TV Review: Secrets of Egypt's Lost Queen
Variety
This anonymous reviewer doesn't much like the forthcoming Discovery Channel show about the identification of a mummy as Hatshepsut, describing it as "a bit of a snooze". Have a look at the above page for more details, but here's an extract:
Much of the two hours follows Hawass as he seeks to identify the mummified remains of Hatshepsut, a 15th-century B.C. ancestor of King Tut who wrested power from her stepson, controlled Egypt and had evidence of her reign expunged following her death.
Producer-director Brando Quilici certainly goes the extra mile trying to wring suspense out of the exercise -- as the press release pledges, to "bring archaeology alive for viewers." At one point, there's even an honest-to-God scream on the soundtrack when a mummified face is revealed.
Sorely lacking, however, is anything approaching a "Rosebud" moment. Moreover, despite the wild-eyed salesmanship by Hawass and the eagerness of Stanford professor Kara Cooney -- who joins in attempting to put the pieces together -- the final payoff seems relatively mundane in the eyes of a novice.
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