Kha, architect and builder of tombs for the pharaohs, must undertake the journey to the Underworld. Telling us the story of his voyage is Jeremy Irons, in the guise of a narrator. His words take us inside the secret world of Egyptian mythology, religion and funerary culture, interweaving the story with the history of the oldest museum in the world, the Museo Egizio in Turin, founded in 1824 and will soon be celebrating its 200th anniversary. In fact, the Kha’s own Tomb is to be found in Turin along with the most complete and most valuable private collection of grave goods outside of Egypt.
Production
Stunning re-creations of Kha's tomb treasures.
Acting
Jeremy Irons could read a grocery list like scripture.
Direction
Mally weaves museum history with myth seamlessly.
Director
Michele Mally
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Museo Egizio holds over 30,000 artifacts, making it the largest collection of Egyptian antiquities outside Cairo.
Kha's tomb was discovered intact in 1906, yet his mummy stayed in Egypt while his possessions sailed to Turin—a split that still fuels repatriation debates today.
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