Inside The 1976 Autopsy Of Egypt’s Greatest Pharaoh

Ramesses the Great is the ultimate icon of Ancient Egypt—a warrior king who ruled for 66 years and fathered over 100 children. But behind the towering statues and gold masks lay a shocking human reality. In 1976, his 3,000-year-old mummy was flown to Paris for the "autopsy of the century,"...

51 min - Ancient Worlds - Absolute History

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