Na protiazhenii vekov Drevnii Egipet revnivo okhranial svoi tainy. Smelchaki, pytavshiesia issledovat ischeznuvshuiu tcivilizatciiu, poplatilis zhizniu. Lish blagodaria ikh derzosti, kropotlivym arkheologicheskim raskopkam i nauchnym izyskaniiam my mozhem sovershit puteshestvie v proshloe velikoi strany. Pered nami vstaiut teni umershikh faraonov i ikh prekrasnykh zhen, talantlivykh arkhitektorov i besstrashnykh voitelei. Ozhivaet mertvyi iazyk, i polustertye nadpisi na stenakh grobnitc rasskazyvaiut o bogakh so zverinymi golovami, o nesmetnykh sokrovishchakh, neveroiatnykh postroikakh i krovavykh bitvakh.