The first modern translation of Egyptian hieroglyphics happened 200 years ago. How was the ancient code cracked? Today, archaeologists are busy translating hieroglyphics from an important scribe’s tomb, its walls covered from floor to ceiling with symbols thousands of years old. This new research is giving archaeologists a better understanding of life in ancient Egypt.
Film Interviewees
- Silvia Einaudi – Egyptologist and Co-Director, TT 33 Mission
- Claude Traunecker – Egyptologist and Scientific Director, TT 33 Mission
- Gaël Pollin – Photographer, French Institute of Oriental Archaeology (IFAO)
- Ève Ramboz – 3D & Visual Effects Supervisor
- Christophe Barbotin – Curator, Department of Egyptian Antiquities, Louvre Museum
- Salima Ikram – Egyptologist, The American University in Cairo
- Laurent Coulon – Egyptologist and Director, French Institute of Oriental Archaeology (IFAO)
- Isabelle Régen – Egyptologist and Co-Director, TT 33 Mission
- Cédric Larcher – Egyptologist and Director, Deir el-Medina Mission
- Elizabeth Bettles – Egyptologist
- Simone Nannucci – Archaeologist, TT 33 Mission
- Federico Poole – Curator, Museo Egizio (Egyptian Museum), Turin, Italy
Secrets of the Dead: Decoding Hieroglyphics is a Bleu Kobalt production, in association with The WNET Group. Directed by Patrick Cabouat. Written by Patrick Cabouat, Jonas Rosales, and Nicolas Glimois. Produced by Patrice Gellé. Narrated by Jay O. Sanders. Patrice Gellé, Stefan Mathieu, and Katrin Sandmann are executive producers for Bleu Kobalt. For Secrets of the Dead: Benjamin Phelps is supervising producer. Stephanie Carter is executive producer. Stephen Segaller is executive in charge.
Original production funding for Decoding Hieroglyphics was provided by the Centre National du Cinéma et de l’Image Animée (CNC) and PROCIREP–ANGOA.
Funding for Secrets of the Dead is provided by public television viewers.
