BBC Archaeology at the Tutankhamun Exhibition

A major new three part television series featuring some of the great excavations and developments in archaeology begins on Thursday 2nd May on BBC4 at 10.30pm. The series, called 'Archaeology: A Secret History', is presented by archaeologist Dr Richard Miles and charts the breakthroughs and watersheds in our long quest to understand our ancient past.

The Tutankhamun Exhibition is one of the locations that were used for the filming of the series. "Dr Miles and a film crew from the BBC visited the Tutankhamun Exhibition last September," said Tim Batty the Exhibition's curator. "The discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb was the greatest of all archaeological discoveries, and as such Dr Miles was keen to depict this and its subsequent influence on the world.

"90 years on from the discovery the fascination in Tutankhamun's legacy is undiminished. The BBC filmed the Exhibition's detailed reconstruction of the antechamber and the burial chamber of Tutankhamun's tomb. Dr Miles was also particularly keen to feature the funerary mask which has not only become the symbol for ancient Egypt but also perhaps for archaeology as a whole."

"Archaeology: A Secret History" is scheduled over the next three Thursdays on BBC4 at 10.30pm. The Tutankhamun Exhibition in Dorchester is open daily throughout the year from 10am to 5pm. For more information check out www.tutankhamunexhibition.co.uk