Secrets of Egypt’s Lost Queen

January 29, 2008

Rated: Unrated Runtime: 100 min Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

As guys, our macho armor always has a chink in it somewhere. For some guys it might be something as small as an appreciation for minivans or a love for a good vegetarian salad. For others, might be something as huge and inexcusable as knitting or scrapbooking hobbies. In my case, it’s an addiction to TV documentaries.

Tonight I indulged myself with Secrets of Egypt’s Lost Queen. The scoop here is that Egypt once had a queen named Hatshepsut and she was one seriously bad mamma-jamma. She was more powerful than even Cleopatra had ever been. The problem was that after she was gone, her existence was systematically erased from the records and histories of Egypt and, for decades, no one could figure out why…or what had happened to the body of this once powerful female Pharoah.

I have to admit that, after having been bitten in the arse many times in the past by shows of this nature that failed miserably to deliver answers to their respective mysteries, I went into this one with low expectations. I fully expected the conclusion of the show to be something like, “Well, we gave it our best shot but it’s been 3000 years and we just can’t be sure of anything.” Fortunately, I was way wrong!

Over the 100 minute span, they do an excellent job of answering the questions that had long surrounded this mystery and, unlike lesser shows, the answers don’t smack of random speculation. If this is your cup of tea, then consider this one to be worth four full stars.

Posted by Alex | Filed Under 4 Stars, DVD, Documentary, Unrated, Zahi Hawass