The Pharaoh In The SuburbsAugust 26, 2018

The shock discovery of the remains of a giant Ancient Egyptian statue in Cairo sent shockwaves around the archaeological world. Now. new investigations reveal it was of one of the greatest and yet least known Pharaohs of all time. In March 2017, archaeologists investigating a 3,000 year old temple in a working class district of Cairo hit something unexpected. It was an eight ton fragment of a statue - part of a torso that was so big it had to be of someone incredibly important. But the identity of this find of a lifetime shocked everyone.

The Pharaoh In The Suburbs was broadcast on SBS ONE at Friday 3 April 2020, 09:30. This episode was initially placed on Sunday 26 August 2018.