i am going to a unique laboratory specially construct of next to the great pyramid of pharaoh khufu. o the great pyramid of pharaoh khufu. inside, archaeologists and scientists face a daunting task. they are trying to excavate an ancient wooden boat which was buried nearly 5000 years ago. what can we see here? this is khufu's second boat, built in bc, before christian, 2700 years. this is one of the oldest wooden ships in the world. these scientists are being led by a team from waseda university injapan, who have developed pioneering techniques to salvage the boat. it is a delicate and painstaking process. it can take a week to recover a single plank. what is happening now? wall they are now trying to lift up a very long, big wooden piece. unfortunately, this boat, the condition of the boat is not so good, very weak. it is thousands of years old. yeah. if the condition is good it is easy to lift up with manpower. but in this case we did tentative reinforcement, and we lift it up very carefully. it is the second of a pair of boats which were buried in pits next to the pharaoh's final r

pyramids as elaborate tombs for their rulers, or pharaohs, some a500 years ago. they have become the calling card of egyptian tourism. and the oldest, the great pyramid of khufu metres, and is the largest stone monument anywhere on earth. wow, that is awesome. seeing them in real life is so cool. tourism is one of egypt's biggest moneymakers, and in 2010 it reached an all—time high up with more than 1a million coming here on holiday. but the following year, everything changed. change, change, change! anti—government demonstrations in cairo‘s tahrir square kicked off a wave of protests across the country. standing on the corner of the square is egypt's national museum. built in 1902, it houses perhaps the world's greatest collection of ancient artefacts, including the magnificent treasures of the boy king tutankhamen. during the turmoil, looters and vandals took advantage of the chaos and broke in. suddenly, thousands of years of the country's history were at risk. what were your emotions, what did you feel? i was concerned at first, then i keep watching and felt secure after the museum was protected by our armed forces, and proud of those who formed a shell a