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Article: Dr. Zahi Hawass of the Supreme Council of Antiquities Grants Discovery Channel Exclusive Documentary Rights to Film KV63 in Valley of the Kings.
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- March 15, 2006
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CAIRO, Egypt and SILVER SPRING, Md., March 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. Zahi Hawass, Head of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, has signed an agreement giving Discovery Channel exclusive documentary television rights to the newly discovery KV63 tomb in the Valley of the Kings. Dr. Hawass has granted permission for news organizations to film and photograph, while Discovery Channel retains the only worldwide documentary television rights.
Effective immediately, Discovery Channel will chronicle each phase of the team of University of Memphis archaeologists as they explore KV63, culminating in a documentary to air on Discovery Channel in the US in early summer 2006. ...