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| - In Saqqara, Hawass opens two sealed tombs, but Zoe is late and Hawass is impatient. Other archaeologists attend the Festival of the Sacrifice, and learn about Egyptian customs. Hawass meets the press and discusses an archaeological expedition at a monastery. Zoe quits the fellowship program after a dispute with her husband and returns home, leaving Derek as the only fellow left. (en)
- The time has come for Hawass's review of the fellows, and Zoe's fellowship with Hawass is already on the rocks. After being convinced to give her a last chance, Hawass takes her and Leslie along to one of his excavations of an unfinished tomb, leaving Lindsay and Derek to remain in Saqqara to observe the excavation of the tomb in that location. During the trip to the unfinished tomb, Hawass's vehicle breaks down eight miles from the site, and he convinces everyone that they must walk through the desert to get to the site. During this time, Hawass and Zoe reconnect as they find a tribe willing to lend them horses and camels. They arrive at the site four hours late, and Leslie blames Hawass for the "near death" experience of walking through the desert. After they arrive at the site, Hawass's workers discover a rare and important piece of Egyptian history...a beautiful anthropoid sarcophagus from the 26th Dynasty. After a long day, Hawass still is slated to open Cairo's newest night club. (en)
- The series introduces Zahi Hawass as he is supervising the restoration of Egypt's oldest pyramid, the Step Pyramid. During this time, the audience is also introduced to his three young archeological fellows, Lindsay, Derek, and Zoe. During his book signing later in the evening, Hawass receives a phone call from Leslie, the show's producer, stating that Zoe and one of the camera men had been accidentally locked inside the Step Pyramid. Hawass and the rest of the crew race back to the Step Pyramid to save them from potential death. Later, Hawass's workers discover a series of burial tombs underneath a city slum, and make a rare discovery, a sarcophagus and tomb that has never been robbed. Hawass quickly seizes control of the excavation, fearful of the tomb robbers that still exist in Egypt today. (en)
- Army maneuvers have shut down their journey to restore an ancient minaret at Dakhla, so Hawass leads them on a daytime hike through the White Desert to camp overnight in a deserted oasis. The fellows had not prepared for such a trip. Their food is 115-degree temperatures, but local Bedouins provide food. Hawass then flies out to Dallas to speak about his recent discovery of Queen Sesheshet's Pyramid. (en)
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