Egypt - The Empire of Pharaos

S1 E1: At the beginning of the 19th century the first explorers travelled from Europe to Egypt. Along the Nile and in the desert they dug for archaeological treasures. But the realm of the pharaohs presented them with puzzling questions. Who were the rulers? What were their religious beliefs? Where did their immense riches come from? And why was so much of it lost to the sands of the desert?