Discovery Channel - Mummy Autopsy (2004) Part 2 The Emperor's Mummy and Death of a Warrior

Ancient crime scene - Mysterious finds of corpses from times long past continue to pose great puzzles for researchers all over the world Who were these early people and under what circumstances did they die? Were they victims of brutal cult rituals or did they die of natural causes? Discovery Channel accompanies an expert team of scientists and forensic specialists in their exciting search for clues. Using the modern forensic methods and the latest high-tech equipment, the mummy detectives investigate mysterious human finds around the world. With the knowledge gained, the experts uncover criminal cases that are centuries old or reconstruct life and death in times of almost forgotten cultures. Whether in the desert caves of South America or in the catacombs of Turin, the mummy detectives will take over in any case.

Part 2 The Emperor's Mummy and Death of a Warrior

A 3,000-year-old Egyptian sarcophagus lies in the National Museum in Rio de Janeiro, mummy detectives James and Ken return to investigate. Experts previously believed it had never been opened. Can the Museum confirm that is the case and that the person inside was not switched in antiquity when it was common to re-use coffins - or much later, before it was given to the Emperor of Brazil in the nineteenth century? But now it is speculated that it contains the body of one of the two Brazilian emperors from the 19th century. An endoscopy and an X-ray examination can provide information. And in our second investigation, the corpse of a Peruvian native who died around 1000 AD also raises questions.

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