Investigating ancient Egypt's unresolved questions from the primary sources, one case file at a time, plus the latest finds from Egyptian archaeology.
A microgravity survey and reanalysed radar data point to a "hidden complex" of corridors and rooms behind KV62's north wall. The data has been sitting in a project paper since 17 September. Whether anyone actually drills is a bureaucratic decision, not a scientific one.
27 Sep 2026A radar team says it found eight spiral shafts and two 80-metre cubes under Giza. The paper behind their method has been retracted. The full file: the claim, the physics, the experts and what would settle it.
19 Sep 2026There is, supposedly, a witness who watched the Great Pyramid's only inscription get painted. His name was Humphries Brewer.
8 Sep 2026The only physical evidence that names the builder of the Great Pyramid is a scrawl of red paint on a hidden ceiling, found in 1837 by a man blasting through the monument with gunpowder. It has never once been scientifically tested.
6 Sep 2026The rule: AI for reenactment only, real sourced material for anything that counts as evidence. On Episode 1 that has meant months of archive work — the Aberdeen cedar plank, Vyse's own 1840 diary, the Laborde plate, and a fact-check that caught real errors.
3 Sep 2026Script locked, shot list locked, verdict landed. Where Episode 1 stands, and the paint marks nobody has tested in 200 years.
2 Sep 2026