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The valley can be a tricky place to
shoot as the director of photography
:51:09
Reed Smoot,
knows all too well.
:51:12
It's tough because the sun
hits the horizon,
:51:15
it's beautiful for about 30 seconds,
and then, boom!
:51:18
It's midday.
:51:23
But everyone feels the pressure
:51:25
and lining up extras can be the bane
of any casting director's existence
:51:38
Meanwhile, costume designer
Jackie Crier rushes to outfit them.
:51:46
I'm not always calm.
I'm pretty calm.
:51:54
Months of research, design and
artistry have gone into the costumes.
:52:00
And into the props as well.
:52:02
Egypt's finest artisans have carved
an exquisite replica of Tut's coffin.
:52:07
Made of gold over plaster,
it looks like the original.
:52:11
And like the original,
it's not easy to move.
:52:15
How heavy is the coffin,
Michael?
:52:17
It's a nightmare.
:52:23
Advisor Nicholas Reeves
has arrived.
:52:26
The author of several
books on Tut,
:52:28
Reeves is here to
make sure the boy
:52:30
king's last rites are performed
according to ancient protocol.
:52:36
His only reference source lies deep
within the valley of the kings...
:52:42
on the walls of the tomb itself.
:52:46
Reeves also thinks these walls
contain shocking clues
:52:49
about how the young pharaon died.
:52:53
Why should he have died at 17?
:52:55
There's no trace of TB
or any other illness.