Horizon

Season 43, Episode 12

Episode Title: Tutankhamun's Fireball

Air Date: 2006-07-20

Overview:

A team of scientists set out to solve the mystery of chunks of ancient glass scattered in a remote part of the Sahara Desert. Their quest takes them on a perilous journey into the Great Sand Sea, the wastes of Siberia and the test site of the world's first atomic bomb in New Mexico. What their search uncovers is a devastating new natural phenomenon.