Four-part drama series based on the true story of Howard Carter's epic quest to discover the lost tomb of the boy-king Tutankhamun, set against the sweeping backdrop of an Egypt caught in the violent spasms of World War One and revolution. In 1905, Egyptologist Howard Carter, hired by Lord Carnarvon, finds evidence of the undiscovered tomb of Tutankhamun. But his dreams of making the archaeological find of the century are put in jeopardy by global events.