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Dara Ó Briain claims the pyramids - built to protect dead pharaohs and their treasure - were an epic failure in new history show
Dara Ó Briain travels to Egypt and learns about preparing the bodies of deceased pharaohs before they were entombed.
His offbeat slant on the news helped make panel show Mock The Week a hit, but when Dara Ó Briain tried a similar approach with his new series Mysteries Of The Pyramids he paid a high price – he ended up being mummified. 'Obviously, the part where they drag your brain out through your nose with a hook then remove your organs and put them in jars, we skimmed over a lot of that... but we got some lovely shots of me looking wistful while wrapped as a mummy.' It's said that anyone who disturbs the tombs of the pharaohs will be damned, and many of those associated with the discovery of King Tutankhamun's resting place in 1922 died shortly afterwards, including Lord Carnarvon, who financed the expedition.
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