The Rape Of Tutankhamun Was John Romer Investigates

Record ID: 122762
  • Title: The Rape Of Tutankhamun Was John Romer Investigates
  • Date: 5th December 1993
  • Summary: EGYPTOLOGIST AND TV PRESENTER JOHN ROMER INVESTIGATES WHY SO MANY OF THE MONU- MENTS OF ANCIENT EGYPT ARE FALLING DOWN. FOCUSSING ON THE VALLEY OF THE KINGS IN LUXOR, HE REVEALS THAT A COMBINATION OF MASS TOURISM AND UNCONTROLLED ARCHAE- OLOGICAL EXCAVATION BY EGYPTOLOGISTS ARE THREATENING TO DESTROY SOME OF THE OLDE ST AND MOST BEAUTIFUL TOMB PAINTINGS IN THE WORLD. ROMER'S CONCLUSION IS THAT THE MONUMENTS CAN BE SAVED - BUT ONLY BY A MASSIVE PUBLIC CAMPAIGN WHICH RECOGNISES THAT THE TOMBS AND TEMPLES IN EGYPT ARE "THE RAINFOREST OF THE HUMAN IMAGINATION". IT'S NOT TOO LATE FOR THEIR RESCUE, HE BELIEVES, BUT IT CANNOT BE LEFT TO EGYPTOLOGY.
  • Description:Special investigation into the state of the Egyptian tombs
  • Broadcaster:Channel 4
  • Collection: Channel 4
  • Genre:Documentary and Factual
  • Producer:VOYAGER FILMS
  • Programme Episode:Episode 1
  • Transmission Date:05/12/1993
  • Rights:On Request
  • Decade: 1990s
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