22:58,634 --> 00:22:59,634
against the walls,
666
00:22:59,734 --> 00:23:00,634
those walls are fragile,
667
00:23:00,634 --> 00:23:01,900
and it could possibly
cause a collapse.
668
00:23:01,900 --> 00:23:04,266
So, we like to use
the hookah system.
669
00:23:04,333 --> 00:23:05,867
Right, so, hookah system,
we're talking, like,
670
00:23:05,867 --> 00:23:07,533
-surface-supplied air.
-Correct.
671
00:23:07,533 --> 00:23:09,467
And that air's being
pushed down how?
672
00:23:09,467 --> 00:23:11,100
[Fred] On the power generator
over here,
673
00:23:11,100 --> 00:23:12,533
that's enough to supply air
674
00:23:12,533 --> 00:23:14,166
for all four of us at a time.
675
00:23:14,166 --> 00:23:15,867
Okay, so, if this goes down,
676
00:23:15,867 --> 00:23:16,900
what's the contingency?
677
00:23:16,900 --> 00:23:17,867
What's the back-up?
678
00:23:17,867 --> 00:23:19,367
We have a compressed air
canister
679
00:23:19,367 --> 00:23:21,367
that's basically
a mini scuba tank
680
00:23:21,367 --> 00:23:21,857
with a built-on regulator
on the top
681
00:23:21,857 --> 00:23:22,967
with a built-on regulator
on the top
682
00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:24,166
that you can breathe from.
683
00:23:24,166 --> 00:23:25,433
Got it. Whew.
684
00:23:25,500 --> 00:23:27,367
-You ready?
-No, but...
685
00:23:27,367 --> 00:23:28,533
-Are you gonna do it anyway?
-Yeah.
686
00:23:28,533 --> 00:23:29,433
Then, let's get to it.
687
00:23:29,500 --> 00:23:30,800
Let's get to it, come on.
688
00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:34,333
Now that I know how
689
00:23:34,367 --> 00:23:35,900
we're going
to pull of the dive,
690
00:23:35,900 --> 00:23:37,066
I gear up,
691
00:23:37,100 --> 00:23:38,100
and have to convince myself
692
00:23:38,100 --> 00:23:39,734
to actually do it.
693
00:23:43,800 --> 00:23:44,900
[producer] How you feeling?
694
00:23:44,900 --> 00:23:45,867
Huh.
695
00:23:45,867 --> 00:23:48,467
Uh, I am stressed, dude.
696
00:23:48,467 --> 00:23:49,634
I mean, this is...
697
00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:51,857
this is, like, the most
dangerous diving
698
00:23:51,857 --> 00:23:53,000
this is, like, the most
dangerous diving
699
00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:54,867
that you could do, I think.
700
00:23:54,867 --> 00:23:57,100
I mean, it's all the dangers
of cave diving
701
00:23:57,100 --> 00:23:58,867
with all the dangers
702
00:23:58,867 --> 00:24:02,533
of going into an unstable,
crumbling ruin.
703
00:24:02,533 --> 00:24:04,166
With no visibility.
In the dark.
704
00:24:04,867 --> 00:24:06,166
I don't have a scuba tank.
705
00:24:06,233 --> 00:24:08,166
All the air's coming
from the surface.
706
00:24:08,233 --> 00:24:11,000
All those lines can get
tangled and caught, so...
707
00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:12,066
I'm nervous.
708
00:24:12,634 --> 00:24:13,867
That's not true. I'm scared.
709
00:24:14,266 --> 00:24:15,867
That's more accurate.
710
00:24:20,367 --> 00:24:21,857
If I was gonna think
of an excuse
711
00:24:21,857 --> 00:24:21,967
If I was gonna think
of an excuse
712
00:24:22,000 --> 00:24:23,266
to get out of this gig,
713
00:24:23,266 --> 00:24:24,967
that time has passed.
714
00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:26,433
[Josh] This is it.
715
00:24:26,433 --> 00:24:30,367
We're about to dive
into a flooded pyramid tomb
with one mission,
716
00:24:30,367 --> 00:24:32,800
to meet
the Kush king Nastasen.
717
00:24:43,533 --> 00:24:45,000
Okay, this just got real.
718
00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:48,166
-So, take your last good look
at daylight for a while.
-[Josh] Yeah.
719
00:24:49,367 --> 00:24:50,967
[Josh]
In the deserts of Sudan,
720
00:24:50,967 --> 00:24:55,166
I'm about to dive into
a sunken, partially collapsed
pyramid tomb
721
00:24:55,166 --> 00:24:57,367
from the ancient
Kushite kingdom.
722
00:24:57,433 --> 00:25:01,533
We're going in today
to examine the burial slab
of the king Nastasen
723
00:25:01,600 --> 00:25:03,467
and determine
if it's a solid platform
724
00:25:03,467 --> 00:25:05,774
or the lid
of a royal sarcophagus.
725
00:25:05,774 --> 00:25:06,467
or the lid
of a royal sarcophagus.
726
00:25:06,467 --> 00:25:08,467
I'm trying to steady my nerves
727
00:25:08,467 --> 00:25:12,333
as I prepare for
the single most dangerous dive
of my career.
728
00:25:14,100 --> 00:25:15,734
Okay, tell me
how this is gonna work.
729
00:25:15,800 --> 00:25:18,734
I'm assuming at the end
of this passage here
there's some sort of entrance.
730
00:25:18,800 --> 00:25:20,867
So, you get
all the way down here,
731
00:25:20,867 --> 00:25:23,166
get down the wall,
drop down on to your knees,
732
00:25:23,166 --> 00:25:24,734
and you get down
onto your arms
733
00:25:24,800 --> 00:25:25,867
because you're gonna have
to army crawl
734
00:25:25,900 --> 00:25:27,533
-through the chute.
-The chute.
735
00:25:29,100 --> 00:25:30,100
[Josh] To enter the tomb,
736
00:25:30,100 --> 00:25:31,367
we must descend down
737
00:25:31,433 --> 00:25:33,634
the now crumbling
and flooded staircase,
738
00:25:33,700 --> 00:25:35,774
and then
pass through the chute,
739
00:25:35,774 --> 00:25:36,066
and then
pass through the chute,
740
00:25:36,100 --> 00:25:38,533
a 2ft by 3ft metal sleeve
741
00:25:38,600 --> 00:25:42,166
designed to keep
the front door from collapsing
while we're inside.
742
00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:45,467
Then, it's into
the first chamber of the tomb,
743
00:25:45,467 --> 00:25:48,533
a larger offering room
that's easy to get lost in.
744
00:25:48,533 --> 00:25:51,467
To prevent that,
the team has placed
a guide wire
745
00:25:51,467 --> 00:25:53,867
to be our lifeline
to the second chamber
746
00:25:53,867 --> 00:25:56,734
which has
completely collapsed.
747
00:25:56,800 --> 00:26:00,266
Once at the threshold,
one needs to let go
of the guideline
748
00:26:00,266 --> 00:26:04,367
and swim forward
to find a cinderblock
placed by the team,
749
00:26:04,367 --> 00:26:05,774
which leads up
to a barely breathable
air pocket
750
00:26:05,774 --> 00:26:07,266
which leads up
to a barely breathable
air pocket
751
00:26:07,266 --> 00:26:08,734
in which to regroup.
752
00:26:08,734 --> 00:26:10,967
Back at the bottom
of the second chamber,
753
00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:13,000
another section of guideline
leads over
754
00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:17,967
to the submerged door
to chamber three,
the tomb of Nastasen.
755
00:26:17,967 --> 00:26:20,634
In the center
is an immense slab of stone
756
00:26:20,700 --> 00:26:23,266
that is either Nastasen's
burial platform
757
00:26:23,266 --> 00:26:25,734
or the lid of his sarcophagus.
758
00:26:25,800 --> 00:26:30,066
Three room
that have had as many visitors
as the surface of the moon,
759
00:26:30,100 --> 00:26:33,967
and each has the potential
to be a deathtrap.
760
00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:35,774
Any uh, any words of wisdom
for a first timer here?
761
00:26:35,774 --> 00:26:36,533
Any uh, any words of wisdom
for a first timer here?
762
00:26:36,533 --> 00:26:40,066
-Don't let go of the line
and don't freak out.
-Yep, don't panic.
763
00:26:40,700 --> 00:26:41,634
Let's go dive a tomb.
764
00:26:47,867 --> 00:26:50,166
[divers breathing]
765
00:26:50,233 --> 00:26:52,166
So, Pearce,
you're going in first.
766
00:26:52,166 --> 00:26:53,066
[Pearce] I'm going.
767
00:26:54,100 --> 00:26:55,333
On the way.
768
00:26:58,166 --> 00:26:59,166
Okay.
769
00:27:02,367 --> 00:27:04,066
[Josh] So,
as soon as I get in here,
770
00:27:04,100 --> 00:27:05,774
my first observation
is the visibility
is just gone.
771
00:27:05,774 --> 00:27:07,467
my first observation
is the visibility
is just gone.
772
00:27:07,467 --> 00:27:10,000
I can see a shade of light
but that's about it.
773
00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:11,634
[Pearce] Yeah,
you can probably
see your fingers
774
00:27:11,634 --> 00:27:13,867
once they get about six inches
from your mask...
775
00:27:13,867 --> 00:27:16,066
-...but not
much more than that.
-[Josh] Yeah.
776
00:27:17,467 --> 00:27:20,734
Dive team, this is topside.
Out, copy.
777
00:27:20,734 --> 00:27:23,634
[Josh] This is Josh.
I read you loud and clear,
topside.
778
00:27:24,100 --> 00:27:26,266
Pearce, out, copy.
779
00:27:26,333 --> 00:27:27,900
[Pearce] I'm fine, I hear you.
780
00:27:28,467 --> 00:27:29,900
Outstanding. All comms good.
781
00:27:30,533 --> 00:27:31,900
[Josh] Okay, we're headed in.
782
00:27:35,000 --> 00:27:35,774
[Josh] I'm inches
beneath the surface,
783
00:27:35,774 --> 00:27:37,066
[Josh] I'm inches
beneath the surface,
784
00:27:37,100 --> 00:27:38,734
but already
the silt in the water
785
00:27:38,800 --> 00:27:40,967
has rendered direction
meaningless.
786
00:27:40,967 --> 00:27:43,867
My only guide
is Pearce Paul's voice.
787
00:27:43,900 --> 00:27:46,166
[Pearce] All right,
I'm entering the chute.
788
00:27:46,233 --> 00:27:47,533
[Josh] I am
working to the chute.
789
00:27:47,533 --> 00:27:49,166
-[Josh] Stand by.
-[Pearce] All right.
790
00:27:53,166 --> 00:27:55,533
[Josh] Ah,
I'm in the chute now.
791
00:27:55,600 --> 00:28:00,166
It is tight.
I can feel the sides
and the ceiling above me.
792
00:28:00,166 --> 00:28:03,467
I'm just slowly
pulling myself through.
793
00:28:03,467 --> 00:28:05,774
[Josh] I edge my way forward.
I couldn't change my mind now
if I wanted to.
794
00:28:05,774 --> 00:28:07,433
[Josh] I edge my way forward.
I couldn't change my mind now
if I wanted to.
795
00:28:07,500 --> 00:28:10,166
It's too narrow in here
to turn around.
796
00:28:10,166 --> 00:28:12,734
[Josh] Wow, this is intense.
797
00:28:12,734 --> 00:28:16,166
Uh, okay, here we go.
Calm breath.
798
00:28:16,233 --> 00:28:19,367
[Josh] A few more feet
and I feel the tube open up.
799
00:28:19,367 --> 00:28:22,467
[Josh] I'm in
the interior opening
of chamber one.
800
00:28:22,467 --> 00:28:24,266
-[Pearce] Yeah.
-[Josh] I can feel sand
in front of me
801
00:28:24,266 --> 00:28:25,367
at the end of the chute.
802
00:28:25,433 --> 00:28:26,600
[Josh] As an experiment,
803
00:28:26,600 --> 00:28:29,367
I decide to turn off the light
on the side of my helmet.
804
00:28:30,967 --> 00:28:33,800
[Josh] Oh, [bleep]
it is pitch black.
805
00:28:34,634 --> 00:28:35,774
[Josh] At this point,
I kick my light back on
806
00:28:35,774 --> 00:28:37,000
[Josh] At this point,
I kick my light back on
807
00:28:38,533 --> 00:28:40,367
but I also close my eyes,
808
00:28:40,433 --> 00:28:44,100
relying on my fingers
to explore the open water
in front of me
809
00:28:44,100 --> 00:28:46,367
which is its own form
of terrifying.
810
00:28:47,467 --> 00:28:49,734
[Pearce] Find the nylon cable.
811
00:28:49,734 --> 00:28:52,433
[Josh] I'm sweeping up
to find the cave line.
812
00:28:53,467 --> 00:28:55,967
Hold on. Trying to find it.
813
00:28:55,967 --> 00:28:58,433
[Josh] Miss this line
while entering chamber one,
814
00:28:58,500 --> 00:29:00,634
and your chance
of finding chamber two,
815
00:29:00,634 --> 00:29:03,166
or your way back out,
are not great.
816
00:29:07,100 --> 00:29:09,000
[Josh] I have it in my hand.
817
00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:10,867
I feel it,
I feel the cave guide, yeah.
818
00:29:10,867 --> 00:29:12,533
[Pearce]
All right, head on in.
819
00:29:13,467 --> 00:29:18,967
This chamber
is about 15, 20ft long.
820
00:29:18,967 --> 00:29:22,166
[Josh] I can reach my arms out
on either side of the line,
821
00:29:22,166 --> 00:29:26,100
but I'm not feeling anything
and nothing above.
822
00:29:26,100 --> 00:29:30,967
It's just a big void.
It's like I'm floating
in space.
823
00:29:30,967 --> 00:29:34,533
[Josh] This large chamber
was once used
to house offerings,
824
00:29:34,600 --> 00:29:35,774
and I'm trying desperately
to avoid becoming one of them.
825
00:29:35,774 --> 00:29:37,734
and I'm trying desperately
to avoid becoming one of them.
826
00:29:39,100 --> 00:29:40,867
[Josh] This room
just goes and goes.
827
00:29:40,867 --> 00:29:43,000
[Pearce] How you doing?
You still on the line?
828
00:29:43,000 --> 00:29:45,967
[Josh] Still on the line,
but believe me,
I'm not letting go of it,
829
00:29:45,967 --> 00:29:48,367
and I'm making my way through.
830
00:29:48,433 --> 00:29:50,266
[Pearce] Make sure
to give yourself
a little slack...
831
00:29:50,266 --> 00:29:52,533
-pull your air hose in.
-[Josh] Yep.
832
00:29:53,266 --> 00:29:55,100
[Josh] Ah, yes, my air supply.
833
00:29:55,100 --> 00:29:56,634
If the hose
gets pulled too tight
834
00:29:56,634 --> 00:29:58,800
it can get yanked
from my mask.
835
00:30:00,734 --> 00:30:02,000
[Josh] So, topside,
836
00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:04,266
I can feel
a little bit of tension
on my air supply here.
837
00:30:04,266 --> 00:30:05,533
I'll need a little slack.
838
00:30:05,533 --> 00:30:05,774
[David on radio]
Wait a minute,
839
00:30:05,774 --> 00:30:06,467
[David on radio]
Wait a minute,
840
00:30:06,467 --> 00:30:07,734
we'll try to get you
some more slack.
841
00:30:08,266 --> 00:30:09,266
[Josh] Thank you, sir.
842
00:30:17,166 --> 00:30:18,867
[Josh] Okay,
so this is chamber two
843
00:30:18,867 --> 00:30:20,734
-I think I'm passing into.
-[Pearce] Yep.
844
00:30:22,100 --> 00:30:24,734
[Josh] I cross the threshold
into the second chamber.
845
00:30:26,266 --> 00:30:28,000
[Josh] My hand
just reached sand here.
846
00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:30,266
The guideline
is going into the sand
it feels like.
847
00:30:30,266 --> 00:30:33,100
[Pearce] Yep,
so go another body length in.
848
00:30:33,100 --> 00:30:35,774
You'll feel
the majorly different
temperature to the water.
849
00:30:35,774 --> 00:30:36,166
You'll feel
the majorly different
temperature to the water.
850
00:30:36,867 --> 00:30:37,734
[Josh] Got it.
851
00:30:38,467 --> 00:30:40,166
[Josh] Now, the leap of faith.
852
00:30:40,166 --> 00:30:44,467
I release the cable
and push forward
to touch a block in the sand
853
00:30:44,467 --> 00:30:47,634
that will mark the entrance
to the air pocket above.
854
00:30:47,634 --> 00:30:49,467
[Josh] Reaching forward.
855
00:30:49,467 --> 00:30:53,967
I'm not feeling anything yet.
It's just sand and silt.
856
00:30:54,700 --> 00:30:56,900
There, wait,
there's something. I got it.
857
00:30:59,166 --> 00:31:01,967
Okay,
I'm feeling the cinderblock
underneath me here.
858
00:31:01,967 --> 00:31:04,166
-[Pearce] Once you hit
that cinderblock...
-[Josh] Yeah.
859
00:31:04,166 --> 00:31:05,634
...you'll find a little hill.
860
00:31:07,367 --> 00:31:11,166
That hill is the collapse
of the second chamber.
861
00:31:11,166 --> 00:31:15,166
-[Josh] And I'm gonna
make my way uphill
-[Pearce] Yep.
862
00:31:15,233 --> 00:31:16,867
-into the air pocket.
-[Pearce] Excellent...
863
00:31:16,900 --> 00:31:19,734
-...and I'll meet you
in our cathedral here.
-[Josh] Okay.
864
00:31:22,634 --> 00:31:23,967
[Josh] Coming up.
865
00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:25,867
-[Pearce] All right.
-[Josh] Now surfacing.
866
00:31:25,867 --> 00:31:26,900
[Pearce chuckles]
867
00:31:29,367 --> 00:31:31,533
-[Josh] Oh, my word.
-[chuckles]
868
00:31:33,100 --> 00:31:34,533
Look at this place.
869
00:31:41,367 --> 00:31:44,066
-[Josh chuckling] Oh, my word.
-[Pearce chuckles]
870
00:31:44,100 --> 00:31:46,367
[Josh] Look at this place.
Are you kidding me?
871
00:31:46,367 --> 00:31:47,734
[Pearce]
It's pretty intense, right?
872
00:31:47,734 --> 00:31:52,533
Welcome to the collapsed
second chamber
of Nastasen's tomb.
873
00:31:52,533 --> 00:31:56,266
[Josh] Inside
the flooded pyramid tomb
of the Kush king Nastasen
874
00:31:56,333 --> 00:31:58,066
is a precious pocket of air,
875
00:31:58,100 --> 00:32:01,367
which archaeologist
Pearce Paul Creasman
and I are visiting,
876
00:32:01,367 --> 00:32:04,467
on our way to excavate
Nastasen's burial chamber.
877
00:32:07,000 --> 00:32:09,266
-Is the air
breathable in here?
-Yes.
878
00:32:09,266 --> 00:32:11,634
Okay.
Just taking this mask off.
879
00:32:12,867 --> 00:32:13,734
[gasps]
880
00:32:14,166 --> 00:32:16,266
Oh, my word.
881
00:32:16,266 --> 00:32:20,467
This is
absolutely unbelievable.
This is insane.
882
00:32:20,533 --> 00:32:22,967
First of all, this room
shouldn't be here, right?
883
00:32:22,967 --> 00:32:24,734
[Pearce] This is not a room,
this is an accident.
884
00:32:24,800 --> 00:32:27,166
We are standing
in an air pocket
that should not exist.
885
00:32:27,233 --> 00:32:29,266
-So I'm standing on...
-Rubble.
886
00:32:29,266 --> 00:32:30,467
-Rubble.
-Yes.
887
00:32:30,467 --> 00:32:33,367
-And directly above us?
-Pyramid.
888
00:32:33,367 --> 00:32:34,600
-[Josh] We're under it?
-Yes.
889
00:32:34,600 --> 00:32:35,560
Okay. Now, it doesn't look
overly brittle.
890
00:32:35,560 --> 00:32:38,734
Okay. Now, it doesn't look
overly brittle.
891
00:32:38,800 --> 00:32:40,467
[Pearce]
Um, looks can be deceiving.
892
00:32:43,367 --> 00:32:45,900
-Okay, it's totally brittle.
-[laughs]
893
00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:46,967
-[bleep]
-[chuckles]
894
00:32:47,066 --> 00:32:49,867
Now, it's this third chamber
where this slab is.
895
00:32:49,900 --> 00:32:52,467
-That's where from here?
-Yeah, so third chamber's
that way.
896
00:32:52,533 --> 00:32:55,000
So, we have to answer
one big question first.
897
00:32:55,000 --> 00:32:58,500
Is this slab actually sitting
on top of some space?
898
00:32:58,500 --> 00:33:03,000
Is this a lid,
or is it just a big block
in the middle of a room?
899
00:33:03,000 --> 00:33:05,560
-So, it could be either.
-If it is hollow
900
00:33:05,560 --> 00:33:06,000
-So, it could be either.
-If it is hollow
901
00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:09,600
then there's a chance
that some part of him
might still be here.
902
00:33:09,600 --> 00:33:11,967
Well, anything in there
that can tell us who he was,
903
00:33:11,967 --> 00:33:14,166
about the world he lived in,
his family,
904
00:33:14,233 --> 00:33:16,467
that's, I mean, that's adding
that knowledge that we need.
905
00:33:16,467 --> 00:33:18,634
-Shall we go deeper?
-I think we should.
906
00:33:18,734 --> 00:33:19,634
-Let's do it.
-Are you ready?
907
00:33:19,734 --> 00:33:21,266
-I'm ready. I...
-Are you sure?
908
00:33:21,266 --> 00:33:24,367
-No, but I've come this far
and I'm gonna keep going.
-[chuckles] All right.
909
00:33:24,367 --> 00:33:27,367
[Josh]
The tomb of Nastasen awaits.
910
00:33:27,367 --> 00:33:30,533
Now, it's time to inspect
the stone structure
in the chamber
911
00:33:30,634 --> 00:33:32,900
and see if he's still here.
912
00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:34,367
[Josh on radio]
All right, topside,
we're heading down
913
00:33:34,367 --> 00:33:35,560
and we are going into
chamber three.
914
00:33:35,560 --> 00:33:36,734
and we are going into
chamber three.
915
00:33:37,500 --> 00:33:39,500
Roger, y'all are heading into
chamber three.
916
00:33:39,500 --> 00:33:41,533
-You ready?
-Pearce Paul,
I'm right behind you.
917
00:33:47,166 --> 00:33:49,100
[Josh]
I plunge back into darkness
918
00:33:49,100 --> 00:33:53,166
and find the guideline
to follow Pearce Paul down
another 6ft.
919
00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:57,634
[Josh]
Okay, I'm making my way
toward chamber three.
920
00:33:58,266 --> 00:33:59,734
[Pearce]
When the cable runs out
921
00:33:59,800 --> 00:34:02,367
fix your hands
to the left and the right,
922
00:34:02,367 --> 00:34:04,367
and you can touch
the edges of the doorway.
923
00:34:04,367 --> 00:34:05,560
Just touch them delicately.
924
00:34:05,560 --> 00:34:06,100
Just touch them delicately.
925
00:34:07,367 --> 00:34:08,367
[Josh] Why's that?
926
00:34:08,367 --> 00:34:09,734
[Pearce]
The walls in this tomb
927
00:34:09,800 --> 00:34:13,166
are not firm and as secure
as one would hope.
928
00:34:13,166 --> 00:34:16,166
[Josh] Got it.
Careful what you grab onto
down here.
929
00:34:19,000 --> 00:34:22,467
-I've reached
the end of the line.
-[Pearce] All right...
930
00:34:22,533 --> 00:34:24,867
[Pearce]
...so come towards the light.
931
00:34:24,867 --> 00:34:27,634
-[Josh] Maybe use
a different expression.
-[Pearce laughs]
932
00:34:27,634 --> 00:34:29,367
[Josh] Okay,
I'm coming towards you.
933
00:34:33,967 --> 00:34:35,560
[Josh] In moments,
I'm laying inside the doorway
to the tomb of King Nastasen.
934
00:34:35,560 --> 00:34:38,533
[Josh] In moments,
I'm laying inside the doorway
to the tomb of King Nastasen.
935
00:34:42,967 --> 00:34:45,367
[Josh]
I think I can see the slab.
936
00:34:47,467 --> 00:34:51,100
[Josh] But this view of it
will be our last.
937
00:34:51,100 --> 00:34:54,233
[Josh]
Ah, that silt just kicks up
as soon as we come in.
938
00:34:55,967 --> 00:35:00,367
God, I can't see anything now.
Can't see my hand
in front of my face.
939
00:35:03,000 --> 00:35:05,560
[Pearce] What I want you to do
is I want you to come around
this corner where I am.
940
00:35:05,560 --> 00:35:07,166
[Pearce] What I want you to do
is I want you to come around
this corner where I am.
941
00:35:07,166 --> 00:35:09,367
-[Josh] Over to
the clockwise around it, yeah?
-[Pearce] Yeah...
942
00:35:09,433 --> 00:35:11,467
-...clockwise around it.
-[Josh] Okay.
943
00:35:11,467 --> 00:35:13,467
[Pearce]
Let me get your left hand
and put it down here
944
00:35:13,467 --> 00:35:16,433
on the bottom left corner
of this slab.
945
00:35:16,867 --> 00:35:18,100
[Josh] Oh, my gosh.
946
00:35:19,100 --> 00:35:21,333
It just feels
smooth as can be.
947
00:35:23,166 --> 00:35:25,533
[Josh] But as we run our hands
over the slab,
948
00:35:25,533 --> 00:35:28,367
Pearce Paul notices
something has changed
949
00:35:28,367 --> 00:35:31,166
since his last visit
to the tomb.
950
00:35:31,233 --> 00:35:33,900
[Pearce] Hold on a second.
Give me your hand
and feel this.
951
00:35:35,100 --> 00:35:35,560
[Josh] Is this a crack?
952
00:35:35,560 --> 00:35:36,533
[Josh] Is this a crack?
953
00:35:37,867 --> 00:35:39,166
[Pearce]
I just don't understand.
954
00:35:39,867 --> 00:35:40,900
[Josh] It's not just a crack.
955
00:35:41,000 --> 00:35:43,734
It feels like
the corner itself isn't here.
956
00:35:45,500 --> 00:35:47,467
So is it a part
of this cave-in
957
00:35:47,467 --> 00:35:49,467
-that cracked
the top of this slab?
-[Pearce] That's...
958
00:35:49,533 --> 00:35:50,900
[Pearce] That's really
what it feels like.
959
00:35:51,000 --> 00:35:52,967
[Josh] This is disconcerting.
960
00:35:52,967 --> 00:35:57,533
Sometime recently,
a piece of the ceiling
likely collapsed onto the slab
961
00:35:57,634 --> 00:36:01,266
with enough force to crack
a large section of it off.
962
00:36:01,266 --> 00:36:05,560
On the other hand,
we now have an unforeseen
opportunity.
963
00:36:05,560 --> 00:36:05,634
On the other hand,
we now have an unforeseen
opportunity.
964
00:36:05,634 --> 00:36:07,634
[Josh] Is it possible
for you to get your hands
965
00:36:07,634 --> 00:36:10,900
-under that slab
in that cracked area?
-[Pearce] Let me try.
966
00:36:12,166 --> 00:36:13,266
[Pearce]
Josh, give me your hand.
967
00:36:13,266 --> 00:36:15,066
Put your hand under here
and feel this.
968
00:36:15,367 --> 00:36:16,600
[Josh] Hold on.
969
00:36:16,600 --> 00:36:18,100
-Okay, I'm at
the corner of the crack.
-[Pearce] Yeah.
970
00:36:18,100 --> 00:36:21,967
[Josh]
Oh, my, this goes down.
You can go inside of it.
971
00:36:21,967 --> 00:36:27,166
This is 100% hollow.
This is not just a platform
on the floor.
972
00:36:27,166 --> 00:36:29,333
There is open space
under this.
973
00:36:30,800 --> 00:36:32,066
[Josh] Stop the presses.
974
00:36:32,066 --> 00:36:35,166
This slab is not
a burial platform at all.
975
00:36:35,166 --> 00:36:35,560
It is the lid of a sarcophagus
that has remained unopened
for thousands of years,
976
00:36:35,560 --> 00:36:40,367
It is the lid of a sarcophagus
that has remained unopened
for thousands of years,
977
00:36:40,367 --> 00:36:41,433
until now.
978
00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:43,166
The downside?
979
00:36:43,233 --> 00:36:44,467
Well, at any moment,
980
00:36:44,467 --> 00:36:47,634
this entire tomb
is in danger of collapse.
981
00:36:51,500 --> 00:36:54,867
We decide to resurface
in the air pocket
of chamber two
982
00:36:54,900 --> 00:36:56,467
to plan our next steps.
983
00:36:56,533 --> 00:36:59,100
So, that thing's
definitely hollow in there.
984
00:36:59,100 --> 00:37:03,500
This is huge. We now know
that the slab is the top
of a container of some kind.
985
00:37:03,500 --> 00:37:05,560
Yes, you can
get your arm in there a ways
so it's definitely materials.
986
00:37:05,560 --> 00:37:07,367
Yes, you can
get your arm in there a ways
so it's definitely materials.
987
00:37:07,433 --> 00:37:08,900
So, what's the move now?
988
00:37:09,000 --> 00:37:11,900
So now, we need
to actually get some of it
out of here.
989
00:37:12,000 --> 00:37:14,734
[Josh] Having reached into
what appears to be
a sarcophagus,
990
00:37:14,800 --> 00:37:16,967
Pearce Paul doesn't want
to waste any time.
991
00:37:16,967 --> 00:37:21,600
Excited at the possibilities,
he intends to begin
excavating immediately.
992
00:37:21,600 --> 00:37:24,634
Fred just went in the water
and he's got an empty bucket
in hand.
993
00:37:26,367 --> 00:37:29,066
[Josh] The topside team
sends down plastic buckets
994
00:37:29,066 --> 00:37:34,066
which Pearce Paul
will fill by hand with silt
from inside the sarcophagus.
995
00:37:34,100 --> 00:37:35,560
-So, I'm gonna fill a bucket.
-And how are those buckets
996
00:37:35,560 --> 00:37:36,867
-So, I'm gonna fill a bucket.
-And how are those buckets
997
00:37:36,867 --> 00:37:38,634
getting from here
out to daylight?
998
00:37:38,734 --> 00:37:40,967
-This is why we need you
in the tomb.
-[chuckles]
999
00:37:40,967 --> 00:37:44,166
-We're doing a daisy chain?
-We're doing a daisy chain.
1000
00:37:44,233 --> 00:37:46,867
[Josh] We're running
an old fashioned
bucket brigade.
1001
00:37:46,900 --> 00:37:48,367
You know, just like
when you were a kid
1002
00:37:48,433 --> 00:37:50,734
in your sunken pyramid
back home.
1003
00:37:50,734 --> 00:37:54,000
[Pearce] Well,
now I'm in the third chamber.
1004
00:37:54,000 --> 00:37:57,800
[Josh] Okay, I'm on the line.
I am in the doorway.
1005
00:37:59,700 --> 00:38:03,066
[Josh] Pearce Paul
fills a bucket with silt
from the third chamber,
1006
00:38:03,100 --> 00:38:05,560
then passes it to me
at the threshold
of the second chamber.
1007
00:38:05,560 --> 00:38:06,734
then passes it to me
at the threshold
of the second chamber.
1008
00:38:06,734 --> 00:38:08,266
[Josh]
I'm holding on to the bucket.
1009
00:38:08,333 --> 00:38:11,166
-[Pearce] Take it away.
-[Josh] Oh, this is heavy.
1010
00:38:11,233 --> 00:38:14,634
[Josh] I ferry it
across chamber two
to team member Justin,
1011
00:38:14,734 --> 00:38:18,000
who carries it to Fred
at the entrance
to the first chamber.
1012
00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:20,533
Then Fred brings the bucket
out through the chute...
1013
00:38:24,700 --> 00:38:28,266
...where it's handed off
and rushed to a sifting tent
nearby.
1014
00:38:29,367 --> 00:38:33,000
There, a team of researchers
runs the silt through a screen
1015
00:38:33,000 --> 00:38:35,560
to see
what archaeological treasures
might be inside.
1016
00:38:35,560 --> 00:38:36,734
to see
what archaeological treasures
might be inside.
1017
00:38:36,734 --> 00:38:39,166
-[Pearce] So,
there's another bucket.
-[Josh] I have it.
1018
00:38:39,233 --> 00:38:40,500
-[Pearce] Take away.
-[Josh] Okay.
1019
00:38:40,500 --> 00:38:44,266
[Josh] And then,
we do it all over again
for hours,
1020
00:38:44,266 --> 00:38:46,000
intense work in the dark
1021
00:38:46,000 --> 00:38:48,533
with no idea
if we're finding anything.
1022
00:38:48,533 --> 00:38:51,467
Well, actually,
that's not quite true.
1023
00:38:51,467 --> 00:38:54,166
-[Pearce] Ohh.
-[Josh] Find something?
1024
00:38:54,734 --> 00:38:55,867
[Pearce] Give me your hand.
1025
00:38:57,600 --> 00:38:59,867
[Josh] I'm holding...
is that pottery?
1026
00:38:59,867 --> 00:39:01,700
[Pearce]
That is most of a pot.
1027
00:39:01,700 --> 00:39:05,560
[Josh] Wow, a 2,500-year-old
piece of pottery.
That's amazing.
1028
00:39:05,560 --> 00:39:06,266
[Josh] Wow, a 2,500-year-old
piece of pottery.
That's amazing.
1029
00:39:06,266 --> 00:39:08,734
-[Pearce] So, I'm gonna
put this in the bucket.
-[Josh] Okay.
1030
00:39:11,166 --> 00:39:13,333
[Josh] All right,
making my way back
to him now.
1031
00:39:14,000 --> 00:39:15,867
Okay, been handed off.
1032
00:39:18,000 --> 00:39:19,266
Special bucket.
1033
00:39:19,333 --> 00:39:21,467
[Josh]
The bucket with the pottery
heads to the tent,
1034
00:39:21,533 --> 00:39:24,634
when we get a reminder
that the generator
pumping our air
1035
00:39:24,634 --> 00:39:26,500
has a finite amount of fuel.
1036
00:39:26,500 --> 00:39:28,967
Dive team, this is topside.
You only got
five minutes left.
1037
00:39:28,967 --> 00:39:31,500
-[Pearce] All right.
-[Josh] Copy that.
1038
00:39:31,500 --> 00:39:34,333
[Josh] Turning around.
Heading back out the chambers.
1039
00:39:36,634 --> 00:39:38,500
Okay, I'm at
the end of the line.
1040
00:39:38,500 --> 00:39:40,967
-I'm getting into the chute.
-[Pearce] All right.
1041
00:39:40,967 --> 00:39:42,867
[Pearce] Just nudge
your way forward.
1042
00:39:44,700 --> 00:39:47,166
[Josh] Okay,
I'm coming out of the chute.
1043
00:39:49,634 --> 00:39:50,800
We got bubbles.
1044
00:39:54,367 --> 00:39:55,433
Whoo!
1045
00:39:56,533 --> 00:39:58,266
All right, Pearce Paul
should be right behind me.
1046
00:39:58,867 --> 00:40:00,433
[Pearce] I'm in the chute now.
1047
00:40:08,600 --> 00:40:11,367
All divers out,
all divers out.
1048
00:40:14,066 --> 00:40:15,166
-Dude, unbelievable.
-Nice!
1049
00:40:15,166 --> 00:40:17,967
unbelievable, unbelievable,
That was insane.
1050
00:40:17,967 --> 00:40:22,166
Man, seriously,
that was crazy,
what an experience
1051
00:40:22,166 --> 00:40:25,734
-to be inside a pyramid.
Underwater.
-Yeah.
1052
00:40:25,800 --> 00:40:28,634
Rinse and repeat a couple
100 times, you got
an excavation.
1053
00:40:28,634 --> 00:40:30,266
Let's go see our reward
on the other end.
1054
00:40:30,266 --> 00:40:31,533
Yeah, let's see what
we got in those buckets.
1055
00:40:34,600 --> 00:40:35,560
Whoo, that was crazy!
1056
00:40:35,560 --> 00:40:36,066
Whoo, that was crazy!
1057
00:40:38,367 --> 00:40:41,266
Pearce Paul and I
immediately head
to the sifting tent
1058
00:40:41,266 --> 00:40:44,867
to see what, if anything,
we pulled up in all those
buckets.
1059
00:40:46,266 --> 00:40:47,734
Okay. Hello, hello.
1060
00:40:47,734 --> 00:40:50,967
-[archeologist 1] Hello!
-So, this is everything
I couldn't see down there.
1061
00:40:50,967 --> 00:40:53,100
-This is what you could
not see.
-Okay.
1062
00:40:53,100 --> 00:40:55,367
So, let's see what...
what it all adds up to.
1063
00:40:55,433 --> 00:40:56,800
Look what we got
coming out here.
1064
00:40:56,800 --> 00:40:59,266
-[Josh] Right away, gold,
look at that. And here.
-[archologist 1] Here.
1065
00:40:59,266 --> 00:41:00,900
-That's gold.
-May I?
1066
00:41:03,533 --> 00:41:05,560
Are you kidding me?
That's astounding.
Look at that.
1067
00:41:05,560 --> 00:41:07,333
Are you kidding me?
That's astounding.
Look at that.
1068
00:41:13,533 --> 00:41:15,533
-[archeologist 1] Oh, oh!
-[Josh] May I?
1069
00:41:15,634 --> 00:41:18,066
So what you can see here,
it's all wrapped over itself.
1070
00:41:18,100 --> 00:41:21,467
[Josh] That's astounding.
Look at that.
1071
00:41:21,533 --> 00:41:24,533
My first dive into
the flooded Tomb
of King Nastasen
1072
00:41:24,533 --> 00:41:28,867
revealed a crack sarcophagus
lid that could lead
to the first remains
1073
00:41:28,867 --> 00:41:31,734
of a Kush king ever found
in his own tomb.
1074
00:41:33,166 --> 00:41:35,734
But as we learned
in the dig sifting tent,
1075
00:41:35,734 --> 00:41:38,166
It also revealed gold.
1076
00:41:38,233 --> 00:41:40,000
This may be commonplace
for you, but just the fact
that we've gotten
1077
00:41:40,000 --> 00:41:41,066
This may be commonplace
for you, but just the fact
that we've gotten
1078
00:41:41,066 --> 00:41:42,634
into this tomb once,
1079
00:41:42,634 --> 00:41:46,967
and we're coming out
and there's there's gold
in this tomb... I just...
1080
00:41:46,967 --> 00:41:51,533
And it shines as gold does
just like it did 1000s
of years ago.
1081
00:41:51,634 --> 00:41:56,967
At one time, this thin gold
foil likely covered everything
in these chambers,
1082
00:41:56,967 --> 00:42:01,634
pottery, offerings,
even the huge slab
in the tomb.
1083
00:42:01,700 --> 00:42:06,734
In fact, the entire room
may have been literally
covered in gold, pounds of it
1084
00:42:06,734 --> 00:42:10,000
that will be recovered
one flake at a time.
1085
00:42:10,000 --> 00:42:10,166
that will be recovered
one flake at a time.
1086
00:42:10,166 --> 00:42:12,367
I'll be very carefully
bringing this back to you.
1087
00:42:12,433 --> 00:42:14,266
Look what we got
coming out here.
1088
00:42:14,333 --> 00:42:16,900
[Josh]I felt you
hand this to me
and I was like, What is this?
1089
00:42:17,166 --> 00:42:18,467
Incredible.
1090
00:42:18,467 --> 00:42:20,467
This kind of thing
makes Tracy's day.
1091
00:42:20,467 --> 00:42:23,266
-It does. This is my version
of gold.
-[Josh] Yes.
1092
00:42:23,333 --> 00:42:27,634
Yes, this is more than
2000-year-old pottery
from Nastasen's Tomb,
1093
00:42:27,700 --> 00:42:32,166
it likely held an offering
that Nastasen would have
used in his afterlife.
1094
00:42:32,166 --> 00:42:35,066
Making it literally
fit for a king.
1095
00:42:35,066 --> 00:42:38,166
And just to think
that's been sitting down there
in complete darkness...
1096
00:42:38,166 --> 00:42:40,000
-[Pearce] Yeah.
-for 1000s of years.
1097
00:42:40,000 --> 00:42:40,166
-[Pearce] Yeah.
-for 1000s of years.
1098
00:42:40,166 --> 00:42:42,533
-Beautiful.
-Absolutely.
1099
00:42:42,533 --> 00:42:46,367
This is the part
of archaeology you don't see,
the real work the hard,
1100
00:42:46,367 --> 00:42:49,634
meticulous, slow work.
1101
00:42:49,634 --> 00:42:52,734
The sifting team will spend
hours working through
the buckets
1102
00:42:52,800 --> 00:42:54,166
from our first dive.
1103
00:42:54,166 --> 00:42:57,634
But the most important
takeaway from today
is the confirmation that
1104
00:42:57,634 --> 00:43:02,066
the large stone slab inside
the tomb is a sarcophagus
lid.
1105
00:43:04,166 --> 00:43:07,800
To help figure out
how we're going to attack
this new development
1106
00:43:07,900 --> 00:43:10,000
and see if we can maybe
even move the slab,
1107
00:43:10,000 --> 00:43:10,533
and see if we can maybe
even move the slab,
1108
00:43:10,634 --> 00:43:13,100
I need to actually
see the chamber.
1109
00:43:16,634 --> 00:43:19,967
So my first dive into
Nastasen's tomb was thrilling,
1110
00:43:19,967 --> 00:43:23,266
it was terrifying.
And frankly, it was confusing.
1111
00:43:23,266 --> 00:43:26,367
That's because,
with no visibility,
my mental picture
1112
00:43:26,367 --> 00:43:28,266
of this place is jumbled.
1113
00:43:28,266 --> 00:43:31,634
It's less of an architectural
blueprint and more Picasso.
1114
00:43:31,634 --> 00:43:36,166
So to fix that, I'm gonna
seek out a tomb that has
a similar layout.
1115
00:43:36,233 --> 00:43:39,634
And to find one,
we're traveling
about 250 miles south
1116
00:43:39,700 --> 00:43:40,000
to a place known as Meroe,
which was the third and final
1117
00:43:40,000 --> 00:43:43,066
to a place known as Meroe,
which was the third and final
1118
00:43:43,066 --> 00:43:45,233
of the great cities of Kush.
1119
00:43:49,867 --> 00:43:54,734
Near the entrance to the city,
I meet the site's lead
archaeologist Mahmoud Bashir.
1120
00:43:55,533 --> 00:43:57,533
Mahmoud, hello!
1121
00:43:57,533 --> 00:43:59,367
-I'm Josh, nice to meet you.
-[indistinct] Nice to meet
you.
1122
00:43:59,367 --> 00:44:01,634
-Welcome to Meroe.
-Thank you very much.
1123
00:44:01,700 --> 00:44:03,634
Where is Meroe?
I see a lot of dunes.
1124
00:44:03,634 --> 00:44:05,734
It's such a big site...
kinds of mountains.
1125
00:44:05,800 --> 00:44:08,367
-We drive?
-No...
1126
00:44:09,367 --> 00:44:10,000
-Another way?
-Yeah.
1127
00:44:10,000 --> 00:44:10,634
-Another way?
-Yeah.
1128
00:44:10,700 --> 00:44:11,900
-Okay,
-Let's show you.
1129
00:44:12,367 --> 00:44:13,266
Another way?
1130
00:44:16,634 --> 00:44:17,734
[grunting]
1131
00:44:19,166 --> 00:44:22,367
Camels,
why did it have to be camels?
1132
00:44:22,433 --> 00:44:25,367
Longtime viewers
of Expedition Unknown
will remember
1133
00:44:25,367 --> 00:44:28,800
how little I enjoy the company
of camels.
1134
00:44:28,900 --> 00:44:32,367
In fairness, he hasn't bit,
spit or thrown me yet.
1135
00:44:33,166 --> 00:44:35,467
Yet.
[whispers] I'm watching you.
1136
00:44:37,166 --> 00:44:40,000
Our caravan crossed
an empty expansive desert,
1137
00:44:40,000 --> 00:44:40,734
Our caravan crossed
an empty expansive desert,
1138
00:44:40,800 --> 00:44:44,734
but then I noticed something
ahead on the horizon.
1139
00:44:48,634 --> 00:44:50,867
-Josh, this is Meroe.
-Incredible
1140
00:44:50,867 --> 00:44:53,100
[dramatic music playing]
1141
00:45:02,467 --> 00:45:08,066
Meroe is pure, uncut
pharmaceutical grade. Wow.
1142
00:45:08,100 --> 00:45:10,000
I savor the ride through
one of the most stunning
sights I have ever beheld.
1143
00:45:10,000 --> 00:45:12,533
I savor the ride through
one of the most stunning
sights I have ever beheld.
1144
00:45:14,166 --> 00:45:17,266
It is the biggest collection
of pyramids in the world.
1145
00:45:17,266 --> 00:45:18,367
[Josh] Oh!
1146
00:45:20,467 --> 00:45:22,367
[Mahmoud] Okay, Josh.
We are here.
1147
00:45:29,000 --> 00:45:31,634
[Josh] This place is unreal.
You know. it's like a fantasy.
1148
00:45:31,634 --> 00:45:34,734
You've got pyramids trapped
in the dunes.
1149
00:45:34,800 --> 00:45:37,166
And, like, no tourists
anywhere.
1150
00:45:37,166 --> 00:45:38,967
Yes, you will feel very
alone here.
1151
00:45:39,000 --> 00:45:40,000
But this place should be
crawling with visitors
1152
00:45:40,000 --> 00:45:41,266
But this place should be
crawling with visitors
1153
00:45:41,266 --> 00:45:44,533
because this is as impressive
as the Pyramids of Giza.
1154
00:45:44,634 --> 00:45:45,634
[Mahmoud] Yes, or more.
1155
00:45:45,634 --> 00:45:48,266
[Josh] You're right.
We're not completely alone.
1156
00:45:48,266 --> 00:45:50,867
-Who are these guys?
-Those are my team.
1157
00:45:50,867 --> 00:45:53,333
-Uh-huh.
-They are reopening
one of the pyramids.
1158
00:45:53,533 --> 00:45:54,967
Oh, wow.
1159
00:45:55,000 --> 00:45:58,266
The tomb being reopened
is that of the Kush King
ArHalamani,
1160
00:45:58,266 --> 00:46:01,266
who ruled 100 years or so
after Nastasen.
1161
00:46:01,266 --> 00:46:03,967
-Can we have a look?
-Yes.
1162
00:46:04,000 --> 00:46:06,867
[Josh] This tomb shares
a common layout
with Nastasen's,
1163
00:46:06,867 --> 00:46:10,000
which means what I learned
here should help me navigate
my next dive
1164
00:46:10,000 --> 00:46:11,066
which means what I learned
here should help me navigate
my next dive
1165
00:46:11,066 --> 00:46:12,266
beneath the pyramid.
1166
00:46:14,100 --> 00:46:16,166
So, we will be underwater
here.
1167
00:46:16,233 --> 00:46:18,967
At Nuri, this door
is not this big
1168
00:46:18,967 --> 00:46:22,533
So, we swim through a very
small opening right here.
1169
00:46:22,634 --> 00:46:26,634
So, we come through
the chute, we come into
chamber one.
1170
00:46:26,700 --> 00:46:31,367
It's huge. In Nastasen's tomb,
this room is completely
flooded.
1171
00:46:31,433 --> 00:46:34,734
And there's a guide wire,
a cave wire that goes
all the way to the door...
1172
00:46:34,800 --> 00:46:36,467
-into chamber two,
-Mm-hmm.
1173
00:46:36,467 --> 00:46:40,000
and when you hold on
to that line,
and you reach out,
1174
00:46:40,000 --> 00:46:40,266
and when you hold on
to that line,
and you reach out,
1175
00:46:40,333 --> 00:46:41,867
you don't feel anything.
1176
00:46:41,867 --> 00:46:45,266
-You let go of this cave line,
you're just lost in this room.
-[Mahmoud] Yeah.
1177
00:46:45,266 --> 00:46:49,000
This gives me a real
spatial awareness
of that room.
1178
00:46:50,634 --> 00:46:55,066
Yes, here we don't need it
because we're thankfully
not underwater.
1179
00:46:55,100 --> 00:46:58,734
I follow an imaginary guide
wire into the second chamber.
1180
00:46:58,734 --> 00:47:01,634
One notable improvement
over its Nuri counterpart,
1181
00:47:01,634 --> 00:47:03,634
we're not standing
on the ceiling.
1182
00:47:03,700 --> 00:47:07,166
Several posts have been
constructed to keep it
over our heads
1183
00:47:07,166 --> 00:47:08,734
where it belongs.
1184
00:47:08,734 --> 00:47:10,000
Without the benefit
of structural supports
like these,
1185
00:47:10,000 --> 00:47:11,166
Without the benefit
of structural supports
like these,
1186
00:47:11,233 --> 00:47:13,467
-Nastasen's second chamber
collapsed,
-Mm-hmm.
1187
00:47:13,533 --> 00:47:16,533
which is kind of interesting
considering how many support
poles we see here.
1188
00:47:16,533 --> 00:47:18,467
-Exactly.
-You were worried
about the same thing.
1189
00:47:18,533 --> 00:47:20,734
-Exactly. This way.
-Yeah.
1190
00:47:20,800 --> 00:47:24,533
[Josh] But then, Mahmoud
brings me back into
the pyramids third chamber
1191
00:47:24,634 --> 00:47:27,734
and the tomb of ArHalamani.
1192
00:47:27,734 --> 00:47:30,533
-[Mahmoud] Welcome
to chamber three.
-[Josh] Wow.
1193
00:47:30,634 --> 00:47:34,266
This is beautiful.
And look at this.
1194
00:47:34,266 --> 00:47:39,467
So we have this incredibly
ornate platform here.
1195
00:47:39,533 --> 00:47:40,000
-That's the king.
-This is our King
who's there here...
1196
00:47:40,000 --> 00:47:41,533
-That's the king.
-This is our King
who's there here...
1197
00:47:41,533 --> 00:47:45,166
-This is our king, yes.
-I don't know if this makes
sense, but this room looks...
1198
00:47:45,166 --> 00:47:48,734
like chamber three feels
over at Nuri, if that makes
sense.
1199
00:47:48,734 --> 00:47:50,166
Yeah.
1200
00:47:50,166 --> 00:47:53,967
So in this type of a burial,
the body will be placed
on the bench.
1201
00:47:53,967 --> 00:47:55,467
On the bench, yes.
1202
00:47:55,467 --> 00:47:58,533
One of the things
that's really interesting
is that this is effectively
1203
00:47:58,533 --> 00:48:00,467
a solid piece.
1204
00:48:00,467 --> 00:48:05,867
This design feels very much
like what's in the third
chamber in Nastasen's burial.
1205
00:48:05,867 --> 00:48:09,266
But we've determined there
that in fact, it's two pieces.
1206
00:48:09,333 --> 00:48:10,000
It's a lid sitting on top
of some sort of container,
1207
00:48:10,000 --> 00:48:12,734
It's a lid sitting on top
of some sort of container,
1208
00:48:12,734 --> 00:48:15,867
but see how big this is
in person,
1209
00:48:15,867 --> 00:48:18,367
I don't think there's gonna
be any way we can move
this thing.
1210
00:48:18,433 --> 00:48:20,867
-Yeah.
-There is a crack in it,
so we may have
1211
00:48:20,867 --> 00:48:23,734
to just go under it.
This is so helpful.
1212
00:48:23,734 --> 00:48:26,367
This really is like
X-ray vision.
1213
00:48:26,367 --> 00:48:29,233
-Should we get out of here
before chamber two collapses?
-[laughs]
1214
00:48:30,066 --> 00:48:31,634
Seriously though, let's go
1215
00:48:41,533 --> 00:48:45,533
The next morning, I hop
into my four by four
for the journey back to Nuri.
1216
00:48:49,166 --> 00:48:52,166
Now that I have a clear
mental picture of the sunken
tomb,
1217
00:48:52,166 --> 00:48:54,233
I'm ready to dive back in.
1218
00:48:56,100 --> 00:49:00,467
At the site I find Pearce
Paul already preparing
for today's mission.
1219
00:49:02,500 --> 00:49:04,266
[Pearce] How do you want this
setting, breathable or not?
1220
00:49:04,266 --> 00:49:07,066
-[Josh] Breathable.
-Okay, breathable.
Breathable.
1221
00:49:07,066 --> 00:49:09,166
Yeah, exactly.
Just working on that,
it's good.
1222
00:49:09,166 --> 00:49:10,000
[horns honking]
1223
00:49:10,000 --> 00:49:10,166
[horns honking]
1224
00:49:13,367 --> 00:49:15,000
What's with the convoy?
1225
00:49:18,734 --> 00:49:20,734
That's the Ambassador.
1226
00:49:20,734 --> 00:49:23,900
-That what?
-The US Ambassador
to Sudan.
1227
00:49:24,266 --> 00:49:25,634
-Wait, what?
-Yeah.
1228
00:49:30,367 --> 00:49:33,867
You ever wondered
what it would be like
if every item on Amazon
1229
00:49:33,900 --> 00:49:35,634
was available
in one physical place?
1230
00:49:35,634 --> 00:49:37,967
May I recommend an African
market?
1231
00:49:40,000 --> 00:49:43,000
If you can't find it here,
odds are, you don't need it.
1232
00:49:43,000 --> 00:49:44,100
What do we use this for?
1233
00:49:44,100 --> 00:49:45,700
This is for cigarettes.
1234
00:49:45,700 --> 00:49:49,333
Oh, this is an ashtray, right.
Beautiful. I am trying
to scale back on smoking.
1235
00:49:52,367 --> 00:49:54,166
Is this what happens
when you dye easter eggs?
1236
00:49:54,700 --> 00:49:56,867
Are they feeding
them Skittles?
1237
00:49:56,900 --> 00:49:58,365
These are real. These are made
out of real chickens.
1238
00:49:58,365 --> 00:50:00,967
These are real. These are made
out of real chickens.
1239
00:50:01,000 --> 00:50:03,433
-[chirping]
-Taste the rainbow.
1240
00:50:09,533 --> 00:50:13,233
[Josh] I'm preparing to make
my second dive under
the burial pyramid
1241
00:50:13,266 --> 00:50:14,967
of the Kush King Nastasen.
1242
00:50:15,000 --> 00:50:18,800
And it turns out
archaeologists Pearce Paul
Creaseman has invited
1243
00:50:18,800 --> 00:50:21,233
a special guest
to the dig today.
1244
00:50:21,266 --> 00:50:24,000
-That's the ambassador.
-Wait, what?
1245
00:50:24,000 --> 00:50:28,900
The United States Ambassador
to the Republic of Sudan,
John T. Godfrey.
1246
00:50:28,900 --> 00:50:31,166
-Morning. How are you?
-Good morning.
1247
00:50:31,233 --> 00:50:35,367
Mr. Godfrey is a hardcore
Foreign Service vet
who has been stationed
1248
00:50:35,367 --> 00:50:36,536
in Libya, Iraq, Saudi Arabia,
and now, Sudan.
1249
00:50:36,536 --> 00:50:39,233
in Libya, Iraq, Saudi Arabia,
and now, Sudan.
1250
00:50:39,266 --> 00:50:42,266
He also happens to be
the State Department's Actin
Coordinator
1251
00:50:42,266 --> 00:50:44,233
of counterterrorism.
1252
00:50:44,266 --> 00:50:48,900
Accompanying the ambassador
is his regional security
officer Ryan Renuart.
1253
00:50:48,900 --> 00:50:52,433
Well, this place is full
of surprises. I was not
expecting to meet
1254
00:50:52,500 --> 00:50:55,266
a US Ambassador today.
What do you do out
this way?
1255
00:50:55,266 --> 00:51:00,066
I'm here to check in on
a $500,000 grant
for Community Engagement
1256
00:51:00,066 --> 00:51:05,467
conservation and it
is designed to help support
efforts to preserve culture
1257
00:51:05,467 --> 00:51:06,536
and history in places around
the world. And here in Sudan,
we're particularly focused
1258
00:51:06,536 --> 00:51:09,100
and history in places around
the world. And here in Sudan,
we're particularly focused
1259
00:51:09,100 --> 00:51:12,800
on trying to help efforts
to preserve remnants
of the Kush civilization,
1260
00:51:12,800 --> 00:51:15,433
-Yeah.
-which you all are here
working on as well.
1261
00:51:15,500 --> 00:51:18,000
And so we're really
delighted to have a chance
to come and spend
1262
00:51:18,000 --> 00:51:20,166
a little bit of time
with you here today.
Thank you.
1263
00:51:20,233 --> 00:51:23,266
Yeah, and I should...
I should warn you
that I've learned firsthand,
1264
00:51:23,266 --> 00:51:25,867
but that Pearce Paul
will put you to work
if you stay too long.
1265
00:51:25,900 --> 00:51:28,066
-So if you've been given
fair warning.
-[laughs]
1266
00:51:28,100 --> 00:51:29,433
We're happy to serve.
1267
00:51:29,500 --> 00:51:31,166
-Ambassador after you.
-Thank you.
1268
00:51:31,233 --> 00:51:32,433
Something I never thought
I'd say.
1269
00:51:34,367 --> 00:51:36,536
Security Officer Ryan
is an experienced diver.
1270
00:51:36,536 --> 00:51:37,634
Security Officer Ryan
is an experienced diver.
1271
00:51:37,634 --> 00:51:39,867
So he'll be joining us
in the tomb.
1272
00:51:39,900 --> 00:51:43,734
The ambassador,
ever the public servant
is eager to help as well,
1273
00:51:43,800 --> 00:51:48,967
gamely volunteering to haul
heavy waterlogged buckets
up to the sifting tent.
1274
00:51:49,000 --> 00:51:53,467
Our mission on day two
is simple, excavating
Nastasen's burial chamber,
1275
00:51:53,467 --> 00:51:59,166
collect samples from
his sarcophagus and hopefully
find some remains of a king.
1276
00:52:00,634 --> 00:52:03,800
-[man] All right, done,
so, we ready?
-Ready as we gonna be.
1277
00:52:10,000 --> 00:52:11,467
Good hunting down there.
1278
00:52:17,700 --> 00:52:20,967
[Josh] Now that I've been
to Meroe, my mental picture
of the tomb
1279
00:52:21,000 --> 00:52:23,367
is strong enough for me
to orient myself.
1280
00:52:23,367 --> 00:52:27,233
Still in zero visibility,
it's hard to stay that way,
1281
00:52:28,734 --> 00:52:31,433
[Ryan] I feel metal,
so this is the edge
of the chute.
1282
00:52:32,634 --> 00:52:35,166
I feel like I'm
in the chute now,
1283
00:52:35,166 --> 00:52:36,536
making my way through.
1284
00:52:36,536 --> 00:52:36,900
making my way through.
1285
00:52:39,734 --> 00:52:42,266
Dive team, this is Nate,
how's the water?
1286
00:52:42,266 --> 00:52:46,967
[Pearce] Murky, zero
visibility, but it's a nice
day at the beach.
1287
00:52:47,867 --> 00:52:49,967
[Ryan] Pretty much
blackout in here.
1288
00:52:51,367 --> 00:52:55,634
[Josh] Okay, I am into
the first chamber, looking
for the guide wire now.
1289
00:52:59,367 --> 00:53:02,533
Okay, going through,
making my way
to the second chamber
1290
00:53:07,000 --> 00:53:11,233
I carefully enter
the collapsed second chamber
of Nastasen's tomb.
1291
00:53:11,266 --> 00:53:15,967
Somewhere ahead of me
is a partially submerged block
marking the area
1292
00:53:16,000 --> 00:53:19,233
I'll need to swim to reach
the safety of an air pocket.
1293
00:53:19,266 --> 00:53:23,900
To find it, I'm going to have
to release the guide cable
and take that leap of faith.
1294
00:53:26,467 --> 00:53:28,433
Okay, I'm letting go.
1295
00:53:29,900 --> 00:53:31,433
Moving forward.
1296
00:53:35,700 --> 00:53:36,536
I'm not feeling that block
this time.
1297
00:53:36,536 --> 00:53:38,433
I'm not feeling that block
this time.
1298
00:53:41,100 --> 00:53:42,634
That block is gone.
1299
00:53:42,734 --> 00:53:45,533
I'm gonna turn around
and try to reacquire the line.
1300
00:53:50,000 --> 00:53:53,266
I'm off the line,
I don't know where I am
near chamber two.
1301
00:53:53,266 --> 00:53:56,533
All right Josh, did you repeat
that you're off the line?
1302
00:53:56,634 --> 00:53:58,967
[Josh] I lost the line
in chamber two.
1303
00:53:59,000 --> 00:54:01,800
It should be in front of me
but I can't feel it.
1304
00:54:01,800 --> 00:54:03,634
Josh is off the line, repeat.
1305
00:54:04,467 --> 00:54:06,433
[Josh] I can't get my
bearings.
1306
00:54:06,500 --> 00:54:06,536
Okay, just don't panic.
Start looking for the line.
You got to find a line.
1307
00:54:06,536 --> 00:54:10,367
Okay, just don't panic.
Start looking for the line.
You got to find a line.
1308
00:54:10,367 --> 00:54:12,000
What do you mean
he's off the line?
1309
00:54:12,000 --> 00:54:16,467
He doesn't have any kind
of tactile reference, so he
has no idea where he is...
1310
00:54:16,467 --> 00:54:18,467
[Josh] I can't see
a [bleep] thing.
1311
00:54:18,467 --> 00:54:20,166
Guys, I need some help here.
1312
00:54:31,266 --> 00:54:36,166
Get ready for adventure
because Expedition Unknown
is back.
1313
00:54:36,166 --> 00:54:36,536
And this season, we're not
just investigating the world's
greatest mysteries...
1314
00:54:36,536 --> 00:54:40,634
And this season, we're not
just investigating the world's
greatest mysteries...
1315
00:54:40,634 --> 00:54:42,467
This is an endless cave.
1316
00:54:42,467 --> 00:54:43,734
...we're solving them.
1317
00:54:43,800 --> 00:54:46,634
-Dude, unbelievable.
-Wow!
1318
00:54:46,634 --> 00:54:51,000
From a treacherous hunt
for a pirate that ends
in treasure...
1319
00:54:51,000 --> 00:54:53,900
Right there, that's a coin.
That's a beauty.
1320
00:54:53,900 --> 00:54:56,734
...to a historic quest
across the Holy Land,
1321
00:54:56,800 --> 00:54:59,266
that unearths a biblical
bombshell.
1322
00:54:59,266 --> 00:55:02,634
This is the first time
the world has seen this
in 1400 years.
1323
00:55:02,634 --> 00:55:06,536
We're diving deep
to find sunken relics
from World War Two.
1324
00:55:06,536 --> 00:55:06,734
We're diving deep
to find sunken relics
from World War Two.
1325
00:55:06,734 --> 00:55:09,533
This is an airplane,
amazing!
1326
00:55:09,533 --> 00:55:11,166
And braving the wilderness...
1327
00:55:11,233 --> 00:55:12,634
Ooh. [bleep]
1328
00:55:12,634 --> 00:55:16,000
-Back up, back up, back up.
-...where a long lost temple
will be found.
1329
00:55:16,000 --> 00:55:18,634
[exclaims] We have
an inscription!
1330
00:55:18,734 --> 00:55:23,367
And inside a collapsing
pyramid, a headline-making
find...
1331
00:55:23,367 --> 00:55:24,734
Wait, what is this?
1332
00:55:24,734 --> 00:55:28,734
It's all part of
an all-new season
of Expedition Unknown.