
Damien Lewis
The best-selling author, historian, and film-maker on untold stories, personal heroes, and dream movie castings.

The best-selling author, historian, and film-maker on untold stories, personal heroes, and dream movie castings.

The MHM award-winning author and publisher on meeting Hilary Mantel, and why Abraham Lincoln is his hero.

Interviews also revealed memories of cheering on players Jackie Milburn and the Robledo brothers, and of drinking Bovril during half-time.

As shown by the excitement surrounding the discovery of Tutankhamun 100 years ago, mummies and Egyptian tombs have an impressive ability to capture our imagination. Richard Marranca speaks to Egyptologist Salima Ikram to find out more about these funerary finds, from early medicinal mummies to recent revelations at Saqqara.