3.6/1018 votes#1 - Stuck
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 7/14/2010
Zahi supervises the restoration of the Step Pyramid; Lindsay almost loses her job; Zoe gets locked inside the pyramid and Zahi races to save her.
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- 4.3/1013 votes
#2 - Trapped
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 7/21/2010
Zahi takes a final journey to the Five Chambers pyramid to document the ancient graffiti on the walls and prove his theory; a near-death experience leaves all gasping for air.
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- 3.4/1010 votes
#3 - Lost
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 7/28/2010
Most people experience something rare or exceptional once or twice in a lifetime, but Zahi Hawass, unimpeded by his tireless lust for adventure, lives many lifetimes in a single day; Zahi moves from a dig site in Saqqara...descending deep underground to uncover a cache of mummies; to the Workmen's Cemetery; and finally, discovers a rare and important piece of Egyptian history...a beautiful anthropoid sarcophagus from the 26th Dynasty! After a day like that, anyone would be ready to end their day...not Zahi...he's going to party at one of Cairo's latest hotspots!
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- 3.2/1013 votes
#4 - Discovered
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 8/4/2010
Army maneuvers have shut down the guys journey to restore an ancient minaret and now they must take a treacherous journey through the White Desert to camp overnight.
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- 3.5/1011 votes
#5 - Sunken
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 8/11/2010
Zahi permits archaeologists from the Hellenic Institute to dive into the Mediterranean Sea and bring up a nine-ton pylon that is a confirmed part of Cleopatra's historic shrine.
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- 5.0/108 votes
#6 - Robbed
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 8/18/2010
Zahi heads to Sheikh Sobey and discovers an amazing mummy inside a sarcophagus; a missing piece of an offering table is headed back to Karnak Temple in Luxor from New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Director: N/A
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- 5.0/106 votes
#7 - Meltdown
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 8/25/2010
Zahi is getting ready to open two sealed tombs for the first time in thousands of years, but Zoe is late again; At the ``Festival of the Sacrifice,'' Derek and Allan begin to learn about the customs and traditions of their host country.
Director: N/A
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- 5.8/108 votes
#8 - Bats
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 9/1/2010
Zahi goes to the Giza Plateau to explore caves beneath the plateau in an effort to disprove a theory about underground passages to the Sphinx, but he has to contend with the bats that dwell there; and he agrees to attend a local wedding celebration.
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- 4.1/108 votes
#9 - Cursed
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 9/8/2010
Alice, the marine archaeologist from Alexandria, wants to ask Zahi for a spot in the fellowship program; Zahi wants to see if the long-forgotten Falcon Galleries can be restored as a new tourist destination.
Director: N/A
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- 4.4/107 votes
#10 - Buried
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 9/15/2010
Zahi's truly-devoted archaeological workers name a brand new tomb complex in Luxor after their boss; the crew goes deep underground to discover five intact burials and a murdered mummy.
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The Best Episodes of Chasing Mummies Season 1
Every episode of Chasing Mummies Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Chasing Mummies Season 1!
Chasing Mummies: The Amazing Adventures of Zahi Hawass is a reality television series which is airing on The History Channel in the United States. Produced...
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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Stuck" is the best rated episode of "Chasing Mummies" season 1. It scored 3.6/10 based on 18 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 7/14/2010. This episode is rated 0.7 points higher than the second-best, "Trapped".