
Chris Naunton
Actor · b. 1978
Egyptologist, President of the International Association of Egyptologists A British Egyptologist, Naunton is also active as a writer, broadcaster and public speaker. In the last few years he has appeared in around 20 documentary films in the UK and elsewhere, including the ‘Ancient Mysteries’ series. He sees this as a very important part of his role in bringing scholarly research to the wider public.
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MovieDocumentaryThis special takes a 21st century approach to ancient history, bringing together the latest scientific evidence to build the ultimate picture of King Tutankhamun.
Movie9.5DocumentaryHistoryIn this investigation, filmmaker Timothy P. Mahoney examines the journey to the crossing location, looking at two competing views of the Red Sea Miracle. One he calls the “Egyptian Approach,” which looks near Egypt. The other he calls the “Hebrew Approach,” which looks far from Egypt to the Gulf of Aqaba where divers have been searching for the remains of Pharaoh’s army on the seafloor. The investigation raises giant questions about the real location for the crossing site and its implications on your view of God. The answers to these questions point to one of two very different realities.
Patterns of Evidence: The Red Sea Miracle
2020 · 2 votes
MovieDocumentaryFollows archaeologists working on a 4,000-year-old pyramid containing a burial chamber, still apparently sealed. As light enters the tomb for the first time, the artifacts contained within reveal a gripping detective story as although there are no signs of entry, the contents have been disturbed. To solve the mystery, Egyptologists explore the nearby Black Pyramid to see how pyramid builders used every trick in the book to protect the treasures, discovering a dark and complex labyrinth of dummy tombs, false passages and stone portcullises to fool robbers.
Movie6.5DocumentaryHistoryAncient Egypt was vandalised by tomb raiders and treasure hunters until one Victorian adventurer took them on. Most of us have never heard of Flinders Petrie, but this maverick genius undertook a scientific survey of the pyramids, discovered the oldest portraits in the world, unearthed Egypt's prehistoric roots - and in the process invented modern field archaeology, giving meaning to a whole civilisation.
The Man who Discovered Egypt
2012 · 4 votes
Movie7.0DocumentaryHistoryThis documentary reveals amazing evidence connected to Moses’s ability to write the first books of the Bible and why most mainstream scholars are blinded to that possibility today.
Patterns of Evidence: The Moses Controversy
2019 · 4 votes
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TV8.0DocumentaryAn international team of archaeological experts reveal the true stories behind ancient Egypt's most infamous mummies, using modern forensic science, they uncover tales of life and death in one of history's most mysterious civilizations.
Mummy Mysteries
2020 · 2 votes