It’s not something that needs to be oversold, though per the Discovery Channel style, it is. And to whom? If a viewer tunes in to a show about Egyptian archaeology and the artifacts of antiquity, he or she is likely already deeply interested, so the cheerleading is unnecessary. And while the sensational and gruesome murder of Ramesses is addressed, the substance of the show is far more about exploration and discovery in the present-day valley of the title, several hundred miles south of the Pyramids of Giza, where tombs were constructed to provide ancient rulers portals to the afterlife.