Egyptian Museum of Berlin

Five lavish films tell from the Egyptian Museum in Berlin, one of the most important museums of its kind in the world. They show what would otherwise be invisible: origin, background and details of your maintenance and collection - and the people they bring to life.

On a quest to find the best, and most obscure, museum exhibits and explore the secrets they hold, Museum Secrets uncovers the weird, the astonishing and fascinating wonders of the world. What unexpected device did Catherine the Great use to enhance her sex life? Why did Alexander the Great prefer linen armour to bronze? And how did the falcon hunting of the Habsburg emperors lay the foundations for modern science? Testing out the theories behind the artifacts and visiting the sites they originated from, this series combines pure enthralling history with surprising detective work.

There are two strands to this intriguing documentary about the famous bust of the Egyptian queen, which was discovered in 1912 by German archaeologist Ludwig Borchardt. The first is about Borchardt and how he pulled a bit of a swiftie on the Egyptians to get the thing back to Berlin, while the second is about what Nefertiti has been up to lately - being X-rayed and so on in a bid to dispel doubts about her authenticity. The man who connects the strands is Adolf Hitler, who fell in love with the spectacular limestone bust, left, and wanted it to be the centrepiece of a new Egyptian museum in Berlin.

On 4 November 1922, Howard Carter and his team found a staircase leading to Tutankhamun's tomb. Everything that followed is history. Tutankhamun became a superstar and symbol of ancient Egypt, known to all as King Tut. What happened to the objects that had been there for 3,200 years?

On 4 November 1922, Howard Carter and his team found a staircase leading to Tutankhamun's tomb. Everything that followed is history. Tutankhamun became a superstar and symbol of ancient Egypt, known to all as King Tut. What happened to the objects that had been there for 3,200 years?

Now in its 2nd Season, the story of archaeology fascinates both laymen and professionals. In these installments we accompany Ernst Herzfeld on his last expedition to Persepolis in 1923; we travel to Mexico with the man who cracked the code of the Aztec calendar; we visit the greatest pre-industrial city on earth at Angkor; we join Isidoro Falchi as he discovers proof of the existence of the Etruscans; and we watch Alfred Merlin found the discipline of marine archaeology when he discovers shipwrecks in the Mediterranean..